A group of students learn how to play the hammered dulcimer under the instruction of Chris Steiner at a church in Tipp City.

Tape part of series of rough copy selections intended for release, a collection of live recordings of Doc Watson (guitar, banjo, autoharp) and Jean Ritchie (dulcimer) playing and singing Appalachian ...

Maylee Samuels has been playing the dulcimer for 30 years, and in advance of a local dulcimer St. Patrick's Day-themed workshop set for March 14, she offered me a lesson. "It's one of those things ...

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 ...

The music seems to spring from the earth, as if nurtured deep inside it. Every first Saturday, members of the North Mississippi Dulcimer Association gather in Tupelo from 10 a.m. to noon to create a ...

Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington ...

The dulcimer is not a particularly loud instrument, but it has a very sweet tone. In fact, the name dulcimer is taken from words that mean "sweet sound." The Appalachian dulcimer is a fretted string ...

The Carolina String Academy is hosting a beginners' workshop on the hammered dulcimer Aug. 1. Ten- to 18-year-olds interested in the stringed musical instrument are invited to attend. With the ...