Once you have finished reading this the music should begin, or will start shortly. Please enjoy it. The Hammered Dulcimer is an ancient trapezoidal musical instrument with several courses of strings. Dulcimers originated in the Middle East and were brought to Europe during the Crusades. Similar instruments have spread around the world.
Dulcimers have many names in many lands.
At the time when the bible was translated into English as the King James Bible. The dulcimer is played with small wooden hammers to set the strings into vibration much like the piano. Over 200 years ago, the dulcimer and the harpsichord were involved in a revolution that led to the invention of the pianoforte. Harpsichords are not amenable to playing with dynamics. The dulcimer on the other hand is capable of playing with dynamics.