Thanks for checking it out. I like that idea.

Thanks for checking it out.

Thanks for watching the video

I appreciate that. I've got so many projects in queue right now but I'll definitely plan to do more experiments in the coming weeks.

Thanks for checking it out.

That's good to hear because I'm a pretty novice workworker actually. Thanks for checking it out.

I'm glad you liked it. I'm hoping it inspires other people to do something similar. Those little corner jigs are cool but you are correct... clamps are so necessary. Building things like this really isn't that hard, it just takes a lot of patience. Sometimes the hardest part is waiting for the glue to dry. Thanks for checking it out.

@@musicalmiscellany you are to Humble. !

I need to figure out how to use it with other instruments but it could definitely fulfill that ASMR vibe. Thanks for checking it out.

I definitely want to try using it with a steel tongue drum. I think it might work well with a native flute as well. However, I need to make sure they're all in the same key.

BTW, I had no idea what key it was going to be in. I just used a random scale length and string size. Based on that, you could use a heavier string or longer scale and probably hit E pretty easily.

Oh jeez. If that's the case, what would you call one of these? 😆 www.sacredrites.com/product-page/30-monochord

@@musicalmiscellany Let's see, 16 strings, that would make it a decaexichord! LOL!

@@stevesstrings5243 That flows off the tongue well (sarcasm). "I play decaexichord in a band" said no one ever. 😝

@@musicalmiscellany LOL!!!

Great idea. I big ol' tonebar might be sweet on this thing. I was going to experiment with putting some 'bridges on a couple of the strings so you could make multiple tones on one string. There are a lot of possibilities.

I have a few ideas but I've also got several other projects in queue so who knows when I'll get around to it. I did the two outputs so I could plug it into a stereo reverb or chorus and get an original stereo signal. If I'm using it with an amp, I'd just use one of them but the other is there if you need it.

@@musicalmiscellany Cool cool I am looking forward to seeing what you are up too... It would not surprise me to find out something like a marine trumpet is on your list

I actually had no idea what to do with the tuning. I just guessed at a string gauge and scale. It turned out to be a pretty comfortable tension for C# (no rattle but not too tight). You could probably tune it up to a D or maybe even an E. It might be interesting to mess with different scale lengths and string sizes to figure out what works best. Some heavier strings might let is make a nice B or A. I also like the idea of having 1 or 2 strings tuned an octave higher.

I'm sure you could make some simple movable bridges and put them under the strings at different spots to change their pitches. If you put them close to the middle, you'd have two notes per string, and I think if you put them at places where there's a natural harmonic, then there'll be sympathetic vibrations that can cross back and forth across the middle bridges. Edit: natural harmonics, as in dividing the string in half, or putting the bridge 1/3 or 1/4 or 1/5 of the length of the string, etc.

@@markfdesimone Yes. That is a common technique on monochords. You can easily divide each string into 2 strings for more notes. I'll have to experiment with that.

If you don't' install the piezo pickups and jacks, you won't be able to amplify the monochord. Its acoustic volume is not particularly loud so that's why I added them. Thanks for checking out the video.

If you don't use it. Can play, right?

@@MY_PLAYGROUND777 Yes.

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@@musicalmiscellany Nah still don’t get it, but thanks for trying to explain 😊