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Charlie plays Westphalia Waltz on the hammered dulcimer. The Westphalia Waltz , originally a risque Polish folk song called, "Pytala Sie Pani" or "Wszystkie Rybki" was know prior to 1920. Great video for beginners to learn this song, as hammering is clearly visible. The dulcimer is #63, built in 1987, a 12/11 made of Indiana cherry wood, and features wheat sheaf sound holes, sitka spruce sound board dyed black, and a lid. Charlie has a number of hammered dulcimer tunes on YouTube.
Charlie plays Golden Slippers on the hammered dulcimer. Golden Slippers is a spiritual made popular in the years after the American Civil War by the Fisk Jubilee Singers. It is sometimes known by its first line, What Kind of Shoes You Gwine (Going) To Wear. Great video for beginners to learn this song, as hammering is clearly visible. The dulcimer is #63, built in 1987, a 12/11 made of Indiana cherry wood, and features wheat sheaf sound holes, sitka spruce sound board dyed black, and a lid. Charlie has a number of hammered dulcimer tunes on YouTube.
Charlie plays Wildwood Flower on the hammered dulcimer. Written in 1860 by Maud Irving with music by Joseph Philbrick Webster, the original title was I'll Twine 'Mid the Ringlets. It was made famous by the Carter Family, and later Woody Guthrie used the melody for his song, The Ruben James. Great video for beginners to learn this song, as hammering is clearly visible. The dulcimer is #63, built in 1987, a 12/11 made of Indiana cherry wood, and features wheat sheaf sound holes, sitka spruce sound board dyed black, and a lid. Charlie has a number of hammered dulcimer tunes on YouTube.
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