dulcimer
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
dulcimer (plural dulcimers)
- (musical instruments) A stringed instrument, with strings stretched across a sounding board, usually trapezoidal. It is played on the lap or horizontally on a table. Some have their own legs. These musical instruments are played by plucking on the strings (traditionally with a quill) or by tapping on them (in the case of the hammer dulcimers).
- The two classes of dulcimer are the "Mountain" or "Appalachian" dulcimer (plucked and played with a quill, usually a goose quill) and the hammered dulcimer (played by tapping on the strings with small "hammers"). See also: zither
- French: tympanon
- German: Cymbal, Hackbrett
- Italian: dulcimero, salterio
- Portuguese: saltério
- Russian: дульцимер
- Spanish: salterio, dulcémele
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