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.
8 comments:
You are in my prayers Mike. I hope you feel better soon. Post when you are able just to let us know you are ok please. People on your blog do care about you, and you have blessed many lives with your posts. Hugsssssss If you need anything email me at: season_for_angels@yahoo.com
Even if you need an ear. I am here.
Hugs to you Mike. Many good thoughts and my prayers are with you.
I hope the new medicines help quickly and you feel better soon, Mike!
Blessings,
Renie
PS. Love the Frank Sinatra songs!
Take it easy and blog when you feel like it. I'm going to be praying for you as well. Get feeling better.
Beamer
Mysti,Beth,Renie,andBeamer.Thank you all for keeping me in your prayers.I'm just gonna try to take things one day at a time and if it gets too rough,I know that I need to go to the E/R.
I'm trying to hang in.
Hang in there.
Travis I'm doing the best thayt I can.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I know how fun it is to read blogs - I keep a bunch on my bloglines so I know when they light up.
Working full time and blogging is a tough assignment. I don't seem to get much else done and thats not a good thing.
Hey..have you considered visiting a healing room for prayer? Just a thought.
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