Tennessee Music Box

Very similar to an Appalachian dulcimer. They usually get called Tennessee music box when the shape is rectangular rather than curvy sided. A bigger difference, from a musical perspective, is the short frets. The two melody strings closest to the players body are the only ones fretted the other two are drones. Traditionally strummed with a quill and fretted with a noter.
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  • Thanks JD

  • Sounds great and it fit perfectly with the song you played on the video!
  • Thanks Dave. It does have decent volume but I tried to strum lightly. Vid uploading now.

  • Beautiful Jim! I'll bet a sound sample will be forthcoming. I bet loud!
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