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.
STICKY POST.
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.
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Sounds like a great idea! If you are like me you have lots of blogs to read and comments can take some time, so KISS!
Mari, thank you for stopping by.
Hubby says that all the time... just K.I.S.S.
He wonders if I ever stop talking long enough to breath. I can be that way on blogs too. But to each his own.
Whatever works for you is perfectly fine.
the thing is that there are times that sdding all the stuff just was no fun and so at times I would just not bother visiting or making a comment, so by K.I.S.S. mybe I'll be in the mood to comment more.
First, thank you for allowing me to advertise on your blog. I appreciate it very much.
I understand why you want to change the way you sign off on your comments. I remember the K.I.S.S., but I thought it stood for keep it simple stupid. Just saying.
Have a great day Mike. Big hug. :)
I have heard it said both ways. I chose the silly one. It is a pleasure to have you as an advetrtiser on my site.
Whatever you want to say is fine with me. I always enjoy hearing from you regardless of how you sign off. When you come by I know you are feeling up to blogging and that is GOOD. Take care K.I.S.S. or not.
:)
Jennifer, thank you. I know I can always count on you to raise my spirits when needed.
However you choose to close your comments is fine, because it's you which is the whole point. It's always good to know that you've stopped by.
Lee, thank you. it is always a pleasure that you stop by as well. Hugs.
I always heard it as Keep it simple stupid also - I like "Silly" much better.
Thanks for randomly visiting my blog - I don't counter comment often enough.
BYOC, Thanks for stopping by. I kinda lik the silly instead of stupid.
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