I'm a beginner. I have a 61 string Concert Bandura...Ukrainian harp and am wondering if any of the 7 levers should be applied to the strings when tuning. When actived they raise all of the 'A' 'B' or 'C' etc. notes by a semi-tone
There are 2 rows of tuning pegs, one for the white notes on the piano and the other is for the black ones. I have been given conflicting info and either way is quite a time consuming process... altho' I usually manage to get it completed before I go to bed!
It doesn't matter which of the 2 methods I use but I would expect, when playing the strings in sequence across the instrument, that it would play in the same way as a piano, going up in semitones...but it doesn't work that way.... it is chromatic. Accidentals are my problem It doesn't matter what key I'm playing in I would expect an 'accidental' note to be close to the white piano note.