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Ilya Efimov Domra Alto (KONTAKT)

Ilya Efimov Domra Alto for KONTAKT Native Instrument is the Russian national stringed plucked instrument.
Domra is part of the orchestra of folk instruments in several forms - piccolo, small, alto, bass and contrabass. Domra alto externally resembles a domra small, only its dimensions are somewhat larger. Its structure is also a quart - E-A-D, but it sounds an octave lower. 

The strings are thicker, and the sound is softer, deeper and velvety.
The timbre of the Alto Domra can be divided into three parts: upper, middle and lower. In the upper register, the instrument has a brightness of sound. At the bottom, the instrument sounds closer to the bass. The middle register gives the alto domra a special sound. It can be compared with a low female voice.