Thank you for taking the time and effort to make this video! Purchased an old dulcimer (4 string) at a pawn shop in Madisonville, KY for Mom and she just loves it, she wants to try to learn how to play and I had no idea how to go about tuning it, THANKS AGAIN, TAKE CARE and BE GOOD!!!
Concerning the A's.... tune where you see the A on your tuner. that will be the A' above middle 'C' on the piano.
There are no ratios that I am aware of. I just keep turning the peg ( I have gear pegs on the one in the video) until I get tot eh desired pitch.. Hope this helps.
@10achus tightening the peg will make the string sound a higher note. thinking of your notes in terms of a piano keyboard is a good method, instead of thinking in ratios, try to train your ear to match the note your string sounds with a reference note, (pitch pipe) or drop some cash on a tuner, im fond of the clip on variety of tuners, instead of a microphone they pick up the vibrations through the instrument and as such are unaffected in noisy rooms, hope this helps
There are alot of different tuning for the dulcimer depending on the song being played. The standard or usual tuning is D,A,A. Good to hear from you again!
There are several diferent tunings that you can use for your dulcimer. Mine came with the suggested tuning of D, A, A. I have found it works for most songs that I teach but it certainly is not the only tuning. If you like the D,G,D tuning and it works for you, stick with that.
is the melody string doubled?
If so, tune both to A
Middle to A
Bass D
Hope this helps!
musicouzts1 4 months ago
I have a four string dulcimer-so how would I tune it? If you can just tell me which notes to tune to, I'd appreciate it so much! Thanks!
mikeyL67 4 months ago
Thank you for taking the time and effort to make this video! Purchased an old dulcimer (4 string) at a pawn shop in Madisonville, KY for Mom and she just loves it, she wants to try to learn how to play and I had no idea how to go about tuning it, THANKS AGAIN, TAKE CARE and BE GOOD!!!
flamingoefarms 8 months ago
thank you!
imakecostumes 1 year ago
you're a legend.
kd8ux 2 years ago
You are too kind!
musicouzts 2 years ago
Example: Bass string is showing G# on the tuner.
Do I tighten or loosen the peg to get to A?
Is there an A below and an A above the G, like on a piano?
Is there a ratio, such as a quarter turn jumps 2 notes?
I know. It's a lot of questions. (Blushing)
10achus 2 years ago 2
Tighten the string for and A.
Concerning the A's.... tune where you see the A on your tuner. that will be the A' above middle 'C' on the piano.
There are no ratios that I am aware of. I just keep turning the peg ( I have gear pegs on the one in the video) until I get tot eh desired pitch.. Hope this helps.
musicouzts 2 years ago
@10achus tightening the peg will make the string sound a higher note. thinking of your notes in terms of a piano keyboard is a good method, instead of thinking in ratios, try to train your ear to match the note your string sounds with a reference note, (pitch pipe) or drop some cash on a tuner, im fond of the clip on variety of tuners, instead of a microphone they pick up the vibrations through the instrument and as such are unaffected in noisy rooms, hope this helps
gwells90 1 year ago
I just bought a Black Mountain dulcimer. Thanks for vids. -Ron
rhopen 2 years ago
You are welcome. Hope you enjoy the dulcimer as much as I do.
musicouzts 2 years ago
D,G,D seems to work for the Scottish songs I like to play :-)
I have a video of my playing on here in 2007 !!
Its just a cheap Romanian instrument though, but its an MD.
I like the subtitles
sandycorgi 2 years ago 2
is it the d1210?
Zeitgeist1208 2 years ago
There are several different tunings for the dulcimer. use the one that seems to work for most of the songs you play.
Glad you like the subtitles!
musicouzts 2 years ago
There are alot of different tuning for the dulcimer depending on the song being played. The standard or usual tuning is D,A,A. Good to hear from you again!
musicouzts 3 years ago
Good instructions. What difference would dad make? My dulcimer came tuned to dgd
sandycorgi 3 years ago 4
There are several diferent tunings that you can use for your dulcimer. Mine came with the suggested tuning of D, A, A. I have found it works for most songs that I teach but it certainly is not the only tuning. If you like the D,G,D tuning and it works for you, stick with that.
musicouzts 2 years ago