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Thread #22339   Message #241488
Posted By: SINSULL
12-Jun-00 - 12:04 PM
Thread Name: Playing the autoharp
Subject: Playing the autoharp
I recently purchased an autoharp - my first attempt at playing an instrument. It came with some basic books describing plucking, strumming, scratching, etc along with how to play a few songs. Very basic stuff. I graduated to a video by Carol Stober who insists on singing the instructions and reducing the younger members of my family to tears as they roll on the floor in hysterics. How much of Old MacDonald can you take when it is accompanied by "Pinch, pinch, pinch pinch pinch strum strum" in vibratto?

So, do I simply forge ahead and choose a song I want to play, and practice, practice, practice? Or can someone recommend some books/videos/whatever?

SS