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Post by Dick Glasgow on Feb 9, 2009 11:19:05 GMT 1
Hello Devibhakta & welcome to the Dulcimer Player's Forum.
We are all delighted that you are now a member and we look forward to your contributions to the discussions here.
Please tell us a little bit about yourself, your music & your Dulcimers.
Then, why not hop over to our Where are you? poll and click on your own area!
Cheers
'Ptarmigan'
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Post by devibhakta on Feb 9, 2009 14:50:49 GMT 1
Hi David and thanks for the welcome, hi everyone! Well I'm a student in Indian vocal music and I'm here to help a colleague who studies Indian santoor. So see you on santoor thread!
Cheers
Cristina
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Post by Dick Glasgow on Feb 9, 2009 15:56:44 GMT 1
Hi Cristina, Fortunately, there are a few Santoor playing members here, so I'm sure they'll be able to offer you & your friend, some very useful help & information. Hopefully your friend bought a good instrument & all that it needs is a good tuning. I'd hate to think she ended up with something cheap & nasty which she will never be able to set up properly to her satisfaction. Are you able to post a photo of the instrument in question, over on the Santoor thread of course? I'm sure that would help. A link to the maker's website might also be useful. Once she gets around to it, I'm sure we'd all love to hear a sound file of her playing it, too!  Perhaps you could sing along to her playing?  Cheers Dick |
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Post by devibhakta on Feb 10, 2009 6:51:50 GMT 1
Thanks David, I followed your advice. I don't think the instrument is lousy, just there are one or maybe a few chords that the owner finds that they sound too "metallic" (  ) or not soft enough. I personally cannot distinguish that, but my ear is not trained for that. |
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Post by Nikita on Feb 10, 2009 7:34:33 GMT 1
Devi, I interviewed some time Paul Grant, who is a very good santoor player (both indian and iranian) from Geneva www.paulgrant.net/And he told me that santoor players liked to have two different types of strings on their instrument, bronze and steel. That might explain the different sound your friend seems to hear. Paul is a wonderful musician, and he builds and repairs santoors.... but then, he lives in Geneva, Switzerland (even though he's ameriacan...). But maybe if you or your friend mails him, you'd be able to get more infos... |
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Post by devibhakta on Feb 10, 2009 9:51:39 GMT 1
Thanks a lot Nikita, we'll explore this avenue Yes chords are definitely made of 2 materials, the lower ones being visibly thicker. Only thing is she just complains of one of the thicker chords... but maybe you're right and this would be the reason. |
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) or not soft enough. I personally cannot distinguish that, but my ear is not trained for that.
