Reasons NOT To Get a Chromatic
Instruments- discuss specific features, luthiers, instrument problems & questions
I have looked at and joined groups, thanks, and I'll check out Joellen Lapidus.
I'm interested in the idea of "advantage" that Lapidus brings up. Igor Stravinsky said that he could not create without having limitations. I think limitations are one of the things that attracts many of us to the dulcimer and that having less strings and less frets than, for example, a guitar can be what inspires us. And having more resources doesn't necessarily make music or anything else better. I don't necessarily agree with those who very much preferred Bob Dylan with just his guitar and harmonica to Bob Dylan with an amplified band, but, as anyone who's seen "A Complete Unknown" knows, there were -= and remain -- plenty of folk whose musical preferences run that way.
I'm just one of those folk who are inspired by the limitations of my 6.5 fret dulcimers, but also the "advantages" of four equidistant strings. To each one's own and all are welcome.
Have a great week.