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by jbug_zither
Fri Jun 15, 2018 12:40 pm
Forum: Getting Started
Topic: String material
Replies: 3
Views: 2490

Re: String material

I recently acquired a Schwarzer that had steel guitar type strings. It may have been all that was available at the time, but it can warp a zither. There are plenty of sources for the correct type strings if you do not presently have a source.

June
by jbug_zither
Fri Jun 15, 2018 12:36 pm
Forum: Learning
Topic: Tuning Chart
Replies: 3
Views: 2201

Tuning Chart

Dave - You used to have on the zither.us site a tuning chart for both Munich and Viennese. However, all I can find is an explanation of how to tune a zither... fortunately, I printed out the chart years ago. It was looking kind of ratty, but I was able to photocopy it and had the new one laminated a...
by jbug_zither
Fri Jun 15, 2018 12:26 pm
Forum: Getting Started
Topic: Munich VS Vienna
Replies: 3
Views: 2468

Re: Munich VS Vienna

I agree with Dave. My mother-in-law's zither was tuned in Viennese, and I had it changed to Munich when I started. I know that Tomy Temerson says that he admires anyone that can play with the Viennese tuning... if you hear how Tomy plays... I can only imagine how difficult it would be to learn Vienn...
by jbug_zither
Sat Jun 02, 2018 10:25 am
Forum: Learning
Topic: Oh my papa!
Replies: 6
Views: 1685

Re: Oh my papa!

Okay, at this point, I am not much past Bruder Jakob! I will make a promise that I will make a video...

June
by jbug_zither
Sat Jun 02, 2018 10:22 am
Forum: Learning
Topic: Has anyone checked into this learning program?
Replies: 4
Views: 1708

Re: Has anyone checked into this learning program?

Hi Pete - I thought instead of going down the same road as you by emailing the company, I sent off an email to my friend, Tomy Temerson, who lives outside of Frankfurt. He emailed me back to say that he is very familiar with this school as he has two students that have learned bad habits from the pr...
by jbug_zither
Fri Jun 01, 2018 9:03 pm
Forum: Getting Started
Topic: Musikschule- Zuhause DVD learning course, 55 lessons for €19
Replies: 8
Views: 2662

Re: Musikschule- Zuhause DVD learning course, 55 lessons for €19

Pete - Did you ever get a reply from your email? My husband found this same site online and had the same concerns and had planned to write an email to the site with questions this weekend. However, if you have not received an email back, I wonder if it is worth the effort to contact them with an ema...
by jbug_zither
Fri Jun 01, 2018 8:54 pm
Forum: Learning
Topic: Has anyone checked into this learning program?
Replies: 4
Views: 1708

Re: Has anyone checked into this learning program?

Hi Tom -

Thank you for pointing me in the direction of the earlier discussion. I missed that one (or hadn't made it that far into the discussions). I will futher my posting there ;)

June
by jbug_zither
Fri Jun 01, 2018 1:08 pm
Forum: Learning
Topic: Has anyone checked into this learning program?
Replies: 4
Views: 1708

Has anyone checked into this learning program?

My husband found this program online for learning to play zither. Does anyone have any knowledge about this?

http://musikschule-zuhause.de

June
by jbug_zither
Tue May 29, 2018 7:24 pm
Forum: Zithers and Resources
Topic: Zither Magazine
Replies: 2
Views: 1511

Re: Zither Magazine

There is always Google Translator ;) Unfortunately, translate page does just that - translate the current page. Like you said, time to brush up on the German!

June
by jbug_zither
Mon May 28, 2018 9:57 pm
Forum: Getting Started
Topic: How did you get started?
Replies: 15
Views: 4533

Re: How did you get started?

Hi Tom - Technically, I can read music (thanks to years of playing violin). Since my first 'encounter', it has been slow. At present, I am working in the following books since the first of May: Von Anfang an Band 1, von Günter Andrich Die Zither in der Volksmusic, Manfred Schuler The first book is g...