Dulcimer

/dˈʌlsɪmɐ/

/ˈdəɫsɪmɝ/

Dulcimer

a stringed musical instrument with a trapezoidal board or box that is played by hitting the metal strings with a pair of light hammers

a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings

Examples

1. And I tuned this little thing like a hammer dulcimer and it had a pretty good sound.

2. SPEAKER: --they've probably seen variants of it, like the dulcimer and other stuff.

3. this is a dulcimer and it's a folk instrument made of wood commonly heard in bluegrass music or celtic music it first appeared in the early 1800s in the appalachian mountains

4. yeah inside the piano there are strings and when the piano player presses on the piano keys the strings are hit and that's what makes the sound now let's get back to our instrument in question do you want to know what this is called it's a dulcimer

Nearby words

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