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Tuning the Hammered Dulcimer
As with any stringed instrument, learning to tune the hammered dulcimer is an
important part of learning to play.
more you will appreciate a fi nely 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 enhanced if you allow yourself the time to keep it in proper tune.
e following discussion of tuning is fairly detailed and assumes no prior expe-
rience. If you do have some experience with tuning, you may want to skim through
this section, keeping your eye out for idiosyncrasies peculiar to the hammered
dulcimer.
Electronic tuners are by far the most popular, accurate, and easy-to-use tuning
aids.
ese small, battery powered devices "listen" to the pitch of the string and tell
you with a meter or light just how sharp or fl at the string is. All you have to do is
adjust the string until the tuner tells you its pitch is correct. We recommend getting
an electronic tuner as soon as your budget allows. With a little practice you will be
able to quickly put your dulcimer in tune, and can spend your time playing music!
Tuning Sequence. When using an electronic tuner, it really doesn't matter
what note you start with. A common practice is to start on the lowest bass course
and work up the bass bridge to the top, then go to the lowest treble course and
work up to the top of that side of the bridge.
treble bridge will come into tune automatically. With this methodical approach, it's
easy to keep track of where you are.
Diffi culty of tuning.
stringed instruments.
note is exactly the same.
strings than most. However, there are a number of special procedures and shortcuts
that make the task much easier than it may initially seem. Learning to tune the
instrument is something that comes with practice. Despite initial fears, anyone can
learn to adequately tune this instrument.
How long will it stay in tune?
an individual instrument will hold its tune. Generally, what makes an instrument
go out of tune is temperature change. Heat expands the metal strings, causing their
pitch to drop or go fl at, and cold can cause the opposite problem. Wood compres-
sion, settling of the instrument, and the strings stretching over time can also cause
a hammered dulcimer to go fl at.
strung, will go out of tune more quickly than a seasoned instrument.
Your dulcimer should stay in tune fairly well if the environment is relatively
stable. And, fortunately, instruments tend to drop in pitch uniformly across their
range, meaning that they may remain in tune with themselves and playable for a
longer period, as long as you aren't trying to play with someone else!
e more critical you become of the tuning, the
Using Electronic Tuners
Primary Concerns
e dulcimer is no more diffi cult to tune than other
e basic goal of matching the pitch of a string to a certain
e diff erence, of course, is that the dulcimer has more
ere is great variation in the length of time
is is why a new instrument, or one that is newly
e notes on the other side of the
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