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How to play
Find a comfortable sitting position so your stretched out hand can easily touch the strings and you are also able to
see your client. To start playing stretch your arm gently and start playing from the strings your hand is reaching.
You can move the top of your fingertips gentley over the strings and when your hand has moved back toward you
the other hand repeats that movment. You can use the whole length of the strings from the middle of the instru-
ment to the bridges. While you are moving it is best to continue to play staggered straight lines.
The timbre, tone and feeling of the Sound can be varied by the way on how strong you press down on the strings,
the tempo in which you play or the place ( middle or near the bridges). The overtones are opening up more and
more the longer you play, influenced by the steadyness of your play. Creating a deep space of relaxation. The
Vibration of the strings are transfered over the whole lengeth of the table into the body of the client laying on the
table.
Now the Monochord has two tunings, differing in
one octav and you can start experimenting.
a. Simply strike the strings with your fingers. In the
beginning it might be hard on your fingers. You
can just use instead of your fingers a leather plect-
rum.
b. If you string closer to the bridge the tone has
more overtones, than striking in the middle of the
string. Try it. Striking in the middle might let the
strings rattle against each other.
c. Also the power of striking the string and the
speed differs the tone quality.
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