dulcimer (redirected from Appalachian dulcimers)

dul·ci·mer  (dls-mr)

n.

1. A narrow, often hourglass-shaped stringed instrument having three or four strings and a fretted fingerboard, typically held flat across the knees while sitting and played by plucking or strumming. Also called Appalachian dulcimer, mountain dulcimer.

2. The hammered dulcimer.

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[Alteration (influenced by Latin dulcis, sweet) of Middle English doucemer, from Old French doulcemer, doulcemele, probably from Latin dulce melos, sweet song : dulce, neuter of dulcis, sweet + melos, song (from Greek melos).]

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dulcimer [ˈdʌlsɪmə]

n Music

1. (Music / Instruments) a tuned percussion instrument consisting of a set of strings of graduated length stretched over a sounding board and struck with a pair of hammers

2. (Music / Instruments) an instrument used in US folk music, consisting of an elliptical body, a fretted fingerboard, and usually three strings plucked with a goose quill

[from Old French doulcemer, from Old Italian dolcimelo, from dolce sweet, from Latin dulcis + -melo, perhaps from Greek melos song]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dulcimer - a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings stringed instrument - a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound
	2.	dulcimer - a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers cither, zither, zithern - a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers

Translations

dulcimer [ˈdʌlsɪməʳ] N → dulcémele m

dulcimer

n → Cymbal nt, → Hackbrett nt