Steinberg Hammered Dulcimer User Guide

Thank you for buying the Hammered Dulcimer

How to install?

In order to properly install your HALion library please follow the instructions given on
the Steinberg website or watch the „How to install“ HALion instruments video.

For any kind of questions concerning the installation or registration of HALion
instruments please contact Steinberg – in terms of the instrument please contact
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The instrument

The hammered dulcimer is a stringed instrument with 31 string pairs
stretched over a trapezoidal shaped sound box. Usually, the hammered
dulcimer is set on a stand in front of the musician, who holds small
wooden mallet hammers to strike the strings.

The dulcimer has two bridges, a bass bridge near the right and a treble
bridge on the left side. The bass bridge holds up bass strings, which are
played to the left of the bridge. The treble strings can be played on
either side of the treble bridge, playing them on the left side gives a note
a fifth higher than playing them on the right of the bridge.

The strings of a hammered dulcimer are found in pairs, two strings for
each note. Each set of strings is tuned in unison and is called a course.
As with a piano, the purpose of using multiple strings per course is to
make the instrument louder, although as the courses are rarely in perfect
unison, a chorus effect usually results like a mandolin.