THE HAMMERED DULCIMER
The hammered dulcimer is an ancient trapezoidal musical instrument played by striking the strings with wooden hammers.
Originating in the Middle East about 2000 years ago, English soldiers brought the instrument back to England after their failed attempt to conquer Persia during the Crusades about 1000 years ago. Dulcimers have many names in many lands: santur in the Middle East, yang q'in in China, hackbrett in Austria, zither in Germany, and cymbalom in Hungary. The name "dulcimer" is derived from Latin, meaning "sweet sound". Hammered dulcimers were popular in England during the reign of James I, when the Bible was translated into English as the King James Bible. The dulcimer was mentioned in the Book of Daniel 3:5 among other instruments "..the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick..." The dulcimer was later mechanized to become what we now know as the harpsichord which later evolved in the piano.
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as every one know I lost a lot of stuff from this blog due to my own stupidity. I am currently trying to put together the the Ohio Blog Roll and The Recovery Blog Rolls. I need everyone's help in doing this,so if I had you listed on either one of these blog rolls,and I have not put you blog back on please let me know.
9 comments:
Hi Mike, I can't quite see what your mug says but I do like tweety! I got "mugged" too, but I don't drink coffee so I don't use a mug. Have a great day!
Mike,
Love you mug, but can't see what it says. Tweetie is cute. My favorite mug has a picture of a woman on it who is wearing a lampshade on her head and has a pitcher of flowers in the one hand. She is standing in front of a sofa. The mug reads, "Garage Sale Junkie." I don't always go to garage sales, but picked this mug up at one. It is a perfect shape and thickness for me. I love it.
Thanks for sharing.
Blessings,
Mary
I love the side by side mugs :) Very sweet you both have mugs you prefer.
Greatful living,I wish I only had my Taz mug that was mu altime favorite one until it was dropped and it broke into a million peices.
Mary it is a mug from the mortage company the Real Living had at the time I worked there It was called Lenders National.
Sandy C,the tweedy mug is my better halfs.
I love Tweety!
Hi Mike! I'd be happy if you'd recieve the 'make my day' award. Like I said, this is for all my blogging friends. I just decided to incorporate my award with the Thursday Thirteen game. Kill 2 birds with one stone!
Have a wonderful evening.
Brenda :)
It All Good,thanks for sharing that award.
Cool mugs! the tweety bird makes me smile. I hope you have a great weekend Mike!
Blessings.
every weekend is great for me,some are greater than others.
I enjoyed seeing your favorite mugs. It took me a while … but I finally got 'a round tuit' and published my version of Lois' Mug Meme this morning along with my Fun Monday post. Hope you’re feeling better today ;--)
Hugs and blessings,
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