I recently have gotten a Hammered Dulcimer and am going to being learning to play it soon, and so ive been listening to lots of people playing it.
Hammered Dulcimers are usually used in funky folk music, and lots of mech songs happen to also be based on folk music! This has several times led to me listening to a fun folk tune being played by someone with a dulcimer, and then they switch to a different song and i just instinctively start yelling out "BUY YOURSELF YOUR FREEDOM WITH YOUR BLOODIED HANDS, IN SERVICE TO THE FAMILY AS THE FAVOURED SON" before i realise their playing an irish folk song and not Favoured Son by the Mechanisms
The hammered dulcimer is a percussion-stringed instrument. It’s made out of a trapezoidal box with strings strung atop and set up on legs/a stand. The hammered dulcimer is played with a spoon-like mallet called hammers. The hammer hits strings close to the bridges, each side of the bridge produces a different sound. Additionally the strings are grouped together in courses. The hammered dulcimer is believed to originate in Persia, and is played throughout many places in the world.
My Master Works dulcimer.
All of the songs played by Paul, the love interest in my new Ocean City-based novel are beautiful melodies that I’ve learned to play—or, in one case, want to learn.
I’ve been studying the hammered dulcimer longer than I’ve been writing novels. About 12 years, believe it or not. My teacher is the great Ken Kolodner, a Baltimore-based musician who performs all over the…
There was an awesome halo outside today during the midday solstice sun. It shone like a cosmic rainbow halo while some santur music was playing so this colorscribble is what resulted.
Thalo playing the santoor, a variation of Thal’s instrument family of choice. Next time e will play the címbalom or hammered dulcimer/ hackbrett.