- Fiddle
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- Bagpipes
- Bodhran (Irish hand drum)
- And Harmonica, Hurdy-Gurdy, Ukelele, Instrument Care, whatever!
- Guitar Player's Heaven -- you made it to advanced beginner and don't know where to go next? Try the site at www.WholeNote.com where there are all kinds of online lessons -- learn major/minor/augmented/diminished, train your ear to hear notes and chords with on-line sounds, learn riffs and fill-ins, a whole bunch of really good stuff!
- Ardie's How to Build a Hammered Dulcimer Book
- Dulcimer
- Limited Edition Dulcimer Prints
- Prussia Valley Dulcimers
- Jerry Rockwell's Dulcimer Page
- Bonnie Carol Dulcimers
- Rainbow Farms Dulcimer Works
- The Dulcimer Shop: New Mexico
- McSpadden Mountain Dulcimers
- Sweet Sounds Dulcimer House
- Mountain Music Shoppe
- Cripple Creek Dulcimers
- Lorraine Lee Hammond dulcimer par excellence
- Hammered Dulcimer list of players on the web
- Jerry Rockwell's Mountain Dulcimer Page
- Larry Conger's Dulcimer Players Web Page
- The Nonsuch Dulcimer Club - UK
- Griffin Music Hammered Dulcimer
- Dulcimer Players Web Page
- Dulcimers
- Musicmaker's Kits, Inc
- Nonsuch - Dulcimer Links
- Steven K. Smith's Mountain Dulcimer Page
- Buy a Cardboard Mountain Dulcimer
- Hammered Dulcimer People on the NET and two Hammered Dulcimer mail-lists with comments borrowed from respected instrument guru Mike Holmes of Mugwumps
- Hammer Dulcimer list. Stays pretty much on topic. Send email with with a line in the message that says "subscribe your-name".
- Hammer Dulcimer list. Split off from the one above it is a more chatty, real-time list, but somewhat less active lately. Send email with with a line in the message that says "subscribe your-name".
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Rhode Island Bagpiping? email: Patrick_Hutchinson@Brown.edu contact for "Millenium Pipe-In" of Uillean pipers at Brown University in Oct 99
- Bill Gority's bagpipes page an enthusiast!
- Bagpipes in the Movies! Amusing site with all known references to piping in movies and TV! Arrggh!
- List of Bagpipe Makers and bagpipe web ring
Concertina and Accordion
- International Accordion Site
- Button Box
- Free Reed
- Wheatstone Concertinas
- "Concertina Net"
- Cajun Music Links
- Concertina
Flute and Tin Whistle
- Brad Hurley's excellent Irish Flute Page
- M and E Irish Flutes
- Skip Healy - Irish Flute Maker -- Great Interview with Skip
- Tinwhistles.com
- Instrument Care in Winter
- The Capo Museum!
- Ukelele Hall of Fame -- Massachusetts no kidding!
- Harmonica Jack's Harmonica Store
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Instrument Jokes, like
1.
How can you tell the difference between old-time fiddle tunes?
By
their names…
2. What is the definition of perfect pitch?
Throwing
a fiddle into a toilet without hitting the seat.
3. What's the difference between a fiddle
and a Chain Saw?
You
can turn a chain saw off.
4. Why did the fiddler cross the road?
It
was the chicken's day off.
5. What's the difference between a fiddler
playing in "D" and a locksmith?
A
locksmith knows how to change keys, and can get paid for it !
6. What's the difference between a fiddle
and a Trampoline?
You
take your shoes off to jump on a trampoline.
7. How can you tell the difference between
a bunch of grapes and fiddling jam?
Jump
up & down on one and you get wine, on the other you get whines
8. How many fiddle players does it take
to eat an opossum?
Two,
one to eat it & one to watch for cars.
9. What did the fiddler get on his I.Q.test?
Drool.
10. What's the best thing to play on a
fiddle?
A
flame-thrower.
11. Why are fiddles better than guitars?
They
burn longer.
12. What's the difference between a fiddle
and a Harley Davidson Motorcycle?
You
can tune a Harley.
13. What's the best thing to play on a
guitar? Solitaire.
14. How can you tell if there's a banjo
player at your door?
They can't
find the key, the knocking speeds up, and they don't know when to come
in.
15. Why are banjo jokes so darned simple?
So
fiddlers can understand them