The word dulcimer is derived from a combination of dulcis, the Latin word for sweet, and the Greek word for song, melos. The word quite literally means "sweet song." And generally speaking, the ...

Musicians at the Double Dulcimer Festival were playing two different versions of the folk instrument: the hammer type and the mountain version. What's the difference between the two? Jon W. Harris, ...

Hazel Demski, of the Saginaw Subterranean Strings Hammered Dulcimer Club, waves her hammers in the air directing the crowd in song during a jam Wednesday night at Haithco Park in Saginaw. If you're ...

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 ...