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noun
- (musici) 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).
- The two classes of dulcimer are the "Mountain" or "Appalacian" dulcimer (plucked and played with a quill, usually a goose quill) and the hammer dulcimer (played by tapping on the strings with small "hammers"). See also: zither
Translations: - Dutch: hakkebord
- French: tympanon
- German: Cymbal :de:Cymbal, ^, Hackbrett :de:Hackbrett, ^
- Italian: dulcimero ; salterio
Etymology: From the Greek dulce melos (sweet sound).
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