Cant play any instrument, just thought I should make one.
Now that I have made it,what do I do with it?
- Bryan Bear
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Re: Now that I have made it,what do I do with it?
Nice looking strum stick. You mean you can't play any instrument yet. . . You have it so you might as well play it. those things have a natural ability to dissolve excuses. They are small enough to take anywhere or sit next to your chair and easy to pick up every now and again. There are no wrong notes so whatever you play will be musical. Just do a little googling on how to play one and have at it, even when you mess up it will sound okay!
PMoMC
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Re: Now that I have made it,what do I do with it?
You might be surprised what can be gotten from three strings.
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Re: Now that I have made it,what do I do with it?
Tune the strings to G D G and find some strum stick or dulcimer lessons on YouTube. Bob McNally's videos are a good place to start https://www.youtube.com/user/bobomcnally/videos
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Re: Now that I have made it,what do I do with it?
if you want to hear something other than a banjo-esque US southern twang, look up Michael J. King from across the pond:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ukCHl5dvHo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ukCHl5dvHo
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Re: Now that I have made it,what do I do with it?
If you want to hear some "banjo-esque" Irish music on a hybrid Ban-jammer dulcimer and phenomenal 3 string dulcimer flat picking check out Aaron O'Rourke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZWekWHXVfo Amazing what he can do with 3 strings.
Us "Southern Twangers" will forgive you, Bob.
Us "Southern Twangers" will forgive you, Bob.
- Barry Black
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Re: Now that I have made it,what do I do with it?
I'm not musically inclined either so I gave the hurdy gurdy that I just finished to my son. He is a musician so it's his problem now
Barry
Re: Now that I have made it,what do I do with it?
I'm nearly done making one too.
Your picture interested me.
I cut a random sound hole before realizing I could tune the soundbox.
I'll cover some of the hole to obtain a G resonance.
Still not sure what I'll do with it when completed.
Dan
Your picture interested me.
I cut a random sound hole before realizing I could tune the soundbox.
I'll cover some of the hole to obtain a G resonance.
Still not sure what I'll do with it when completed.
Dan
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Them kids was fast as light-nin.
Them kids was fast as light-nin.