We are hammering?
Ok, before you get concerned about how and what and why we are hammering … let me explain. 🙂 A dulcimer is a musical instrument that is basically a wooden board (oh so much more complicated than that but basically a wooden board). There are various sizes and shapes of dulcimers in the world. This one, in these two videos, is a relatively large dulcimer. This one has 121 strings … each of which has to be tuned … and each of which is played by striking it with a hammer.
But no, not with a huge metal hammer. No, no. The hammers used to play a dulcimer are delicate, small wooden hammers. The dulcimer instrument itself originated in Egypt, and migrated to … well, to everywhere. It’s extremely common in Scotland and Ireland, but it can be found all over our lovely planet.
I love music. And so I was recently wandering around online listening to music videos when I found this one (below). The tune is called “Gentle Lady”.
This woman’s website is deedeetibbets.com, and her YouTube channel with loads of videos is https://www.youtube.com/@deedeetibbits/videos. She plays many more instruments in addition to the dulcimer.
Here’s another tune she played that I liked. It’s called “Carol of the Bells”. It was originally a Ukranian folk tune called “Bell Carol” with words that told of the coming of spring. But here in the USA, it’s a Christmas tune.
Christmas is coming. 🙂
And so is my next camping trip … stay tuned!