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"Okay, I'll add #6! So we're at 3 5 6 7 10 12 " Diane in Chicago replied Sep 12, 2009 to What about a blues-cimer?	21	Nov 10, 2014 Reply by Brown Water Jerry (Rice)
"It is easier for me to understand if I compare everything to a chromatic scale - all…" Diane in Chicago replied Sep 12, 2009 to What about a blues-cimer?	21	Nov 10, 2014 Reply by Brown Water Jerry (Rice)
"My thinking is that if your 3-string is tuned in fifths, and you only have the 3 5 7…" Diane in Chicago replied Sep 12, 2009 to What about a blues-cimer?	21	Nov 10, 2014 Reply by Brown Water Jerry (Rice)
"Okay, I got this working, but be sure you ask for a "multiple page" pdf file on the…" Diane in Chicago replied Aug 10, 2009 to Dulcimer fretting template for a Mac user?	7	Aug 11, 2009 Reply by Lucky
"You and me, both, Lucky. I had one once, FretFind2D, but last time I tried it, the P…" Diane in Chicago replied Aug 10, 2009 to Dulcimer fretting template for a Mac user?	7	Aug 11, 2009 Reply by Lucky
"JustStrings.com has a house line of single strings, and they have a plain steel . 02…" Diane in Chicago replied Jul 3, 2009 to guitar strings	5	Jul 22, 2009 Reply by Roger Martin
"I've made a handful of dual string instruments, one had a dual melody string only -…" Diane in Chicago replied Jun 22, 2009 to Building Strum Stick and Ordered One	11	Jul 3, 2009 Reply by Dave Alexander
"Your wife can play "Doe a Deer" on the high string, or she can also play it on the l…" Diane in Chicago replied Jun 16, 2009 to Building Strum Stick and Ordered One	11	Jul 3, 2009 Reply by Dave Alexander
"I like DAd (or GDg, or AEa, or any of those power chord 5ths) because you can run th…" Diane in Chicago replied Jun 16, 2009 to Building Strum Stick and Ordered One	11	Jul 3, 2009 Reply by Dave Alexander

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Diane in Chicago's Discussions (897)

"Okay, I'll add #6! So we're at 3 5 6 7 10 12 "

"It is easier for me to understand if I compare everything to a chromatic scale - all…"

"My thinking is that if your 3-string is tuned in fifths, and you only have the 3 5 7…"

"Okay, I got this working, but be sure you ask for a "multiple page" pdf file on the…"

"You and me, both, Lucky. I had one once, FretFind2D, but last time I tried it, the P…"

"JustStrings.com has a house line of single strings, and they have a plain steel . 02…"

"I've made a handful of dual string instruments, one had a dual melody string only -…"

"Your wife can play "Doe a Deer" on the high string, or she can also play it on the l…"

"I like DAd (or GDg, or AEa, or any of those power chord 5ths) because you can run th…"

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