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monalisa 06-27-2009 09:37 PM

My Newest Addition
 
I finally bought something I've wanted for about 25 years...a beautiful Hammered Dulcimer. I took a few pics of it, and the flash kinda washes out the gorgeous woodwoork that went into her making, but here she is anyway.

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...isa/Hammy1.jpg

Elvis_Christ 06-27-2009 09:53 PM

Wow. That looks pretty cool. So you play it like a harp?

monalisa 06-27-2009 10:05 PM

You play it with little hand held hammers. You can see them resting in the upper left-hand part of the picture. It's kinda the same concept of a piano, except the you are manually striking the strings with the little hammers, instead of pushing a piano key which in turn makes the hammer hit the strings inside the piano.

Also, it sounds much more delicate, like a harp.

neverending 06-27-2009 10:33 PM

I love hammered dulcimer music. That's awesome! Hope you have a great time learning tunes and bringing joy to yourself and others.

Zero 06-28-2009 03:44 AM

wow - very impressive - now let's have a song!!

Dante'sInferno 06-28-2009 04:13 AM

Yay my second favorite instrument! It looks gorgeous. I hope you learn some songs soon. :)

fortunato 06-28-2009 06:53 AM

Oh yeah, the hammered dulcimer a wonderful instrument.
What's the first song you're going to learn on it?

Papillon Noir 06-29-2009 06:28 AM

That's awesome, Monalisa! Do you play any other instruments or is this your first?

monalisa 06-29-2009 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fortunato (Post 816025)
Oh yeah, the hammered dulcimer a wonderful instrument.
What's the first song you're going to learn on it?

Well, if I go by the book I bought, it'll be "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" (LOL). But I've just been kinda playing around with it, nothing organized yet. Fortunately, it's one of those instuments that you can just noodle around with and it still sounds pretty.


Quote:

Originally Posted by Papillon Noir (Post 816240)
That's awesome, Monalisa! Do you play any other instruments or is this your first?

It's the only instrument I currently play. A 100 years ago I was in the school band and played the Clarinet, but never really enjoyed it much. I've toyed with the Guitar, but never got good at it. This is the first instrument that I've really a BIG interest in and for so long. It's so relaxing to play and my dog even seems to enjoy it. :)

Aperion 06-29-2009 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monalisa (Post 816286)
Well, if I go by the book I bought, it'll be "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" (LOL). But I've just been kinda playing around with it, nothing organized yet. Fortunately, it's one of those instuments that you can just noodle around with and it still sounds pretty.

I love dulcimers! They're really excellent instruments. You should try improvising with it, as you mentioned, it is one of those instruments where anything sounds good.

I'd love to run one of those through some distortion and effects boxes!


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