I don't think many of us Americans with our guitars realize how amazing this instrument is . I have one coming in the mail . I don't expect to be come an expert . Things like the Autoharp turned off American kids to how potentially cool this thing is . It's really our great grandparents music . Stirring and interesting songs we learned from Bugs Bunny and we don't know the names of . For me this was a progression from years of guitar , then recently Celtic Harp which showed me the basics. Then I became a little obsessed collecting various size lap harps , bowed psaltery( I'm learning violin in the mean time ) , Ukelin, ,a small lyre , hammered and mountain dulcimer, then I bought an Early type of ' autoharp' called a mandolin harp that had the button plate removed , which is good actually because the muting lyre technique as they use with Rus type lap harps is a more rewarding way to strum chords on an Autoharp type of instrument .For people who like a more guitar like sound rather than the more crude sound of the Autoharp then mute fingering your chords is a great way to go . Then I saw the Concert Zither and tonight I purchased one . It's gonna be transition from guitar into the other stuff for me . Just the the incredible sound of this family of instruments is pretty awesome when properly tuned . Only so much Rock n Roll and Blues a person can do before it's too commonplace as well . I'm postive any American folk tunes would be not too difficult for a beginner on the Concert Zither . Appears to be basically a compact piano . Tuning these things can be work but with harps you are making melodies right away just from a little bit of musical knowledge. That's before you even play a song it brightens up you day just doing a few triads
People learning the guitar know it's not an instant thing , maybe on a very expensive guitar a student can easily learn to hold a chord and strum that day right.. But with harps you are already in key . So your buddy playing whatever instrument guitar or piano etc just plays the chords associated with the key your harp is tuned in . That way you are creating your own warm up music immediately . And if you already know music theory it can become very creative.
Many American folk tunes are in the key of G that's tuning your harp to C all the white keys on the piano and then taking your F and making it F sharp .When you start on the A note you are in Am mode for your key of G ( major ) think now ' Scarlborough Fair ' ' House of the Rising Sun ' .. ' Jack A Roe . ' Am . Depending on your string dimension and length you may be able simply start your first note tuned to GABCDEF#G instead of CDEF#GABC ,DONT over tighten your harp strings you will break them and possibly over stress your instrument . Stay within your note ratio . I usually start low and go up but it's best to check each end plus any middle 7th note to make sure you have the right amount of notes be very careful on the higher strings . Breaking strings happens but you will learn how to feel the correct tension with practice . You don't really want to be missing strings so be prepared with new ones the tone will be better anyway as many of these zithers can be picked up cheap but are 40-100 years old . My Niagra Falls Mandolin Harp is 100 years old , some slight cracks around the pins seems superficial but superglue is often used by Luthiers . It polished up very nicely and plays very well . I paid 25 $ it had a bit of neglect somewhere in someone's garage but came to me pretty ok . It's happiness really . Lightweight . So just advice for anyone who grew up too cool for Autoharp -without the buttons some of these antiques WILL get you jamming at least at home trying melodies . Much easier to 'start' than guitar
Sorry Autoharp diehards but it's not the most appealing thing to a kid as guitar and such exciting popular media music . I have Lupus and my hands are shredding up so I can't play guitar constantly anymore . So I totally get that it's a practical instrument for elderly , disabled , and people who have a song idea but don't know how to strum it out on guitar . That's fine . Just that it becomes a much more versitle and traditional instrument if you remove the button plate , put your fingers muting the chord notes you don't want and shift 3s and 4ths and 5ths that way by strumming with your other hand . Lyre style of the ages . It's pretty fun you can do a lot more .
Just to be clear with G major tuning I'm talking about simple harps and lyres . Or alternative tuning to the one displayed on the 'Autoharp or basic Zither , Many are set up for chromatic but can easily be tuned to C,G, or even sometimes D , or A , usually C or G is a safe tension to start . However the Concert Zither here I would just tune it as it requires . I can't find any chord charts but Wikepedia has a tuning chart for two sizes of Bavarian Zither you can model from
Eine wunderbare Musik ! Balsam für die Seele ! Danke 💖
Ja mei -- des is so guat - waer ich doch zu Hause geblieben -- ich Depp -- Aber DANKE fuer die Musik !!!!!
ich liebe den bruennstein und die schoene musik, herzlichen DANK !!
Wunderschön Hans.Schöne Griass aus Lam vom Hoamatland Zwoagsang.
sehr schön,vielen Dank😊
Linda e maravilhosa musica faz bem para a alma ❤
Very nicely done! I've been learning to play this beautiful instrument for the past year. It takes effort and daily practice, but it is worth it.
A very pretty Ländler; dankeschön!
Perfekt 👏
So klingt MUSIK!
Voiii scheee😍😍
Der Mann ist gut
you make it look so easy. now my fingers are damaged and my left thumb is hurting
I don't think many of us Americans with our guitars realize how amazing this instrument is . I have one coming in the mail . I don't expect to be come an expert . Things like the Autoharp turned off American kids to how potentially cool this thing is . It's really our great grandparents music . Stirring and interesting songs we learned from Bugs Bunny and we don't know the names of . For me this was a progression from years of guitar , then recently Celtic Harp which showed me the basics. Then I became a little obsessed collecting various size lap harps , bowed psaltery( I'm learning violin in the mean time ) , Ukelin, ,a small lyre , hammered and mountain dulcimer, then I bought an Early type of ' autoharp' called a mandolin harp that had the button plate removed , which is good actually because the muting lyre technique as they use with Rus type lap harps is a more rewarding way to strum chords on an Autoharp type of instrument .For people who like a more guitar like sound rather than the more crude sound of the Autoharp then mute fingering your chords is a great way to go . Then I saw the Concert Zither and tonight I purchased one . It's gonna be transition from guitar into the other stuff for me . Just the the incredible sound of this family of instruments is pretty awesome when properly tuned . Only so much Rock n Roll and Blues a person can do before it's too commonplace as well . I'm postive any American folk tunes would be not too difficult for a beginner on the Concert Zither . Appears to be basically a compact piano . Tuning these things can be work but with harps you are making melodies right away just from a little bit of musical knowledge. That's before you even play a song it brightens up you day just doing a few triads
People learning the guitar know it's not an instant thing , maybe on a very expensive guitar a student can easily learn to hold a chord and strum that day right.. But with harps you are already in key . So your buddy playing whatever instrument guitar or piano etc just plays the chords associated with the key your harp is tuned in . That way you are creating your own warm up music immediately . And if you already know music theory it can become very creative.
Many American folk tunes are in the key of G that's tuning your harp to C all the white keys on the piano and then taking your F and making it F sharp .When you start on the A note you are in Am mode for your key of G ( major ) think now ' Scarlborough Fair ' ' House of the Rising Sun ' .. ' Jack A Roe . ' Am . Depending on your string dimension and length you may be able simply start your first note tuned to GABCDEF#G instead of CDEF#GABC ,DONT over tighten your harp strings you will break them and possibly over stress your instrument . Stay within your note ratio . I usually start low and go up but it's best to check each end plus any middle 7th note to make sure you have the right amount of notes be very careful on the higher strings . Breaking strings happens but you will learn how to feel the correct tension with practice . You don't really want to be missing strings so be prepared with new ones the tone will be better anyway as many of these zithers can be picked up cheap but are 40-100 years old . My Niagra Falls Mandolin Harp is 100 years old , some slight cracks around the pins seems superficial but superglue is often used by Luthiers . It polished up very nicely and plays very well . I paid 25 $ it had a bit of neglect somewhere in someone's garage but came to me pretty ok . It's happiness really . Lightweight . So just advice for anyone who grew up too cool for Autoharp -without the buttons some of these antiques WILL get you jamming at least at home trying melodies . Much easier to 'start' than guitar
Sorry Autoharp diehards but it's not the most appealing thing to a kid as guitar and such exciting popular media music . I have Lupus and my hands are shredding up so I can't play guitar constantly anymore . So I totally get that it's a practical instrument for elderly , disabled , and people who have a song idea but don't know how to strum it out on guitar . That's fine . Just that it becomes a much more versitle and traditional instrument if you remove the button plate , put your fingers muting the chord notes you don't want and shift 3s and 4ths and 5ths that way by strumming with your other hand . Lyre style of the ages . It's pretty fun you can do a lot more .
He's basically doing that here but it's a more advanced instrument . He sounds like two guitars! 😎
Just to be clear with G major tuning I'm talking about simple harps and lyres . Or alternative tuning to the one displayed on the 'Autoharp or basic Zither , Many are set up for chromatic but can easily be tuned to C,G, or even sometimes D , or A , usually C or G is a safe tension to start . However the Concert Zither here I would just tune it as it requires . I can't find any chord charts but Wikepedia has a tuning chart for two sizes of Bavarian Zither you can model from
Lieber Hans, auf was fuer einer Zither spielst du? Sie hat so einen schoenen Klang!