Comments on: Zither

By: Gail Rothschild

Gail Rothschild — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:25:59 +0000

I think you need to spend more time in Brooklyn where there are plenty of trees. Even on this bitterly cold day the winter jasmine (Jasminun nudiflorum) is blooming in my garden all buttery sunshine. I think I’ll go read some Keats. Drawing credit?

By: marie

marie — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:20:09 +0000

Ah, a dulcimer! That makes sense. Thanks, Ben!

By: Ben A

Ben A — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:10:44 +0000

Well, if it was fretted, it may have been a dulcimer. That’s often played with mallets though (but not exclusively). Fingerpicks may be used. My friends’ bluegrass troupe don’t use either, but if you like bluegrass, check it out: http://www.myspace.com/thyburden

By: marie

marie — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:02:06 +0000

Er, no. No mallets. I think the man was playing the instrument with a pick, or something like it. But it was flat, long, and stringed.

By: Ben A

Ben A — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:43:49 +0000

Was the ‘zither’ played with mallets?

By: marie

marie — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:03:37 +0000

Oh, I think Keats power will suit me just fine. This is one of my favorite pieces of poetry:

Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird!
No hungry generations tread thee down;
The voice I hear this passing night was heard
In ancient days by emperor and clown:
Perhaps the self-same song that found a path
Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home,
She stood in tears amid the alien corn

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:10:13 +0000

Go MSG!

Well I think you can be a brilliant poet Marie! Or do you want Harry Potter power? (Children’s Fantasy power sounds kind of wrong)…