dulcimer: Quick Facts

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Watch a woman playing the hammered dulcimer

Listen to the song “What I'll Do with My Baby-O” performed on an Appalachian dulcimer

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Topics

piano santoor cimbalom Appalachian dulcimer yangqin psaltery zither family chordophone guitar lyre violin zither lute harp harpsichord viola double bass veena

Key People

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Jean Ritchie

American musician and folklorist

Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)

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