Arcana Strum

The Arcana Strum is a musical instrument designed to be extremely simple to learn and easy to play.

It’s the perfect musical solution, providing a full musical experience, with chords, tunes, riffs and scales, so that anyone can enjoy the uplifting rapture of playing music.

Designed specifically for the assistive technology market, the Arcana Strum is a compact device that can help anyone play guitar regardless of their physical ability.

Operation of the device’s unique handle design simulates the feeling of strumming a guitar whilst pressing one of the device’s keys produces a chord sound. All sound is produced via connection to an external device such as an iPhone or iPad.

Arcana Strum is adaptive and easily accessible, offering adjustable keys and handle sensitivity as well as right or left handed playing options. A range of optional accessories are also available, enabling users to play along using assistive switches or using alternative strum stick handles.

Innovative and intuitive, Arcana Strum can also help early users learn and develop their music education whilst igniting their passion for playing and listening to music in a fun and engaging way!

The included guideline handbook, downloadable songbooks, and theory documents provide a wealth of educational content to get you started on your musical journey. Due to the simple interface and the similarity to playing a guitar, teaching students to play the Arcana is easy for music teachers and does not require any special training.

Finally, you can read about the educational potential of Arcana Strum through this project led by our partner TiME with Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Trust.  

Tips for getting started with the Arcana Strum can be downloaded here.