Hey Pete, I don’t think your experience is based on attitude or humor as much as the reality of this space. There aren’t that many people left who play, and I would guess the few who remain are not haunting internet forums. I tend to think of this place as a library where people come to share forgot...

Morning Tom, For what its worth: I think your right hand position looks better in this video, and your hand seems more confident. Fingers are staying in the area they should. I think your next step would be to slowly get the melody back into that tune, and come back up to a steady comfortable pace. ...

Hey Tom, I started out with just the melody for a few bars, enough that my left hand could easily play the melody at a decent pace. Then I started layering the accompaniment onto that. This brought my pace back down to a crawl while my right hand learned how to get in on the dance. Melody/Bass, Chor...

Afternoon everyone, I’m just getting ready to move onto the next lesson and wanted to share some progress with you all. It’s great to see how you are all doing too, experienced or not. There aren’t exactly Zither players falling from the sky. https://youtu.be/WnSN_MkvXxA Feedback is always appreciat...

Dave,

Thanks for sharing, you make it look effortless. It's nice to see examples of how experienced hands move. Also your Wünsche is beautiful!

- Andy

So for clarity, using the Keyes Scales pdf, if I were looking at a piece of music written in Bb Major, which fret on which string would finger four go. And does the pattern Keyes describe change from hand position to hand position? The pdf makes it seem like the pattern should stay the same but the ...

Hey everyone, Recently I have been trying to make more use of the Keyes Scales pdf. The C-Major scale in two octaves has chewed up my fingers, but it has been great. As I look ahead at the idea of playing scales by pattern though, I am a bit overwhelmed. Is the idea that when you are presented with ...

Hey Dave, Thank you for the finger notation, that is a great insite! I know the Treue Hussar piece is a ways away, but I do enjoy knowing how to tackle obstacles before hitting them. Also, I completely agree about fluidity. I’ve taken a step back and have been forcing myself to to incorporate the Ke...

I suppose I’ll start, but I still feel very much like a new kid in class. 
 Back in November on a trip home to visit my family, my Grandmother gave me her fathers zither. He got it back in Germany when he was young and played all his life. I had heard them talk about it many times growing up, but ha...

Hey Tom,

My mistake, it is actually labeled 'First Stage'. It spells out exactly how your fingers should walk the frets, and the ascending / descending C-Major scale. I downloaded the PDF from the learning section of this site, it is pages 4 and 5 in there.

- Andy