I have 2 mountain dulcimers and 1 hammered dulcimer we bought on a pre-kids camping trip to Maine. (My husband made it from a kit, changing the heart-shaped sound holes to circular ones, thankfully.)
Now I have to be careful to say that I HAVE dulcimers and not that I PLAY dulcimers. I did take mountain dulcimer lessons for about 1 year and would like to take lessons again. It's sort of a shame that they're sitting safely in their cases beneath my bed, waiting patiently to be pulled out and appreciated.I love the sound of the instrument. My first exposure to it was when I heard Claudia Schmidt at a concert during my college years. I was enraptured. That year, my parents surprised me with my first dulcimer as a birthday gift: a Blue Lion.
We bought our second one a few years later; a base dulcimer that sounds more like an acoustic guitar. The wood is rubbed with something that reminds me of Ben-Gay. Odd, but sort of pleasant.
2 comments:
Glad to see you're participating in the ABC Meme! I love the hammered dulcimer. We had a local musician play his during our wedding 15 years ago. Ah, it was a good memory, up until recently----though the sound is still something soothing to my soul.
OOO, I have a dulcimer from the North Ga. Mts. I can't tell you how old it is...got it back in the 70's when we lived outside of Atlanta. It's sadly in my closet. I never knew how to read music...I can sing along, tell when a note is off, and play a melody by ear...but beyond that...whoo!
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