The word dulcimer is derived from a combination of dulcis, the Latin word for sweet, and the Greek word for song, melos. The word quite literally means "sweet song." And generally speaking, the ...

To most Americans, the hammered dulcimer is a new and unfamiliar instrument. Even people who know much about American music often confuse the hammered dulcimer with the three- or four-stringed ...

Ted Yoder calls the hammered dulcimer "the love child of a drum set and a piano." "I get the best of both worlds," he said. Yoder will be in town Wednesday as part of the Up Close and Personal series, ...

Anna Sharkovskaya, an accompanist of the Lepel District Community Center, a prizewinner of international competitions, TikTok ...

Dulcimer musicians and music lovers will gather April 11 for performances and a jam‑concert inside the Capitol Rotunda in ...

As Benjamin Barker’s wooden hammers dance across the 125 strings of his dulcimer, classical melodies fill the sanctuary at St. George the Martyr Anglican Church in Simpsonville. At the same time, his ...

MOUNT DORA — For Ruth Harnden, no musical note can what’s emitted from one of America’s earliest musical instruments — the mountain or Appalachian dulcimer. “It produces a sweet, easy, acoustic sound, ...

Bill Spence --a master of the hammered dulcimer, a fixture in traditional music circles and husband of founding Old Songs director Andy Spence – died on Thursday. He was 78. On Friday, many in the ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Hammered dulcimer player Keith Prairie will perform at the Oasis of Music ...

Boone, Hubert. "De Hommel in de Lage Landen." Brussels Museum of Musical Instruments Bulletin 5 (1975): 9-153. Bryan, Charles Faulkner. "The Hammered Dulcimer." Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin 18 ...

TAHLEQUAH -- Every year in May, the folks in Coshocton, Ohio, hold their "Dulcimer Days" celebration, dedicated to the stringed instrument best known for its use in Appalachian folk music. Strangely ...