dulcimers
Trapezoidal stringed instruments
Dulcimers are stringed musical instruments, typically with a trapezoidal wooden body.
The hammered dulcimer has strings struck with small mallets, while the Appalachian or mountain dulcimer is a fretted instrument held on the lap and plucked or strummed: She played old folk tunes on her dulcimer.
The sound is delicate and resonant, associated with folk and traditional music.
Severely intoxicated or pounded
- AppalachianEastern U.S. mountain region
- mountainTall natural landmass
- frettedWorried persistently
- stringsThin flexible lines
soundboard · trapezoidal · bridges · tuning · zither · psaltery · soundholes · drone
Eastern U.S. mountain region
- mountain musicFolk songs from highlands
- old-timeOf a past era
- balladsNarrative verse set to music
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
heritage · holler · hollers · fiddle tunes · folk revival · hymns · storytelling · Celtic
Stringed instrument craftsperson
- handcraftedMade manually, not machined
- walnutEdible hard-shelled seed
- spruceNeat; also a conifer
- cherryRed stone fruit
rosewood · soundboard · inlay · fretwork · scroll · pegbox · tuning pegs · bridges
hammered
Severely intoxicated or pounded
- AppalachianEastern U.S. mountain region
- mountainTall natural landmass
- frettedWorried persistently
strings · soundboard · trapezoidal · bridges · tuning · zither · psaltery · soundholes · drone · melody
Appalachian
Eastern U.S. mountain region
- mountain musicFolk songs from highlands
- old-timeOf a past era
- balladsNarrative verse set to music
traditional · heritage · holler · hollers · fiddle tunes · folk revival · hymns · storytelling · Celtic · Scots-Irish
luthier
Stringed instrument craftsperson
- handcraftedMade manually, not machined
- walnutEdible hard-shelled seed
- spruceNeat; also a conifer
cherry · rosewood · soundboard · inlay · fretwork · scroll · pegbox · tuning pegs · bridges · nut
playing
Participating in recreation
- strummingSweeping across guitar strings
- notingPerceiving and recording
- frettingAnxious rumination or surface wear
hammering · picking · quill · flatpick · fingerpicking · tablature · tunings · ensemble · solo · accompaniment
- rural SouthBaptist church, dirt roads, gravel roads, backroads, country roads
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Bowed stringed instruments
cellos · violas · fiddles · double basses · hurdy-gurdies
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Wind instruments with ranks
bagpipes · tubas · synthesizers · accordions · harmoniums
- hammer dulcimerTrapezoid stringed percussion instrument
- mountain dulcimerFretted American folk zither