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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 December 31, 2010 at 11:06pm: thanks everyone for the great comments : -)

Comment by Frank Posey on December 31, 2010 at 2:43pm: You're a progressive player, progressing in music is always being willing to take the next step, pretty soon all the steps run together and you find you can do more than you ever thought you could. Keep up the good work and wonderful pictures.

Comment by rodney fruits on December 31, 2010 at 1:47pm: Your gettin alot of comments because its that good! Great music and great video!

Comment by Furry Johnson on December 31, 2010 at 1:18pm: awesome it took me on a beautiful journey thankyou

Comment by bemuzic on December 31, 2010 at 12:45pm: wow thanks again!!

Comment by Mike Bingham on December 31, 2010 at 12:42pm: You're welcome. I'm serious. Certain songs hit me pretty hard sometimes. Joe Satriani's "Always With You Always With Me", Santana's "Samba Pa Ti", Pink's version of "Me and Bobby McGee" are examples of songs that just grab me. "Wandlebury Ring" is right there with them. It's big!

Comment by bemuzic on December 31, 2010 at 12:25pm: wow thanks a lot Mike!

Comment by Mike Bingham on December 31, 2010 at 12:11pm: Unreal!!! I've been sitting here for five minutes and just can't seem to come up with words to use on this one. It is absolutely brilliant. More - more- more...

Comment by bemuzic on December 31, 2010 at 12:09pm: thanks Uncle John...yep I used to have exactly those thoughts about strummers. In theory you can do anything (and more!) on an instrument with all the frets...I used to think WHY??? but I've found the way it simplifies things makes it great fun to play....you don't have to think!! I couldn't have just improvised like I did on this on a regular guitar without hitting wrong notes!!

Comment by Uncle John on December 31, 2010 at 11:59am: Beautiful music and photos Belinda. I do not at this point 'get' what a strummer is good for - how it does things a fretted 3 or 4 string does not. Will try to check it out more. Nice video. Happy new year.

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