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Tuning a dulcimer DAD, it what we call mixolydian tuning. Bagpipe tuning is generally a low D, and two d's one octave higher. I tried your AAG, and its a minor tuning. A good Wayfaring Stranger key... Bob
Thanks Bob, but I think we're at cross-purposes here. As I understand it, the Scottish "GHB" has a nine-note scale, effectively eight notes comprising a scale in Amix (two sharps) plus a low G. I believe the fret spacing for a mountain dulcimer would be slightly different with this scale than the usual diatonic "doh to doh" plus a couple of notes above scale that is "standard" for this instrument, and I was wondering if anyone had tried this.
I'm not interested (at the moment) in absolute pitch, that is to say exactly which concert key the set-up is in, just whether or not it works in a string-instrument environment.
I was basically being lazy, asking this question ... I should spend half an hour re-stringing an old guitar, mark out which frets to use with tape or similar and try it for myself ... I just didn't have a suitable selection of guitar strings to hand. I've since bought some suitable strings, an A and a couple of G's, and I'll give it a whirl.
