I bought one of these through a seller for about $60-80 and it was made by T K O'briens who's known for making dulcimers, zithers, and other instruments here in the US. I'm really enjoying learning to play mine! I developed three different "styles": low, mid, and high. Most songs I play (hymns) fall pretty squarely into one of the three camps. The funny part is mine didn't come with Ode to Joy but one of the hymns I picked up ended up being the tune of it. I was just like "wait a tick..." when I started playing the song. And I just purchased a bunch of old hymnals to add to my collection! This is such a nice little instrument! ETA: You don't really need a professional's help for tuning the psaltery (the proper name for this instrument). You just need an L-wrench tuner, a soft hand, and a fair bit of patience. It does take time to get used to, but once you're confident with it, tuning takes fifteen minutes or less. Some people sell these with a slab of metal that they call a tuning wrench. Spend the extra $10 and get an L-wrench if you don't have one. It will make tuning _SO_ much better!
You can write your own music with dots or ask a friend that can play piano to help you do it. If you can't come write, I can take photos of it and send it to you somehow.
I found mine years ago and brought it out for the first time.Your program really helped me to get started.Love your show.
I bought one of these through a seller for about $60-80 and it was made by T K O'briens who's known for making dulcimers, zithers, and other instruments here in the US. I'm really enjoying learning to play mine! I developed three different "styles": low, mid, and high. Most songs I play (hymns) fall pretty squarely into one of the three camps.
The funny part is mine didn't come with Ode to Joy but one of the hymns I picked up ended up being the tune of it. I was just like "wait a tick..." when I started playing the song. And I just purchased a bunch of old hymnals to add to my collection! This is such a nice little instrument!
ETA: You don't really need a professional's help for tuning the psaltery (the proper name for this instrument). You just need an L-wrench tuner, a soft hand, and a fair bit of patience. It does take time to get used to, but once you're confident with it, tuning takes fifteen minutes or less. Some people sell these with a slab of metal that they call a tuning wrench. Spend the extra $10 and get an L-wrench if you don't have one. It will make tuning _SO_ much better!
Your little dog seems to like the music too.
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Tysm for helping!
Hello, where can I find the paper with music please ?
I've seen you in the comments before, looks like we're both learning the Zither haha
You can write your own music with dots or ask a friend that can play piano to help you do it. If you can't come write, I can take photos of it and send it to you somehow.
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Como faço pra adquirir uma cítara
Esse instrumento está desafinado?
Hi! I would love to hire you to play a solo on a track. Could you please give me a business email to contact you at?