Videos

Let's walk through how to approach some of the most used chords on a dulcimer guitar or strumstick. This is by no means an exhaustive look at chords, but ample to get you through 80% of music and 100% FUN!

Who'll stop the rain. The song is recorded in the key of G and composed of 5 chords. If you play along with the recording on your dulcimer guitar, there are a few places where they drop or add a beat which is less regimented and more unconventional than your newly released songs that we see today.

Learn Losing My Religion, It's always a crowd-pleaser and it's a great one to teach you on Seagull Merlin. In these three minutes, I'll teach you the chord structure for the entire song.

Learn how to play "Fortunate Son" on the stick dulcimer guitar. This song made the headlines when it quickly become the anti-war movement anthem. This song has been featured extensively in pop culture depictions of the Vietnam War and other anti-war movements.

Learn how to play the traditional Scottish song "The Parting Glass" on your Stick Dulcimer Guitar.

More commonly known as the popular version sung by Jeff Buckley in 1994 with slight adaptations to the original Cohen version. This song is made up of five chords that you could EASILY switch out for one-finger variations on your Dulcimer Guitar.

Learn how to play "Hark the Herald" on a Seagull Merlin dulcimer guitar in time for Christmas!

Learn how to play "Drive My Car" a song by the Beatles, on your Seagull Merlin Stick Dulcimer Guitar or Strumstick Today!

Learn another rock standard: "Creep" by Radiohead (1993)

See it on both Seagull Merlin and a pickin' stick / Strumstick.

This is fingerpicking pattern is common enough, but the meter you might use it on (3/4,or just general triplet feel), is far less common than quarter time (4/4). 

It’s very exciting when you finally get a new musical instrument that you’ve been dreaming about. Maybe you were able to visit a local music shop,...

"The Gold" by Manchester Orchestra is in the key of D, so you can play along with the recording! Aside from the intro lick (melody) you can play this one very easily (and correctly) with just 1-Finger!