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.
11 comments:
Cool, you put it on both your sites. Awesome Mike. Have a great day. Big hug. :)
Sandee, I'm GFlad that you aprove. Hugs and Blessings.
Thank you very much Mike! I appreciate it. You made my day.
Congrats on this one - I just got it too, but thanks for passing it on again!
Anni.and Mari. I'm glad that I was ablee to make your day!
SORRY I HAVE BEEN AWAY SO LONG!!!!
I got WAY out of whack with my blog visiting. Lots of stuff in the real world to contend with - and not near as much fun as Blogland. I hope that you are doing well!
Be blessed Mike. I am going to read some more and get caught up with you.
Jen
And thanks for the AWARD!!
I appreciate you Mike.
Jen
Jennifer, I can relate to things being out of whack in the real world. the real world me was not a whole heck of a lot of fun recently for me either.
I'm glad that you enjoy the award.
Thanks Mike!!
Tink, you are welcomed and thanky you for stopping by.
You are so kind Mike! Sometimes the easy way is just the only way to go. Especially when we struggle just to get through our days. :-)
Big Big Hugs & Many Blessings,
Kimmie
xo
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