1860s Music on Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer | Dunnellon Concert January 2017

[@shirleycormack-poole7890]

This is very lovely to hear, we are moving into a family home, decorated victorian area. And alot of music boxes. I love to hear the instrument and simular tones. It is great to play out side as we have a koi pond off the back porch. Thank you so much

[@michaels728]

I heard some of these songs while growing up listening to my father play them on his Dulcimer also. My great great uncle was Confederate general Robert Augustus Toombs. Thank you very much brought back a lot of memories of my father. Well done Michael Toombs

[@UncleSamWantsBanjoPlayers]

Fantastic one-finger traditional performance! I have heard that the fiddle-shape dulcimers could have been the original shape of the Appalachian dulcimer - in theory they were meant to be a poor man's substitute for the more popular fiddle. The European versions tended to have the tear-drop shape. I love it when young people get interested in traditional music. Keep up the interest, and over the years you get a humongous understanding of music and history. I am a reenactor of the 1870's, and like to sing the Vacant Chair when any of our group passes away.

[@EliezerPennywhistler]

They were meant to be a poor man's bagpipe.

[@N8DulcimerOld]

the trapezoid was the original shape, as the dulcimer was originally a makeshift instrument which had to be buildable without the tools to curve the side panels of wood.

[@TheTonyEd]

Thank you! Well done!

[@LeahOxendine]

thank you!

[@davidowens1675]

private david Owens 1st North Carolina Infantry Company C Graham battery.....reenactor....great work....more please!

[@davidthegood]

Yeah, Leah! I'm totally going to build a dulcimer.

[@LeahOxendine]

you definitely should!

[@elizabethclark9684]

U r so talented. Keep using your gifts for Jesus.

[@anderrose487]

Listening to these old tunes in the 1800s and early 1900s makes me feel a little closer to my ancestors. I can just imagine them singing and listening to these songs with their family/friends on their homestead. Especially the ones that lived in the South and were involved in the Civil War of America. The brother of my 4th great-grandfather was ambushed by Union Guerrilla fighters and was killed because his family/him were Confederate sympathizers. You can read an article on him in a book called "History of Walker County, Georgia by James Alfred Sartain Volume 1" His name is William Altas Andrews and is mentioned on Chapter 20 page 124 of the book.

[@LeahOxendine]

Thank you for the comment! You should check out my book I wrote about Florida during the Civil War, link is in description!

[@williammann5354]

"I'll Fly Away" was composed in 1929. nice performance, though.

[@LeahOxendine]

Thanks for the comment! Made an error including I'll Fly Away in this collection (ironically I think I was going to use Sweet By and By instead but then this happened) , and made appropriate notation in the video description.

[@williammann5354]

"In the Sweet By and By" is also post-Civil War.

[@thechessclub8527]

The songs in Appalachia probably didn't change much for hundreds of years, most songs are spin offs of older ones.

[@woodcraftoflexington823]

I'll Fly Away was written in 1929, not a Civil War song

[@Strumelia]

Lovely young woman, costume, and presentation. Enjoyed that she is playing with a quill. However, I'll Fly Away is a 20th century modern song by Albert Brumley, so is not period or CW era. There are many beautiful period hymns you could substitute.

[@LeahOxendine]

Thanks for the comment! I know that actually. Made an error including I'll Fly Away in this collection (ironically I think I was going to use Sweet By and By instead but then this happened) , and made appropriate notation in the video description.

[@Strumelia]

Leah, understood! Thanks and keep up the good work. :)

[@MrHarveyluke]

I enjoyed your video, as not only am a musician, but descendant from two great-great-grandfathers who were Confederate of the 49th Tennessee Infantry regiment. I see the comments about "I'll Fly Away" written by Albert E. Brumley and will let those stand with your answer. The second song I didn't understand your title for it. The explanation of the song is interesting. However, when you played the melody, I immediately recognized it as the melody of "Life's Railway To Heaven" and Hymnary.org records this song as written by Eliza R. Snow (1804-1887). I have sung and played and this song all my life in church and played on the radio. I would suggest the Appalachian / post-war people may have borrowed this melody to the song and the event of the son being killed during the War for Southern Independence. The last two "Marching Through Georgia" and "Bonnie Blue Flag" I heard many times in the last 40 years. Again, thank you for your concert, and the authentic dress. And am subscribing to your channel.

[@timgiles9413]

What is the name of the second song, please.

[@tnmantn8938]

Very nice…do you have the Battle Cry of Freedom in your performances?

[@LeahOxendine]

I used to but haven’t played it in a while

[@mariaballard4437]

Love. Your. Playing. Would. U. Have. Tabs. For. Vacont. Chair. If. Not. Would. U. Know. Where. I. Might. Obtain. Them

[@LeahOxendine]

I learned everything by ear so unfortunately I dont. A google search will likely yield many results though!

[@Helliconia54]

what tuning are you using ? Ionian or Mixolydian?

[@oschiri66]

10:00 I just had a déjà-vu: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKCXf516q7WJaqM

[@margaretmiller7595]

Why not use himself from the period?

[@jeremymoorer7033]

God Bless Dixie