For a good performance of a piece of music, in addition to the ability to play the domra, you must have a perfectly tuned instrument. There are several types of domras. Each type has its own customization features.
It is necessary
- - domra;
- - tuning fork;
- - tuned piano;
- - tuned guitar;
- - telephone.
Instructions
Step 1
To tune domra, you need a sound source corresponding to the note A of the first octave. As a reference, you can take a tuning fork with a frequency of 440 Hz. If there is no tuning fork, use a tuned instrument. This can be a piano, guitar, or clarinet. The beep sound in an ordinary phone is close to the sound of a tuning fork. Its frequency is 400 Hz. An exact match of pitch and reference is desirable, but not required. It is much more important that the strings are in tune, in relation to each other. In this case, you will get high quality sound.
Step 2
The following features are typical for tuning three-string domras. Open strings, not pressed to the neck, are tuned in quarter intervals. Tune the first string. The first open string of the domra-pickalo sounds like an A of the second octave. In the tenor domra, the sound of this string is two octaves lower, that is, it corresponds to the note A of a minor octave. The first string of the domra prima, clamped at the seventh fret, sounds an octave higher than the tuning fork. Domra alto sounds an octave below domra prima, and domra bass sounds an octave below domra alto. The second string of domra is clamped at the 5th fret and tuned in unison with the first string. The third string is clamped at the 5th fret, but tunes in unison with the second string. For example, the sounds of open domra prima strings correspond to notes of E, A of the first octave and D of the second octave.
Step 3
The open strings of four-string domras are tuned in fifths. The exception is the tuning of the domra-double bass. This domra is tuned in quarts. In the prima domra, the tuned first string corresponds to the second string, clamped at the seventh fret, which sounds in unison with the tuning fork. The second string of four-string domras, except for the double bass domra, is clamped at the seventh fret and tuned in unison with the first string. The second open string sounds like a third string clamped at the seventh fret. The first strings are tuned as follows. In the domra bass, the first string sounds one octave below the sound of the tuning fork. The sound of the first string of the domra piccolo is higher than the sound of a tuning fork with a frequency of 440 Hz per octave. In the domra alto, the first string sounds in unison with the tuning fork. The first string of the tenor domra, clamped at the seventh fret, corresponds to the A note of the first octave. Depressing at the seventh fret, the first domra prima string sounds like the A note of the second octave. The sounds of the open strings of a tuned four-stringed domra-double bass correspond to the notes of G, D of a small octave and A, E of a large octave.
