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" Fixed and learning a song I will never be able to play ! Hope you're enjoying…" Sharecropper replied Jun 5, 2016 to Volume and Noise	7	Jun 5, 2016 Reply by Sharecropper
" Hi, Damon . Please add some photos of of your CBG resonator. You can click "R…" Sharecropper replied Jun 4, 2016 to Volume and Noise	7	Jun 5, 2016 Reply by Sharecropper
" Hi, JL . Gdb is a G major chord . G,D, b flat is a G minor chord. A standa…" Sharecropper replied Apr 29, 2016 to Open tuning as opposed to cross note tuning	47	May 2, 2016 Reply by Wayfinder
" As an old fart six string player who couldn't play slide , I will offer up "my" ti…" Sharecropper replied Apr 25, 2016 to Slide playing is hard!	14	Apr 29, 2016 Reply by Warmdaddy
"Hi, Jon . Cross note tunings are minor open tunings . EAEACE is an A minor ope…" Sharecropper replied Apr 25, 2016 to Open tuning as opposed to cross note tuning	47	May 2, 2016 Reply by Wayfinder
"No ,I did not build the one in the cigar store. If we haven't met ,there are four o…" Sharecropper replied Apr 5, 2016 to Regarding fingerboards or lack there of	25	Apr 9, 2016 Reply by Bristol Blue
" I'm a big fan of building with a fingerboard. The fingerboard glued to the neck…" Sharecropper replied Apr 5, 2016 to Regarding fingerboards or lack there of	25	Apr 9, 2016 Reply by Bristol Blue
"I think the standard dulcimer tuning is DAa . I think that tuning may be hard to ach…" Sharecropper replied Mar 4, 2016 to Diatonic	28	Mar 10, 2016 Reply by simon
" Okay, now I understand, the notes possible on a dulcimer or dulcitar tuned to D,…" Sharecropper replied Mar 4, 2016 to Diatonic	28	Mar 10, 2016 Reply by simon
"https://youtu.be/JLkEapNfkrE At about 2:30 in to the video he explains DA…" Sharecropper replied Mar 4, 2016 to Diatonic	28	Mar 10, 2016 Reply by simon

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Sharecropper's Discussions (86)

" Fixed and learning a song I will never be able to play ! Hope you're enjoying…"

" Hi, Damon . Please add some photos of of your CBG resonator. You can click "R…"

" Hi, JL . Gdb is a G major chord . G,D, b flat is a G minor chord. A standa…"

" As an old fart six string player who couldn't play slide , I will offer up "my" ti…"

"Hi, Jon . Cross note tunings are minor open tunings . EAEACE is an A minor ope…"

"No ,I did not build the one in the cigar store. If we haven't met ,there are four o…"

" I'm a big fan of building with a fingerboard. The fingerboard glued to the neck…"

"I think the standard dulcimer tuning is DAa . I think that tuning may be hard to ach…"

" Okay, now I understand, the notes possible on a dulcimer or dulcitar tuned to D,…"

"https://youtu.be/JLkEapNfkrE At about 2:30 in to the video he explains DA…"

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