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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Consider it done. Have a great day Mike. Big hug. :)
Sandee, thank you.
Mike,
I've added Kentucky Woman's friend to my prayer list.
I hope you are doing well and was glad you stopped by to see all of the vintage cars.
Take care, my friend. Praying for you.
Blessings,
Mary
Mary, thank you for stopping by and adding Ky Woman's friend to your prayer list.
Mike, I'll add her to my prayers. Have a lovely day!
Linda,Thank you.
Thanks for your comment on my blog today.
Thought I'd stop by to check yours out. Fun design and content. Glad to meet 'cha!
Have a great start to fall!
Mommy Gossip thans for stopping by.
I'll include her mike in my prayers.
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