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- Sat Sep 18, 2021 8:43 am
- Forum: Getting Started
- Topic: Tuning difficulties...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 15835
Re: Tuning difficulties...
For those lower strings, where you pluck the string can make a difference to the tuner. If you use your nail and pluck closer to the bridge, it adds highs that the tuner can find easier to read.It sounds like you have an older and smaller zither. The string length on these older instruments was desi...
- Sun Sep 05, 2021 8:51 am
- Forum: Zither Makers and Models
- Topic: Unknown harp zither and introduction from Hungary.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 18868
Re: Unknown harp zither and introduction from Hungary.
Hi Attila, what is pictured here is a pefekta zither which is what you call an instrument with the contra-basses shooting off at that angle. As perfekta zithers go, it is unusual in that the highest contra bass string crosses the bass strings further over than is usual but it is still a notable inst...
- Wed Aug 25, 2021 8:45 am
- Forum: Getting Started
- Topic: New member, new post
- Replies: 9
- Views: 43252
Re: New member, new post
Welome to the rather select group that choose the zither!! I too play many instruments both string and wind. The zither is wonderful for me as keyboards have always baffled me. The AADGC tuning really does make sense. Having the double A makes all kinds of suspensions so easy to play as well as doin...
- Sun Aug 22, 2021 8:57 am
- Forum: Learning
- Topic: Practice Video - S isch Rosezyt
- Replies: 5
- Views: 14151
Re: Practice Video - S isch Rosezyt
Very nicely done! Very clean and everything looks great. The only suggestion I have would be to continue to work on staying relaxed, especially with your left hand. You are getting an excellent sound. Try relaxing your shoulders as you play. That's usually where unnecessary tension begins. You are d...
- Mon Aug 16, 2021 8:08 am
- Forum: Getting Started
- Topic: Another Newbie
- Replies: 14
- Views: 68674
Re: Another Newbie
Feel free to contact me directly (kbloom1@triad.rr.com). I had to puzzel through most of this by myself. If I can shorten the journey for you, I'm happy to do it.
Ken Bloom
http://www.boweddulcimer.org
Ken Bloom
http://www.boweddulcimer.org
- Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:11 am
- Forum: Getting Started
- Topic: Another Newbie
- Replies: 14
- Views: 68674
Re: Another Newbie
The most challenging thing for me when I started was doing a major chord on the accompaniment strings. Getting the hang of strumming two adjacent strings with my index finger while at the same time playing a single one with my middle finger took a while. Then I had to learn that in reverse for a min...
- Tue Aug 03, 2021 10:46 am
- Forum: Getting Started
- Topic: Another Newbie
- Replies: 14
- Views: 68674
Re: Another Newbie
Hi, Welcome to zitherville. I too am a guitarist and have been playing zither for decades. Getting Bergfe green strings for your instrument is definitely the right thing to do. ither strings are very specific and not ike most other plucked instrument strings. they are designed to sound good at their...
- Mon Jul 12, 2021 9:45 am
- Forum: Learning
- Topic: Chord of the Seventh
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11641
Re: Chord of the Seventh
Normally when I have to use a V7 chord I hit the bass root and fifth and use the third and the flat seventh for the chord.Thus a G7 chord would have G in the bass and a B and an F in the accompaniment strings. Because the zither is rich in overtones, you can go about chord voicing the same way you w...
- Fri Jun 18, 2021 7:55 am
- Forum: Getting Started
- Topic: So very new
- Replies: 7
- Views: 14384
Re: So very new
I play a lot of country muysic on my zither and always have. It's great for that. The above advice on tuning is gold. You definitely need to do that part and using proper zither strings is imperative. Most guitar people are unaware of what you need here. Once you get through the basics of playing, y...
- Tue May 11, 2021 8:47 am
- Forum: Learning
- Topic: concerning teachers....
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14542
Re: concerning teachers....
When I began to learn to play zither I was in San Francisco and couldn't find a teacher at the time. This was in 1972 and the only book I could find was the Darr method. I struggled with that for a while. I found a Rudi Knabl record while I was on tour with a singer and he was mostly playing solo on...