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W A R R A N T

W A R R A N T Y R E P

Our instruments carry a five-year warranty to the original purchaser. Be sure

to send in the warranty card to register your purchase. If we don't have that on file,

you may need to provide proof of purchase for warranty service. If you have any

warranty questions, please contact the store where you bought your instrument if

possible. They may be able to help you assess whether the problem is covered

under warranty, and/or whether it might be repaired locally, thereby avoiding

shipping costs and minimizing the time you spend without your instrument. If you

need to return your instrument to us for evaluation and repair, call us first for

approval (if your dealer hasn't already done so). Then package your instrument as

described in the previous section and ship it pre-paid and insured. Enclose a

description of the problem and any circumstances that may be linked to the

problem (e.g. falls, accidents, weather conditions, etc.). If you did not send in your

warranty card to register your purchase, you must also enclose a copy of your

purchase receipt.

Scales, Bridges, and Tuning Schemes

A knowledge of the dulcimer's tuning scheme and of major scales, as well as a

general understanding of treble bridge placement, will be of great help in the

playing (and tuning!) of your instrument. This section applies to the traditional

fifth-interval tuning. If you have a piano dulcimer (our models PD30 and PD40),

some of this information will not be relevent, and some will need to be adapted to

your instrument.

S C A L E S

S C

Quite simply, a major scale is any series of eight notes which sound like the

familiar "Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do." Such a series has a special relationship

between all the notes in the scale. The important concept is that a major scale can

begin on any note, and as long as the intervals between the notes are maintained, it

will still sound like "Do Re Mi...." The note on which a major scale begins is called

the "root" or "tonic," and names the key you are playing in.

T R E B L E B R I D G E P L A A A A A C E M E N T

T R E B L E B R I D G E P L

The interval between the first note of a major scale (Do) and the fifth note of

the scale (Sol) is called a "fifth". The treble bridge of a dulcimer is precisely

positioned to divide the strings that pass over it into two sections that sound notes

one fifth interval apart. This means that if a string sounds "Do" on the right side

of the bridge, then that same string will sound "Sol" on the left side. This fifth-

interval relationship is clearly illustrated by singing the first two words of Twinkle,

Twinkle, Little Star.

T H E D U L

T H E D U L C I M E R T U N I N

T H E D U L

C I M E R T U N I NG S C

C I M E R T U N I N

The hammered dulcimer is laid out in simple patterns of major scales. It is

designed to provide easy access to the scales, or keys, most commonly used in

playing traditional music: D, G, C, F, and A. The diagram to the right illustrates the

tuning scheme for our basic 12-treble/11-bass course instruments (the D10,

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Y R E PA I R

Y R E P

A I R

A L E S

C E M E N T

G S C

G S CH E M E

H E M E

Apprentice, and Prelude). Complete tuning

schemes for all of our instrument models are

illustrated in the Strings and Tunings section

starting on page 18.

The large dots in the diagrams show

where major scales begin, or would begin if

the notes continued on in their established

patterns. These positions should be clearly

marked on your instrument by the white

bridge cap pieces.

To play a major

Treble Bridge

scale, start on a

white position

•

(8) Do

(4)

marker on either the bass or treble bridge, and sound

(7) Ti

(3)

the rest of the notes in order as listed in the chart to

(6) La

(2)

the right.

•

(5) Sol

(1)

Become familiar with these patterns and then find

all of the scales listed earlier. Because the dulcimer is

made up of a series of scales built one on top of the

other, there are many notes that are repeated. This allows greater freedom of

choice with playing patterns, and can help speed the tuning process.

Tuning the Hammered Dulcimer

As with any stringed instrument, learning to tune the hammered dulcimer is

an important part of learning to play. The more critical you become of the tuning,

the more you will appreciate a finely tuned instrument. It may take a while to

develop the techniques that speed the process up, but don't get discouraged and

let tuning become a burden. You owe yourself the pleasure of playing on a

properly tuned instrument, and your satisfaction in owning and playing your

hammered dulcimer will be greatly en-

hanced if you allow yourself the time to

keep it in proper tune.

The following discussion of tuning is

fairly detailed and assumes no prior experi-

ence. If you do have some experience with

tuning, you may want to skim through this

section, keeping your eye out for idiosyncra-

sies peculiar to the hammered dulcimer.

U S I N

U S I NG E L E C T R

U S I N

G E L E C T R

G E L E C T RO N I C T U N E R S

O N I C T U N E R S

Electronic tuners are by far the most

popular, accurate, and easy-to-use tuning aids.

These small, battery powered devices "listen"

to the pitch of the string and tell you with a

meter or light just how sharp or flat the string is. All you have to do is adjust the

Treble Bridge

Bass Bridge

D'''

G''

C''

•

C'''

F''

B '

B''

E''

A''

D''

•

G''

C''

F ''

E''

•

D''

C ''

F '

•

G '

C '

Treble Bridge

Bass Bridge

•

(8)

•

(4) Fa

(7)

(3) Mi

(6)

(2) Re

•

Sol

(5)

•

(1) Do

D Major: D E F G A B C D

G Major: G A B C D E F G

C Major: C D E F G A B C

F Major: F G A B C D E F

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