Hammered Dulcimer – Scott Williams
August 30th, 2011
Scott Williams performs and teaches hammered dulcimer, and has a number of CDs of his music available. Here he is at the November 2008 Renaissance Faire in Escondido, California. He can be booked for private/corporate parties, weddings, etc., and can be contacted at music@scottdulcimer.com, and www.scottdulcimer.com. Video by Eduard Schwan of SchwanSongs. http
djypsydjazz
@musiclandify look up the Dusty Strings company. They run a tad expensive but this wonderful instrument is worth the cost.
bcpipes
Nice rendition. That tune is called “The Gael”, by Dougie Maclean.
enmio
scott williams is really quite talented. i live in vegas and i’ve seen him at the ren fair here a couple of times, i would always look for his booth first just so i could listen to his music to get that medieval feeling going on. this is one of my favorite songs of course
i even bought one of his first cd’s, or at least i think it was his first: The Road To Lisdunvarna. <–something to that effect haha. anyways, great stuff. i miss the ren fair.
LeninaXx
Saw him over at Disney Downtown today and he played this song. It was so enchanting!! I really like this song he played.
rainharper62
@musiclandify -you can buy the ham. dulcimer from master works, or james jones inst., or you can also go on ebay and look-they cost anywhere from 600/700/1000–this does not always include the hammers or music stand-you will also need a tuner & the wrench for tuning
musiclandify
really amazing!
please, could you say me where can I bought this intstrument and how much does it cost?
thank you very much
ika97ful
i saw him at disneydowntown..and he is sooo amazing…
EllChrTie88
Amazing. Period.
droogy333
@schwansongs no i seen him live at the scottish games before and he had a guy there making the second part i could be wrong though
maccermacnab
Nicely played man, but I had to giggle at the random people in the background dressed as medieval warriors..
nicoc3r
sounds like last of the mohicans
Kitsunegirl11
two words. Fricken Amazing.
armed241545
just saw him yesterday he was amazing you cant walk past with out stoping when he is playing
OSKARIUSIII
I saw him on the renaissance faire here in vegas and he is totaly awesome I never miss a renaissance festival and Scott deserves more tha 5 stars!!
ScottyPipes
the background has a few hammered dulcimer tracks, a bass drum, and cello.
schwansongs
Hmm… I listed his web sites there in the description… did you try e-mail addresses from those? That’s all I have. Good luck asking a favor, he told me he is no longer booking weddings.
inkybell
How do I contact Scott Williams personally.. I NEED a HUGE favor. inkybell
schwansongs
He had recorded his own backing music, playing on a CD in his tent for backup.
hmrdulcimer
What is he using for the drone? Who is playing the second part, or is that all prerecorded?
Poodlepups
Very cool. I want to play this with my Irish session, even though (as you probably know) it was written by a Scotsman. Of course Cheiftains played it, so it sorta counts.! Nice audio view of the minor chords under the melody. Thanks for posting. Renee from Maryland (Ken Kolodner’s student)
orderofthelark
Yeah, sorry for the confusion…
orderofthelark
(this is the person wo first spoke) srry my friend swho are in the video share this account with me.
orderofthelark
4:21 my friend julia comes on, then me, then Valani
orderofthelark
i’m sorry, Sis, I was amazed that we got on but you didn’t. You were the one standing by the dulcimer the whole time…
orderofthelark
I know. thanks anyway!