Strumstick Introduction Video (Low Resolution)

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A 4 minute introduction to the McNally Strumstick. The Strumstick is ridiculously easy to play, and loads of fun too. Bob McNally Invented the Strumstick 23 years ago, and has shown many thousands of people how it works and how to get started on it. Here is a 4 minute introduction and Demo by Bob McNally. Learn more at www.strumstick.com if you are curious.

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Music

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• Strumstick
• easy
• play
• dulcimer
• guitar
• beginner
• learning
• music

[iamanasterix]

Hello Bob McNally. I just found this instrument in an attic. I had never heard of it and I assure anyone reading this that it is like a tiny magic guitar. Very easy and fun to play. It is also fun and easy to play. Since my discovery I have enjoyed pretending like a famous rock star. The Strumstick(r) has increased my confidence by 1000 fold and for that I can never repay you Bob McNally! I am glad that the instruction manual was still included so that I knew who to look for and give thanks!!

[bobomcnally]

@iamanasterix

thanks for liking it!

Bob McNally

[bobomcnally]

By the way, the strumstick is inspired by the dulcimer, but is distinctly different in the way you hold it and play it. Same musical principle, drone and diatonic scale, but sitar, bagpipes, langelik, and other instruments use that approach, Dulcimer is a lap instrument, strumstick is played like guitar.

[tawtu]

Why do they cost so much?

[bobomcnally]

Well, they are handmade, and most people think $140 is pretty good for an instrument this nice.

[GenericAnonymous]

Is it loud enough to be heard in a bluegrass circle?

[deathslice60]

wow.......nice :)

[HappyPterodactyl]

@bobomcnally I did the same thing too! I was at 3 months though

[elguitarristazen]

Hello Bob, I came along the Strumstick and now I'm makin one for me, I live in Chile and got involved in a medieval recording (Im a guitarrist) and played strumstick in it, I din't know it was your invention. I realized playing with it that if you tune one or two tones back the last string (the highest) you can play in the 7 gregorian modes. Hope to be of some help with this comment here for the rest of the people.

[gregryf]

@bobomcnally It is interesting and it has a nice sound

[ganggreen520]

Hey I was looking for some song tutorials so I can have fun playing songs I know. All i see are really old/church songs. You should put some videos on how to play like some Dave Mathews or Boston or Kansas. So it will be more enjoyable to play for everyone

[nancywarren]

Looks like a great way to get people interested in instrumental music and then leads the other stringed instruments. Personally I use the autoharp for that purpose but those are expensive!

[Zax901250]

With the best will in the world, isn't this just another dulcitar, which has been around for years? Also, you can make one out of a cheap guitar - just set it to an open tuning and yank the unwanted frets out with pliers. That said, I do love this particular take on the instrument and will probably buy one despite my gripes! There's a nice YouTube video of Jon Anderson doing 'Under Heaven's Door' with a Strumstick - he really manages to bring out the character of the instrument.

[kolby386]

So...you can play one scale? Then again, you only need one scale to be successful in popular music...

[bobomcnally]

@tinyguitars

Great sounding instruments, very fun. Good Luck to you.

Bob McNally