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Thread #24505   Message #280645
Posted By: harpgirl
19-Aug-00 - 01:25 AM
Thread Name: Tuning and Playing the Zither
Subject: RE: Tuning and Playing the Zither
...rr...you weren't supposed to see my cookie...naughty boy!

Ferrara, I have so much to moon over tonight. My tuners don't fit over the string pegs, to begin with...
There are no chords or notes imprinted on the zither, which is a Concurrenz concert zither....
The fret board has five strings, the sound board has twenty seven. They go from small to large on the fret board and the sound board.
Do I play it like a dobro? What is the concept for playing it? How is yours tuned? Logic tells me to tune the 27 strings pentatonically...Is that right?What songs do you play on it? That would help me get the concept

It was given to me by an impish poney-tailed irishman named John Sullivan, who sings and plays a hairy goatskin bodran.

I would like to see your pictures if you feel like sending them to harpgirl@istal.com
moon, moon, sulk, sulk...harp