A mountain dulcimer is another good stringed instrument for a beginner. It is held in the lap and played with a device much like a slide guitar, so fretting the strings is easy. Plus, there are a limited number of notes (usually a little more than an octave or so in a particular key...
Fastforward a few years to when a husband and 2 kids are around and I decided to sell the dulcimer at a garage sale since I no longer had the time to play. Immediate seller’s remorse set in. Fastforward yet again to when we started attending a small-town church with the woman who...
the tab is telling you to play. For example, in the illustration above, the tab is telling you to play the third string (third line) seventh fret. Note: When the number "0" is used in tab, this indicates that the open
The Strumstick ® is a clever three stringed instrument, based on the Mountain Dulcimer. Like the Dulcimer, it is tuned to a diatonic scale. In other words; there are no wrong notes! Even a beginner can start playing music the very same day. Anyone can learn. A Strumstick is ...