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Hi Klemens, thanks for looking at my videos and I looked at your superior SOLO zither playing. I play with play along CDs but it is still my own music.I recorded and published albums with zither duets and Folksongs together with a girlfriend, both of us playing ZITHER, the play along Cds were produced at Proffi Studios(run by my sons).I also published the only English language teaching book.My aim was always to help people who don't speak German, live in countries where there are no zither teachers or players, to help BEGINNERS; my website is also a HELP page.

Thanks for watching my video.It was made 12 years ago in my sons garage on a shoestring budget, to help people who don't speak German and live in countries where there are no zither players/teachers, like here in Australia. I know I showed a guitar pick just to start people off, in case they obtained a zither with no accessories. The thumb pick will give you an idea, but I could not play a whole piece with it. The zither is an instrument played mostly in Germany/Austria/Switzerland, so accessories are mostly sold only over there. Ourdays people are more likely to google or buy online, but knowing the correct name of what you want saves time and confusion. Therefore the zither is not played with a guitar pick.The correct German name is Zither Ring. Other translations for you :Zither accessories = Zither Zubehoer; zither string is Zither Saite, Zither pins = Stimm wirbel . Griffbrett/fret board; Mensur = length of fret board; stimmen = tuning, Tuner = Stimmgeraet, Tuning Fork = Stimmgabel, Tuning Key =Stimmschluessel. Cheers - zithergirl🙃down under

Thanks for watching, are you just starting out?

Congratulations!! You are prepared to work hard and stick to it, so it payed off. But you have good prior knowledge playing Guitar and Accordion.Watch out for my next tutorial next month.Showing how to play chord accompaniment by memory in any key.

Thanks for watching, glad I could help.Where in the world do you live and can you play zither or plan learning it, or play another instrument? Lots of other help videos on my channel and also a beginners teaching book(in Engl) and play alongs (Book and CD). Cheers from Australia,Ilse.

@@zithergirl I live in England, although I was originally born and bred in Rome, Italy. I have been playing guitar for 45 years, most of them professionally, and I also play bass and a plethora of exotic stringed instruments (oud, bouzouki, Arab-Andalus mandole, sitar, banjo: I have a strong lifelong interest in Arabic, Indian and African music). The zither is such a beautiful instrument, but learning to play it seems a daunting task, with all the coordination between the fingers. Moreover, I have three small children, and the time to even practice my own instruments is so very limited. I followed your channel for quite a long time, just as an appreciator of zither music. I just love all your videos, performances and tutorials alike. They bring me an enormous degree of pleasure, and for a little bit make me forget the outside world. Keep up the excellent work, Ilse, I love it! What about you, which part of Germany (or Austria) do you come from, and how long have you been living in Australia for?

Thanks for watching.probably in other languages as well.

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thanks for watching. Yes I am aware of the Russian version, probably the original and also melancholy.

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Thanks for watching. Its from my album "39 Great Folksongs for zither". The Seekers" used the tune in "The Carnival is over/Say goodbye my own sweet lover……Pierot and Columbine"

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Yes it was fun,Thanks for watching

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Thanks for your reply, glad it helped. Are just starting the zither?

@@zithergirl yes I am a singer and piano teacher and paint instruments too and found one! I believe it is a Mandolin Guitar Zither. I am trying to restore it as best I can and am stuck on which strings to buy though ! I have tried to use standard harp strings to test if it will even work!

Thanks for looking at my channel.Look at my video"How to restring a concert zither" it shows that I order my strings online and I use Lenzner strings. Details on how to order in the video. Send a photo of your instrument with measurements, they will quote, accept PayPal and send by airmail, anywhere in the world. What country are you?Also on my website are the LINK Pages for Lenzner and Lorenz Muehlemann(Switzerland) check out his website,he also runs seminars and sells the sheetmusic for the Akkord zithers.Good luck. Ilse

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glad it helped, thanks for looking at my channel.Write if you have any other zither problems, I'll help if I can.

Thanks for watching. I also checked out your channel and it's my kind of music. When I'm not playing zither I play bass clarinet in a chamber music group, Mozart, baroque,renaiss. etc.

@@zithergirl Thank you very much for your kind feedback and your support!

Should sound great on slide guitar, why dont you post a video? Song got lots of verses, in Hawaiin, English, German.Popular with sailors.

Thanks for watching. There could be a connection, also melancholic.Parts of German Lieder and Art Songs where often simplified, shortened and became popular as folksongs eg Winterreise:"Am Brunnen vor dem Tore"; Heidenroeslein "Sah ein Knab ein Roeslein stehn"

and easy to play. Thanks for watching.

thanks for watching.Yes lots of interchange between German and British music.

Ja, damit bin ich auch aufgewachsen.❣

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Thanks John! Yes I feel lucky, beautiful Sydney weather, great friends and my own family band.

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good luck! slow and steady does it.

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Thanks (Gracias) for watching. Yes you can use the zither as an accompaniment instrument, similar to a guitar. You can play chords both on the open strings and also on the fretboard,(see my instruction video). Helps if you have a good voice though .😏

@@zithergirl It can be used as an Accompaniment instrument like a Guitar, Piano, Piano Accordion, or even a Mandolin. I have a great singing voice & lucky me I can use Finger picks on all 5 fingers to strike the strings more easily & get a sharper attack out of the zither.

@@zithergirl Strings for German Zither actually have Ball Ends on the ends of them (they're Flat Ball Ends) that go over the pins. The Fretted Strings can be Phosphor Bronze Flatwound, Nickel Flatwound, or Silver Plated Copper. The Unfretted Strings are Silver Plate Copper wound around a Nylon Core, a Nylon & Steel Core, or a Silk n Steel Core (Green, Blue, & Red).