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Appalachian dulcimer. The Appalachian dulcimer (many variant names; see below) is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings, originally played in the Appalachian region of the United States. The body extends the length of the fingerboard, and its fretting is generally diatonic.
The word dulcimer originally referred to a trapezoidal zither similar to a psaltery whose many strings are struck by handheld "hammers". [1] Variants of this instrument are found in many cultures, including: Tsymbaly (Ukraine), tsimbl (Ashkenazi Jewish), țambal (Romania) and cimbalom (Hungary) may refer to either a relatively small folk ...
Jimmy Page (used on " That's the Way," Rough Mix with Dulcimer & Backwards Echo) David Massengill. Vivian Campbell of Def Leppard. Laura Marling. Rich Mullins. An Appalachian dulcimer is prominent in the Rolling Stones songs "Lady Jane" and I Am Waiting; it was played by Brian Jones (1942-1969) of the Rolling Stones.
Zithers (/ ˈzɪðər, ˈzɪθ -/; [1] German: [ˈtsɪtɐ], from the Greek word cithara) are a class of stringed instruments. In modern terminology, it is more specifically an instrument consisting of many strings stretched across a thin, flat body, the topic of this article. [1][2][3] Zithers are typically played by strumming or plucking the ...
David Schnaufer. David Schnaufer (September 28, 1952 – August 23, 2006) was an American folk musician. He is widely credited with restoring the popularity of the Appalachian dulcimer. [1] Schnaufer was born in Hearne, Texas, and grew up in La Marque, Texas. Schnaufer was an award-winning dulcimer player and session musician.
1974–present. Kevin Roth (born 1957 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a singer-songwriter, pianist, artist, and Mountain Dulcimer player. [1] He is widely known [2] as one of the leading innovators of the dulcimer around the world and has released over 60 albums. He sang the opening and closing theme song for the PBS children's show Shining ...
Joemy Wilson is a hammered dulcimer player from New Haven, Connecticut. Her first instruments were the piano and violin. She also took voice lessons in high school. She started playing Appalachian dulcimer while attending Barnard College, and started playing hammered dulcimer in 1979. Wilson has made several recordings on the Dargason label ...
Musician, composer, music producer, author, teacher. Instrument. Appalachian dulcimer. Website. robertforce.com. Robert Force (born in Snohomish, Washington) is a performer and composer on Appalachian dulcimer. He is also a producer, and the author of In Search of the Wild Dulcimer, Wild Dulcimer Songbook, and Pacific Rim Dulcimer Songbook.