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!
Comment by bemuzic on January 3, 2011 at 12:11pm
ah thanks, yeah Mike Oldfield certainly no bad thing!

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