Samm Bennett - solo videos: songs using the stick dulcimer (diatonic)
Hello friends, Samm Bennett here. When I first started venturing from the world of percussion into the world of string instruments, I started out with an instrument called a stick dulcimer. The stick dulcimer is a relatively modern innovation, adapted from the old Appalachian "mountain" dulcimer, which is normally played resting on the player's lap. Some folk singers use them, and, notably, Joni Mitchell used to use the instrument from time to time to accompany herself.
The stick dulcimers you hear in these videos (the ones I play are the the McNally brand "Strumsticks") have the same type of diatonic fretboard as the mountain dulcimer, but with a much smaller resonating body, so it can be held and played like a guitar.
All the videos on these pages feature the diatonic-fretted stick dulcimer, which I used from 2009 until roughly 2014, when I switched to a chromatic Strumstick. Videos in which I use the chromatic version can be found at the website HERE.
The stick dulcimers you hear in these videos (the ones I play are the the McNally brand "Strumsticks") have the same type of diatonic fretboard as the mountain dulcimer, but with a much smaller resonating body, so it can be held and played like a guitar.
All the videos on these pages feature the diatonic-fretted stick dulcimer, which I used from 2009 until roughly 2014, when I switched to a chromatic Strumstick. Videos in which I use the chromatic version can be found at the website HERE.
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Gotta Let You Go - 2013
Oh Death - 2010
Ready To Rock - 2010
You Came Out Of Nowhere - 2010
Random Act of Cruelty - 2011
Does Anybody Know - 2011
Not Anywhere Anymore - 2011
To Tennessee - 2013
Grateful Wanderer - 2011
For a Little While I Was Free - 2011
That's the Way It Wiggles - 2011
Songs My Daddy Should Have Sung Me - 2011
Until You Kiss Me - 2010
Wouldn't That Be Fine - 2011
Blues Wrapped Round My Head - 2010
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Only Passing Through - 2013
As I Slowly Disappear - 2010
Gone Gone Gone - 2009
Chain and Shadow - 2009
Bless Your Pretty Bones - 2011
Ain't No Train - 2011
Pigs Ate My Roses - 2011
If You Believe - 2013
The Silence Could Be Heard - 2011
Annie Took the Money - 2011
You Came Out of Nowhere - 2010
Guessing Game - 2011
Couldn't Tell You Why - 2011
Jacaranda - 2010
Just Blew Into Town - 2009
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