Associations to the word «Dulcimer»

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Wiktionary

DULCIMER, noun. (musical instruments) A stringed instrument, with strings stretched across a sounding board, usually trapezoidal. It's played on the lap or horizontally on a table. Some have their own legs. These musical instruments are played by plucking on the strings (traditionally with a quill) or by tapping on them (in the case of the hammer dulcimers).

Dictionary definition

DULCIMER, noun. A stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings.
DULCIMER, noun. A trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers.

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