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軟體簡介:
音色素材
24-bit and 16-bit versions included.
Picked, fingerpicked, and strummed versions
Create any strummable chords and automate them with
StrumMaker.
The mountain dulcimer is a four stringed instrument usually played on the lap, by
strumming or picking with the right hand and fretting with the left. It is normally
diatonic, with the frets creating a major (or it?s relative minor) scale. The tuning
is most often D-A-D, with the two highest strings close together and in unison. When
the instrument is strummed, the high strings can be used to play melody, while the
low strings drone. Or, chords can be formed and strummed guitar style.
As far as anyone can tell, this type of dulcimer originated with the
settlers of the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States as
far back as the 18th century. It?s cheerful sound and characteristic
heart-shaped sound holes must have been a comfort in what was, for
the most part, a hard life. The instrument has enjoyed a revival in recent
decades, and can have a Celtic, Middle Eastern, or Oriental sound.
Our sampled Mountain Dulcimer is presented chromatically, and you
will see the “in between” notes on the fretboard of the Strummer
instruments.
