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When it comes to building a psaltery, there are a few simple tricks and tips you should make sure your new instrument will give you the exceptional sound that you want! Luckily, building a psaltery doesn’t need to be difficult.
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Keeping your psaltery in tune is important to get the best possible sound from it. Luckily, it’s actually an incredibly easy instrument to tune!
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Itt’s important to know how the weather can impact on your hammered dulcimer. The cold, on the whole, won’t cause so much damage to your dulcimer; however, the moisture and humidity in the air can absolutely cause damage!
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How many famous dulcimer players do you know? Some are professors, played with Bob Dylan, run active Youtube channels and more!
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The vast majority of electric dulcimers are variants of the Appalachian dulcimer, which is the generic model mentioned when one talks of dulcimers. However, some electric versions of the hammered dulcimer are also available.
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The resonator dulcimer is a unique variant of the Appalachian dulcimer. The dulcimer is a string instrument that is a member of the Zither family and it is primarily recognizable by its large shape, simple design, and fretted strings.
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The banjo dulcimer is a modified variant of the standard Appalachian dulcimer and has unique audio characteristics which help to give the instrument its unique acoustics.
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A psaltery in the Bible is a stringed instrument translated from the Hebrew nebel or nabel. Occasionally, this has been translated as viol or lute.
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A stick dulcimer is one of the easiest string instruments. With only three strings, it’s very simple, making it the ideal instrument for beginners.
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The hammered dulcimer is referred to as ‘hammered’ in reference to the small mallets (referred to as hammers) that players use to strike the dulcimer strings.
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Appalachian dulcimers are instruments with a long and proud history. They’ve seen use all the way back to the early half of the 1800s.
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