ABOUT 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 music..." The dulcimer was later mechanized to become what we now know as the harpsichord which later evolved in the piano.
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Thank you Sandee for this award. She gave it to all her blogging friends and if you are on the Blogroll and or if you are one of my followers I'm giving it to all my friends as well. This award if for you!
16 comments:
Thank you so much Mike. What a very nice thing to do giving it back to me. You are one of my all time favorites you know. Have a great day. Big hug honey. :)
Congrats Mike - you've been pretty popular with awards lately! Good for you!
Sandee, thank you the big pat on the back.Hugs and loveis back your way!
Mari, it seems like it.
Aw … what a BEAUTIFUL award from Sandee … and how lovely of you to pass it along to your ‘bloggy’ friends so generously! Thanks ;--)
Hugs and blessings,
Thanks for visiting my blog. And I love the hammered dulcimer. I have a five-string dulcimer that my mom got for me while on a road trip in West Virginia. I love it, but seldom have the time to play it. The humidity here in Costa Rica also does crazy things to the strings. They rust through alomst as fast as I can restring them. I've been thinking about trying nylon strings.
Blessings to you from Costa Rica
Congrats on your newest award. Very well deserved. I do love your blog even if I don't visit every day.
Storyteller,I'm glad you stopped and thanks for your comment.
Kathie, you have the Mountain Dulicmer,which is a fine instrument to play as well. you might try to use a product called Mother's MAG & ALUMINIM POLISH it is perfect for all metal products try it and see if that helps if not you might have to go to different strings.
JC,thanks for stopping by even if it is not every day I appriciate the visit when you are able
Congratulations :) So well deserved, Mike. You are such a sweetheart.
momisodes, thank you for the complement.Hugs.
That is a really pretty award!
Congratulations Mike! A well deserved award. ;)
Congratulations on your new award!!! Very well deserved!!
Sara,Grandy and Linda, I hope you guys took it for yourselves as well. thank you all for stopping by and leaving your comments.
Congrats on the award! I just wanted to say thanks for visiting my blog and leaving comments. I needed the goodness today! You have a grand day too, Mike!
Congrats, Mike, on a much deserved award. Have a great blogging day...
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mike
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Southern Mom.I'm glad that I could makr your aday!Hugs.
Mike,Thanks,and I hope that you have a great day as well.
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