GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — The list of qualifications for playing the mountain dulcimer is extremely short. In fact, there are none. Absolutely anyone can play the instrument, which is also called the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 23—Some of the best dulcimer and old-time music artists from around the country will descend on Palestine to headline ...

BEIJING - Holding two bamboo mallets, one in each hand, and alternately hitting the strings on a trapezoid-shaped wooden instrument, Liu Yuening is consumed by the reverberating notes. Liu, 54, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 16—FAIRMONT — For generations, the Appalachian Mountain dulcimer, the region's iconic musical instrument, has been producing ...

BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Holding two bamboo mallets, one in each hand, and alternately hitting the strings on a trapezoid-shaped wooden instrument, Liu Yuening is intoxicated with the reverberating ...

When a pale wooden trapezoid with strings was donated to the St Vincent de Paul Society last month, it initially baffled staff at the charity's Darwin opportunity shop. It took an inquiring post to ...

That person Styles tracked down was Joellen Lapidus, the woman who sold Mitchell her first dulcimer — a long, stringed instrument that was once used by Tibetan monks as well as musicians entertaining ...

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 ...

In the world of musical instruments, playing them is akin to advanced humming. Mountain dulcimers don't have a trumpet's flair or a flute's voice-above-the-crowd. Beethoven never even heard of them.