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Wandlebury Ring (Cigar Box Strummer Music recorded on Tascam DP004)

The music is done with my Cigar Box Strummer that I got for Christmas - one of these from tinyguitars : -) http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/50-christmas-strummers
This is a test run at recording it..not perfectly played and as it has no pick up and it's recorded with the mics from my Tascam it has picked up a few other things (my husband clonking around upstairs!!)...but it seemed like some magic happened : -)
The photos are of Wandlebury taken several years ago on a beautiful day that started out misty, then the sun started breaking through.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandlebury_Hill

I used to wonder what the point of these strummers were. They have diatonic scale fretting (the notes of a major scale) like a mountain dulcimer, so you can't hit a wrong note. I used to think that you could play all the same stuff and more on an instrument with all the frets, so WHY???...but I've found that the simplicity is great!!
I planned what I was going to play for track one, but then for track two I just improvised something on the top string. Then on track three I did the same on the bottom string.
On a normal guitar I never could have done that without hitting a wrong note!!
SO much reward for very little effort!!!

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Comment by bemuzic on January 10, 2011 at 9:56pm: thanks a lot Laurie, yeah it was pretty folky,lol...blues is my first love but I love any kind of music : -)

Comment by Laurie Lee Campbell on January 10, 2011 at 2:08pm: Belinda,..it IS magical!!! and the pics are lovely--I'm late getting here--I too marveled at a strumstick...got to play one at a friends place and it had lovely sound..awesome improv track mix/playing! .....uh oh---your "folk" is out, no turning back now....LOL

Comment by bemuzic on January 5, 2011 at 11:44pm: yeah quite....I wrote a song recently that has the lines "the world is full of choices and possibilities, but a big blank canvas can be a very scary thing"

Comment by ChickenboneJohn on January 5, 2011 at 11:35pm: It's often the case...I find that when doing my architectural stuff...having more constraints and less choices actually makes things easier and often leads to more creative solutions than when you've got a 'blank sheet of paper'.

Comment by bemuzic on January 5, 2011 at 11:16pm: thanks John....mmm it's strange how sometimes having less choices allows you to do more!!

Comment by ChickenboneJohn on January 5, 2011 at 11:10pm: I love diatonic fretted instruments...it's exactly what the whole CBG thing is all about....finding new stuff with less..cool ain't it...nice sounds too...lovely.

Comment by bemuzic on January 5, 2011 at 9:58am: thanks Steve

Comment by Steve Jeter on January 5, 2011 at 9:52am: very pretty, relaxing, I like it.

Comment by MikeBoy on January 4, 2011 at 2:03pm: Beautiful. I built a strummer last summer and I find it hard to put down. Also perfect for pretty much any X-mas song!