CONNECT Appalachian Music- USAGM
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- CONNECT Appalachian Music- USAGM
- January 31, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English CONNECT Appalachian Music (TV) HEADLINE: The Appalachian Dulcimer’s Sweet Music TEASER: Traditional instrument maker and musician enjoys peaceful and calming sound PUBLISHED AT: 01/31/2022 BYLINE: June Soh CONTRIBUTORS: DATELINE: Townsend, Tennessee VIDEOGRAPHER: June Soh PRODUCER: June Soh, Zdenko Novacki COURTESIES: SCRIPT EDITORS: EA VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 3:00 VID APPROVED BY: EA TYPE: VPKGF EDITOR NOTES: )) ((Eds: This is a self-narrated feature.)) ((INTRO)) [[The Appalachian dulcimer is a variation of several European musical instruments, played in the Appalachian Mountain region of the eastern United States. VOA’s June Soh brings us the story of a dulcimer maker In Townsend, Tennessee.]] ((NATS/Music playing)) ((Mike Clemmer, Appalachian Dulcimer Maker)) Appalachian dulcimer instrument sound is so peaceful and calming. The word dulcimer actually means sweet song. So, when I play one, I feel pretty peaceful about it too. It's really…the music affects you. ((Mike Clemmer, Appalachian Dulcimer Maker)) I am Mike Clemmer. I have a shop here in Townsend, Tennessee. I play the dulcimer and I build the dulcimers. This is one of them that I made. We're right next to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It’s one of the most beautiful countryside in the whole world and the rivers, the mountains, the wildlife. And I just can't think of a better place to be than just right here. ((NATS/Music playing)) ((Mike Clemmer, Appalachian Dulcimer Maker)) The Appalachian dulcimers, this particular type, this was invented in this area because of the memories that the settlers had when they came to this area, when they came over the mountains. You have the do-re-mi of the scale. ((NATS/Music playing)) ((Mike Clemmer, Appalachian Dulcimer Maker)) This is my workshop where I build my dulcimers. ((NATS)) ((Mike Clemmer, Appalachian Dulcimer Maker)) I actually started building dulcimers in 1976, as a hobby to start with. And I realized that I really like this. So, in 1996, we started our shop there in Townsend. I didn't know anything about business ((Photo Courtesy: Wood-N-Strings Dulcimer Shop)) and neither had my wife. We just had about 50 dollars and two credit cards, and that's how we started. We were amazed how people would come to us and really respond to the instrument and to us. It was a lot of fun. ((Mike Clemmer, Appalachian Dulcimer Maker)) Sometimes, when the mood is right and the weather is right, we come up to the mountains and play a little bit. We’re going to stop here on the sightsees to get a good view of what our place looks like, what God's beauty is up here. ((NATS: Connie Clemmer, Mike Clemmer’s wife)) Isn’t this beautiful? ((NATS: Mike Clemmer)) Yeah. We’ll see if we can play some music. ((NAT/Music playing)) ((Mike Clemmer, Appalachian Dulcimer Maker)) I love people, I love music, and I love woodwork. And it’s like God took all that and put it all together and made me a dulcimer player and maker. And I just really enjoy that. ((NATS/Music Playing))
- Transcript/Script CONNECT Appalachian Music (TV) HEADLINE: The Appalachian Dulcimer’s Sweet Music TEASER: Traditional instrument maker and musician enjoys peaceful and calming sound PUBLISHED AT: 01/31/2022 BYLINE: June Soh CONTRIBUTORS: DATELINE: Townsend, Tennessee VIDEOGRAPHER: June Soh PRODUCER: June Soh, Zdenko Novacki COURTESIES: SCRIPT EDITORS: EA VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 3:00 VID APPROVED BY: EA TYPE: VPKGF EDITOR NOTES: )) ((Eds: This is a self-narrated feature.)) ((INTRO)) [[The Appalachian dulcimer is a variation of several European musical instruments, played in the Appalachian Mountain region of the eastern United States. VOA’s June Soh brings us the story of a dulcimer maker In Townsend, Tennessee.]] ((NATS/Music playing)) ((Mike Clemmer, Appalachian Dulcimer Maker)) Appalachian dulcimer instrument sound is so peaceful and calming. The word dulcimer actually means sweet song. So, when I play one, I feel pretty peaceful about it too. It's really…the music affects you. ((Mike Clemmer, Appalachian Dulcimer Maker)) I am Mike Clemmer. I have a shop here in Townsend, Tennessee. I play the dulcimer and I build the dulcimers. This is one of them that I made. We're right next to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It’s one of the most beautiful countryside in the whole world and the rivers, the mountains, the wildlife. And I just can't think of a better place to be than just right here. ((NATS/Music playing)) ((Mike Clemmer, Appalachian Dulcimer Maker)) The Appalachian dulcimers, this particular type, this was invented in this area because of the memories that the settlers had when they came to this area, when they came over the mountains. You have the do-re-mi of the scale. ((NATS/Music playing)) ((Mike Clemmer, Appalachian Dulcimer Maker)) This is my workshop where I build my dulcimers. ((NATS)) ((Mike Clemmer, Appalachian Dulcimer Maker)) I actually started building dulcimers in 1976, as a hobby to start with. And I realized that I really like this. So, in 1996, we started our shop there in Townsend. I didn't know anything about business ((Photo Courtesy: Wood-N-Strings Dulcimer Shop)) and neither had my wife. We just had about 50 dollars and two credit cards, and that's how we started. We were amazed how people would come to us and really respond to the instrument and to us. It was a lot of fun. ((Mike Clemmer, Appalachian Dulcimer Maker)) Sometimes, when the mood is right and the weather is right, we come up to the mountains and play a little bit. We’re going to stop here on the sightsees to get a good view of what our place looks like, what God's beauty is up here. ((NATS: Connie Clemmer, Mike Clemmer’s wife)) Isn’t this beautiful? ((NATS: Mike Clemmer)) Yeah. We’ll see if we can play some music. ((NAT/Music playing)) ((Mike Clemmer, Appalachian Dulcimer Maker)) I love people, I love music, and I love woodwork. And it’s like God took all that and put it all together and made me a dulcimer player and maker. And I just really enjoy that. ((NATS/Music Playing))
- NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Topic Tags Appalachians Music
- Network VOA
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English