Brass and Bronze strings on Kanteles

For Arja Kastinen's full article see her blog here:

http://www.temps.fi/en/2014/04/25/experimenting-brass-bronze-strings-billy-horn-kanteles/

Moving workshop

Just a quick update,  my workshop is moving to Warwickshire,  I will be unable to process orders that require posting until after the 12th February,  downloads unaffected.

 (download versions of my lyre Cd and the Kantele cd are available if you need these and don't want to wait)

The new workshop is a little more spacious and will be a more productive environment,   Looking forward to getting back to work, lots of exciting projects this year! 

Starting to play Stick Dulcimer, useful links.

Tuning your instrument:

My set up guide:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD9hfB9kIUA

Simple video of notes to tune to, Dad tuning:  

http://youtu.be/Rz1Tri_wshY

Playing and learning tunes, good channel with tab/music

http://www.youtube.com/user/Cj12sings/videos

Songbook for the Stick Dulcimer, available to purchase:

http://youtu.be/xJEFwlQ57MU

Strumstick Songbook (download free) 

http://www.strumstick.com/html_pages/Strumstick%20Songs.htm

Remember you can play any music written for the standard Appalachian Dulcimer too just by re-writing out the tab upside down.   

Hope that helps,   I do have a few more  tutorials of my own on my Youtube channel

http://www.youtube.com/user/michaeljking

Stick Dulcimer Making Course DVD box set available

My Stick Dulcimer DVD 3 disc set of the YouTube series is now available from my Stick Dulcimer shop page on my website  PAL or NTSC regions available:
http://www.michaeljking.com/stickmaking.htm

Original series is here
Disc set of the Youtube series is for offline reference but comes with a download of the Stick Dulcimer plans


Stick Dulcimer making Course 3 Disc box set (youtube course)
NTSC or PAL available
This reference DVD edition 


Free digital copy of the plans comes separately by a link with this item

£35.00



            

A Stick Dulcimer 'Sussex Carol' Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Hap...

tabs to follow when my web server is up and running (flooding and power supplies cut in parts of the UK)

Shetland Gue/2 Stringed Bowed Lyre/Jouhikko Sound Sample #2 with Viola...

Updated plans now available, This is an easy to build Bowed Lyre that I will feature on a YouTube video series in 2014
http://www.michaeljking.com/plans.htm
New Gue plans also included in the latest edition of my Lyre making CD-ROM
In this video I demonstrate how standard G and D Viola strings can be used on this instrument to help beginners play or for a different clearer kind of sound,  Its cleaner to play and finger and has a clearer sound.(I am not a bowed instrument player but this demo gives an idea)

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Misty Mountains Cold on the Anglo Saxon Lyre, (from the Hobbit)