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hammered dulcimer

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hammered dulcimer or hammer dulcimer
n.
A musical instrument with wire strings of graduated lengths stretched over a sound box, played by striking with two padded hammers.


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Piano in a way can be compared similarly to that of hammered dulcimer since the strings of the piano are being hit with the hammers for the tones to be created.
In presenting traditional and original Celtic music, Tanya Brody and Matthew Gurnsey play a variety of instruments ranging from bohdran and concertina to harp and hammered dulcimer and psaltery and pennywhistles.
During a five-year course, the young musicians specialise in one or several traditional Arab instruments such as the nay or cane flute, and the santur, a form of hammered dulcimer.
 
 
 
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