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Reflecting the cultures that settled North America, the roots of old-time music are in the traditional musics of the British Isles, [2] Europe, and Africa. African influences are notably found in vocal and instrumental performance styles and dance, as well as the often cited use of the banjo; in some regions, Native American, Spanish, French and German sources are also prominent. [3]
Russell Cook is a hammered dulcimer builder and player from Oklahoma, United States. [1] Russell won first place in the 1981 Walnut Valley National Hammered Dulcimer Championship held in Winfield, Kansas. Cook built his first dulcimer in 1979, and has gone on to build hammered dulcimers. He originally operated under the name Wood 'N Strings.
The hammered dulcimer (also called the hammer dulcimer) is a percussion-stringed instrument which consists of strings typically stretched over a trapezoidal resonant sound board. The hammered dulcimer is set before the musician, who in more traditional styles may sit cross-legged on the floor, or in a more modern style may stand or sit at a ...
Stephen Seifert (born September 29, 1973) is an American folk musician and virtuoso Appalachian dulcimer player. [1] Seifert is internationally known and is a concert headlining performer. He was adjunct instructor of Mountain Dulcimer at Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music from 1997 to 2001.
Kevin Roth (born 1957 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a singer-songwriter, pianist, artist, and Mountain Dulcimer player. [1] He is widely known [2] as one of the leading innovators of the dulcimer around the world and has released over 60 albums.
In the Appalachian region of the U.S. in the nineteenth century, hammered dulcimers were rare. There, the word dulcimer, which was familiar from the King James Version of the Bible, was used to refer to a three or four stringed fretted instrument, generally played on the lap by strumming. Variants include: The original Appalachian dulcimer
For a "normal" dulcimer the bass string is usually (in my experience) tuned to the D below middle C. However, there are octave "Dulcimettes" as well, where the bass string is tuned to the D above middle C, and "Bass Dulcimers" with the bass string at D two octaves below Middle C (approx 73 Hz).
Joemy Wilson is a hammered dulcimer player from New Haven, Connecticut.Her first instruments were the piano and violin.She also took voice lessons in high school. She started playing Appalachian dulcimer while attending Barnard College, and started playing hammered dulcimer in 1979.