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guitar strings

Hi all.I just made one of these and i want to tune it to DAD.What guitar strings can i use?Thanks,Virginia Bill

Started by Virginia Bill

 5 Jul 22, 2009
Reply by Roger Martin

Which cubano?

Ive never built a dulcimer from the ground up, Ive had tinyguitars build all my necks for me and I just slapped them on a box. My wife was…

Started by Lionel Berthelon

 2 Jul 15, 2009
Reply by Lionel Berthelon

I know 2 Scottish Songs (Help with Names)

There's an old joke about bluegrass music. There are just two songs. "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" and the one that isn't Foggy Mt. With that…

Started by Dave Alexander

 5 Jul 4, 2009
Reply by Dave Alexander

Building Strum Stick and Ordered One

This is going to be a big dulcimer related week in an otherwise ukulele family. I have been building a CB Strum Stick based upon a neck bui…

Started by Dave Alexander

 11 Jul 3, 2009
Reply by Dave Alexander

Strings/tuning for a 28.5" (nut to bridge) CB dulcimer?

I'm building my first CB dulcimer...three strings....with a 28.5" nut to bridge length for a deeper tone. Would this lend itself to E-B-E t…

Started by CMcG

 5 May 28, 2009
Reply by Roger Martin

Mode question

If a dulcimer is fretted without the 6 1/2 fret what mode is it? Say you only go seven frets total (octave). I went to a dulcimer fret calc…

Started by Michael Carnright

 5 Apr 30, 2009
Reply by Michael Carnright

Mountain Dulcimer music from Great Highland Bagpipe music

Just a thought: If a tune for the GHB (Great Highland Bagpipe) does not go to Low G (GHB music notation), which is the lowest note on the…

Started by Michael Carnright

 0 Apr 23, 2009

Dulcimer fretting, JI or Chromatic?

As I go forward making instrument I am wondering when making the dulcimer fret scale do I go with Just Intonation or Chromatic? I think I w…

Started by Michael Carnright

 2 Apr 22, 2009
Reply by Michael Carnright

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