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 ...
A music festival with a difference is coming to Dorset. The Dorchester Dulcimer Weekend, happening on Saturday and Sunday, is based around the unusual stringed instrument of the same name.
The hammered dulcimer (hackbrett) is a traditional folk music instrument in Appenzell, Eastern Switzerland. On this CD dulcimer virtuoso Nicolas Senn plays melodies from all over the world.
This flexibility can readily be seen, for example, in the worldwide spread of string or wind instruments like the hammer dulcimer, violin, and flute. Musical traditions are portable, but they are also ...
Here is a look at the life of singer, songwriter and painter Joni Mitchell. Personal Birth date: November 7, 1943 Birth place: Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada Birth name: Roberta Joan Anderson Father: ...
The sanxian, a three-stringed plucked instrument, resonated with deep, sonorous notes, while the yangqin, a hammered dulcimer, demonstrated versatility in both delicate and powerful expressions.