What is the standard tuning for a hammered dulcimer? I chose to tune mine chromatically. However, I think most tune theirs diatonically.The range I have is not as great as diatonic. Yet, I have notes that diatonic tuning does not have.
I am asking out of curiosity, I will probably retain my tuning as it is, because I use this instrument more as embellishment, rather than as the central instrument. (Therefore, I do not need to know how to really "play" it, I just need to know how to play it in my compositions.)
And, do any of you know of recordings (other than mountain music) which employ the hammered dulcimer? Preferably something with a "classical" tint.
khandu