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Permalink Reply by Lane Martin on March 4, 2016 at 8:44am

It's all learning and sharing and learning...etc. :)

Are you tuning DAD? or something else? (Just to clarify for me)

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Permalink Reply by simon on March 4, 2016 at 8:53am

I'm tuning in Dad which is where I'm going with my point about fret position. Have attached photos of the dulce in question (it's unstrung in the photos).

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Permalink Reply by Lane Martin on March 4, 2016 at 9:05am

That's correct. Spot on. Read for strings and making music.

On your two D strings, you'll have D, E, F#, G, A, B, C, C#, D.

On the middle A string, you'll have A, B, C#, D, E, F#, G, G#, A.

That's how diatonic works. Some mistakenly suggest that there are no sharps/flats on a diatonic instrument. The only way that's true is if every string is tuned to C and you leave out the 6 1/2 fret. Then you'd just have C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C.

Good looking build.

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Permalink Reply by simon on March 4, 2016 at 9:14am

So my second fret on say my A string should be Csharp ? ? ?
I'm really trying to get this right as my next build is in walnut and bog oak...

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Permalink Reply by Lane Martin on March 4, 2016 at 9:17am

Yep.

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Permalink Reply by simon on March 4, 2016 at 9:19am

Ok...so all is actually fine on the build and its just my brain that's broken !

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Permalink Reply by Lane Martin on March 4, 2016 at 9:30am

Yes, it's all fine.

You could also just fret one string and let the others drone. lol  Actually, I'm going to do that soon...building my own Tennessee Music Box (basically a box dulcimer).  A friend of mine plays her dulcitar like that anyways.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeSq_LGXen0

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Permalink Reply by simon on March 4, 2016 at 9:24am

....but I could do the layout with all whole notes (plus the 6+ fret)...

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Permalink Reply by Robert Killen on March 6, 2016 at 10:28pm

Hi Simon,

It looks like you're pretty well set with your existing fret board, which sounds like it's set up perfectly.

Before you start down the "all whole note" path, I just want to share that a 'whole note scale' doesn't exist in almost any music. A whole note scale would mean 2 half steps (or two frets on a chromatic fret board) separating each note. You can try playing it. It sounds strange to our ears. Most immediately you'll notice that it does not contain a 4th or a 5th, which means you'll be feeling blue, but you won't be able to play it. :-)

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Permalink Reply by simon on March 4, 2016 at 9:43am

Ill have to look at that, thank you !

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Permalink Reply by simon on March 7, 2016 at 12:24am

Hi all now understanding that the fretboard is fine it's was my understanding of the diatonic that was wrong. ! Thanks to all for your help on this really amazed at the amount of help and response from everyone on this.

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Permalink Reply by Fomhorach on March 6, 2016 at 11:33am

No forget that, dumb idea. (I blame the beer)

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