Gebhard Woods will come alive with music and family activities during the annual Dulcimer Festival, held June 13-14. With nonstop workshops, concerts and a children's area, the festival will appeal to ...

CENTERVILLE - These people do not need electronic equipment or expensive acoustics to make toe-tapping, knee-slapping music. There are no iPods, iPads, stereos or amplifiers here. It's just a circle ...

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — The list of qualifications for playing the mountain dulcimer is extremely short. In fact, there are none. Absolutely anyone can play the instrument, which is also called the ...

WINTER HAVEN | When Janet Howard heard the hammered dulcimer for the first time about two years ago at a talent show, she knew she had to learn more. At first it sounded kind of like a piano, but as ...

TAHLEQUAH -- Every year in May, the folks in Coshocton, Ohio, hold their "Dulcimer Days" celebration, dedicated to the stringed instrument best known for its use in Appalachian folk music. Strangely ...

There’s just something about a Appalachian dulcimer instrument…sound is so peaceful and calming. The word dulcimer actually means sweet song. So, when I play one, I feel pretty peaceful about it too.

Dulcimer music; Neal Hellman, Michael Rugg, Robert Force, Albert d'Osscher, Bonnie Carol, Michael Hubbert, with vocals. Production notes: Recorded at Biscuit City Sound Recording Studios, Mar. 1977.

BEIJING - Holding two bamboo mallets, one in each hand, and alternately hitting the strings on a trapezoid-shaped wooden instrument, Liu Yuening is consumed by the reverberating notes. Liu, 54, a ...

BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Holding two bamboo mallets, one in each hand, and alternately hitting the strings on a trapezoid-shaped wooden instrument, Liu Yuening is intoxicated with the reverberating ...