This is my second Talharpa build, and this one I am using wooden tuners for a more authentic looking instrument. I am also building a horsehair bow for the instrument and will use nylon, or hair strings.
Wow, this is a lovely look at your shop, and this instrument. Very peaceful vib, with the wind chimes in the background🎶🌎☮❤ I'm thinking of making a bow like that, for some of my ethnic stringed instruments. Thanks for the inspiration, and sharing this video. Best wishes for your continued success and fun, with music instrument making.
Sorry you'll have to translate 1.) tune your instrument properly --> as perfect as you can 2.) if horse hair detunes too quickly, make dacron b50 strings or buy violin/viola 3.) DON'T use markings --> you'll end up training your ears wrong. Strings bend and stretch constantly over time, rendering markings unreliable 4.) take your tuner out and find ONE note on the melody string. Not more. You don't want to overwhelm yourself in the beginning 5.) practice good/slow/steady 90° bow strokes 6.) practice that note and strokes combined 7.) find a spot you can remember with your hand by feeling it --> a good position let's you find notes easier 8.) scales work like on any other instrument If it sounds "wrong" adjust your fingers until it doesn't. Retune often! Notes come like the alphabet. CDEFGAB with their half notes inbetween. So if your strings are tuned for example to d A D --> d is the melody string then you can use the notes D E F G for minor and D E F# G for major for example D E F G // D E F# G 0 2 3 5 // 0 2 4 5 minor major 0 - open string // 2 - index finger // 3 - middle finger // 4 - ringfinger // 5 pinky finger
