Dwight passed away on February 14, 2023 after a fall at home. Reprint from Lanz Funderal Home: Dwight Hamilton Diller, 76, of Marlinton, WV, passed away February 14, 2023 in Roanoke, VA. He was born August 17, 1946 in Charleston, WV and was the son of the late Vernon Diller and Faith Woodell, and stepfather,…
It has been suggested for some time now, “dllr begin a blog”. There has been so much sickness that I have not been able to pull together a newsletter. This, then, is a new direction. But I didn’t know what a “blog” was.
What I have tried to do in recent years is give my students some basic tools they can use to develop their own style of playing. It is so very important that the Music they play be matched to their own internal pulse. This approach is what most of the old mountain musicians (as well…
A student friend sent this article to me at my request a few years back. I want to put his name to it but am drawing a total complete blank. If he sees this and contacts me, I will forward his name immediately. He is a doctor from NYC who shoots in Olympic matches and practices his technique every day. This…
