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Avalable Now! Purchase your copy today and get free shipping! Donna Nomick: American Homestead CD Experience the music of the early American homestead as it is reflected through English country dances, jigs, airs and hymns. Click on the tracks below to hear a sample. 01 Smash the Windows 02 New Castle 03 Jefferson and Liberty 04 Foggy Dew 05 Deus Meus Aduva Me 06 Limerick Rake 07 The Old Mill 08 Childgrove 09 Draper’s Garden 10 Swallowtail Jig 11 O’Carolan's Quarrel with the Landlady 12 Mrs Anne McDermott Rowe 13 Fair Gentle Eily 14 Seperation of Soul and Body 15 What Wondrous Love Is This 16 Sheep May Safely Graze

 

Avalable Now! Purchase your copy today and get free shipping! Donna Nomick: On Christmas Night CD An exploration of soothing Christmas music on the hammered dulcimer, penny whistle, violin, Cello, Percussion, Synthesizer and guitar. Click on the tracks below to hear a sample. 01 On Christmas Night (Sussex Carol) 02 Bell Carol 03 The Little Drummer Boy 04 Huron Carol 05 Gesu Bambino 06 Wexford Carol 07 Noel Nouvelet / Pat-a-Pan 08 Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming 09 Il Est Ne’, Le Divin Enfant 10 I Saw Three Ships 11 The Holly and the Ivy 12 Do You Hear What I Hear 13 Bring a Torch Jeanette Isabella 14 In the Bleak Midwinter 15 Cavalier Sleigh Ride

 

Avalable Now! Purchase your copy today and get free shipping! Donna Nomick: Airlooms CD An exploration of soothing sounds of the hammered dulcimer, penny whistle, violin and guitar. Click on the tracks below to hear a sample. 01 Bonny at Morn 02 South Wind 03 Sarabande 04 Caspian Lake 05 Si Bean Locha Lein 06 Gentle Maiden 07 The Grenadier and the Lady 08 Fair Hills of Killen 09 Simple Gifts 10 Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring 11 Kelvingrove 12 Greensleeves

 

The hammered dulcimer has a wondrous, magical sound... a full, rich tone with glorious sustain. Once it gets into your soul, nothing else quite comes close. The simplest melody can take on an intimacy and a fullness far beyond the actual notes being played.

 

 

Donna is a classical pianist and hammered dulcimer player. Donna teaches piano privately and plays the hammered dulcimer at various venues and events.
These airs possess a certain charm of years long gone by, and are still enchanting to our souls today.

Please contact Donna if you are interested in piano lessons.

 

Music is many things for me... it is something I do for enjoyment and relaxation, and I also perform on various occasions. My instruments are a gorgeous Dusty Strings D650 and the D45 hammered dulcimer, with very rich tone and a long sustain. .

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Dusty Strings D650 Hammered Dulcimer

Notice that there are two main bridges: a bass bridge (on the right) and a treble bridge (on the left). The bass strings are struck just to the left of the bass bridge, while the treble strings can be struck either to the right or the left of the treble bridge. There are 16 pairs of treble strings and 15 pairs of bass strings (hence it is known as a 16/15 instrument -- hammered dulcimers come in different sizes such as 12/11, 15/14, 16/15 or even higher). Most hammered dulcimers have a "stacked diatonic" tuning arrangement, which means that you'll have the notes from the major scale (do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do) from each of several keys, depending on the size of the instrument. This tuning arrangement is what makes the hammered dulcimer so deceptively easy to learn and fun to play. Because of the ingenious tuning arrangement, you will also be able to play in minor keys. Some hammered dulcimers, including the one shown above, are known as "chromatic," which means that small satellite bridges have been added here and there to provide extra notes that would otherwise be missing -- these are notes that are not typically needed for most folk or celtic music but would come in handy for jazz or post-renaissance classical music. The chromatic hammered dulcimers are usually at the high-end of the price range.

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You can contact me at: info@donnanomick.com