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noun - a stringed instrument used in American folk music
noun - a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers
An instrument with wire strings of graduated lengths stretched over a sound box, played by striking with two padded hammers or by plucking.
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| a musical instrument with a sounding board or box, typically trapezoid in shape, over which strings of graduated length are stretched, played by plucking or especially by being struck with handheld hammers. The term ihammered dulcimeri is sometimes used, especially in the US, to distinguish these from plucked instruments such as the iAppalachian dulcimeri. |
| a musical instrument, consisting of a wooden box with wire strings stretched over it, played by hitting the strings with a pair of light hammers |
| A musical instrument with a sounding board or box, typically trapezoid in shape, over which strings of graduated length are stretched, played by plucking or especially by being struck with handheld hammers. The term hammered dulcimer is sometimes used, especially in the US, to distinguish these from plucked instruments such as the Appalachian dulcimer. |
| A narrow, often hourglass-shaped stringed instrument having three or four strings and a fretted fingerboard, typically held flat across the knees while sitting and played by plucking or strumming. Also called Appalachian dulcimer, mountain dulcimer. |
| The hammered dulcimer. |
| a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers |
| a stringed instrument used in American folk music an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings |
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A dulcimer is a type of musical string instrument. It is a species of zither. Among its forms are:* Hammered dulcimer, free-standing, most frequently but not always trapezoidal in shape, with many strings struck by handheld "hammers". This type of instrument is found in many cultures. Most countries have their own name for the instrument, for instance in Thailand it is called a khim, in India it is called Santoor and many have different tuning systems. Being a struck string instrument, it is considered to be among the ancestors of the piano. * Fretted, three or four strings, generally played on the lap by strumming; including * Appalachian dulcimer, a folk instrument used in the Appalachian region of the U.S. * Banjo dulcimer, with banjo-like resonating membrane * Resonator dulcimer, with inset conical resonator * Other * Bowed dulcimer, teardrop-shaped and played upright with a bow * Electric dulcimer, various types of dulcimer which use a pickup to amplify the sound |