I've seen the term strummer tossed around a lot here lately... but I'm not entirely sure what one is. It's a guitar fretted with a different scale than chromatic? Somebody please fill me in on this intriguing idea. Responses, links and a little ridicule welcome (I should probably know about this... I'm on my 7th CBG) :) Thanks
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It is like having only the white keys on the piano, and therefore much harder to play a "wrong" note. Mountain dulcimers have this kind of fretting, they are usually hourglass shaped and played in your lap. Around here most folks make stick dulcimers/strummers/pickin sticks - same fretting but played guitar style.
strummers are commonly guitar like instruments fretted diatonic (do-ra-mi) scale (like a mountain dulcimer)... scale lenghts are all over the place from full guitar scale to ultra short 14" or less.... The whole point is to make a very playable instrument... normally the "note string" that the melody is played on is the string closest to the ground (the thinnest string).
YOu can play chords (check out the search engine). A good source for information on strummers is the McNally Strum Stick website.. .http://strumstick.com/
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And there is a whole group that talks about these types of instruments, and how to go about figuring out the fretting and whatnot.
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/group/dulciworld
It is like having only the white keys on the piano, and therefore much harder to play a "wrong" note. Mountain dulcimers have this kind of fretting, they are usually hourglass shaped and played in your lap. Around here most folks make stick dulcimers/strummers/pickin sticks - same fretting but played guitar style.
strummers are commonly guitar like instruments fretted diatonic (do-ra-mi) scale (like a mountain dulcimer)... scale lenghts are all over the place from full guitar scale to ultra short 14" or less.... The whole point is to make a very playable instrument... normally the "note string" that the melody is played on is the string closest to the ground (the thinnest string).
YOu can play chords (check out the search engine). A good source for information on strummers is the McNally Strum Stick website.. .http://strumstick.com/
Hope this helps
Wichita Sam