how to tune the hammered dulcimer

[MrKevbot11]

whats the notes of the strings from bottom to top? i have a hammered dulcimer with 18 sets of tuning pegs on each side. but i cant find anything to tell me what the bottom note is and then what each string is. and it only has two bridges like yours in this video.

[EloiseEstrella]

I am bought a student model hammer dulcimer at a garage sale really cheap but now I don't know how to tune it... I understand the techniques described in this helpful video, but what is the scale of the tuning? Are there "standard" & "alternate" tunings? Help please! :-)

[sparkanotherowl23]

oh wait, my impatience came back to bite me you just said they stay in tune a lot longer in the vid due to the stiff tuning pegs so forget what I said!

[sparkanotherowl23]

do these go out of tune quickly? like some bad guitars, they go out of tune reeeaaal quick. Just curious as I'm contemplating buying one as I adore the sound, but if I'm gonna be tuning it every 10 minutes... it'll drive me insane!

[MrMegatube]

Hammered Dulcimer and Thai Kim are the same? Hope you may answer my question.Thank you!

[Aquakia]

@MrMegatube the khim is the thai adaptation of the dulcimer. they differ slightly

[windrose777]

Very helpful, thank you, Love your music

[papadopilo]

nice, but it is not exactly, it is tuned to high, cant you hear it?

Not perfect as you say.

[AquaSnowCrochet]

I love your accent!!

[peter47a]

Is this the 9/8 travel dulcimer or a larger one? thx!

[adz000001]

440 kHz is well outside of the audible range - maybe 440 Hz

[vanni9283]

440 kHz I believe is the frequency for modern musical pitches.

[vanni9283]

Clearly a very dissonant sound at about 5:15 when that note was out of tune.

[mixmasterlees]

yes

[temoniprince]

wow amazing thx again.

ok what are the notes that i should tune it. i want to play more of the middle eastern way. thx sammy

[HecateDancing]

Thank you so much for this, very helpful.

I love your videos.

[superbagner]

I'm in love even more... I keep seeing these videos from D and who cares about the dulcimer... just keep talking mamacita...

[masterclassbass]

you have very nice voice

[glowworm1000]

Great video!! What do you set calib on the tuner to?

[dizzid11]

440Khz

[glowworm1000]

Thanks so much! I love your videos!

[musicgrrl11]

possibly THE most important beginner's lesson!!! thanks dizzi, i've been enjoying your tutorials!