dulcimer

Hey did you know that the Chromatic Mountain Dulcimer evolved from the Diatonic Dulcimer? It's tuned DAD like a regular Dulcimer but is Chromatically fretted (like a Guitar) which means you can play in any key. The Original Chromatic Dulcimer was a Diatonic Dulcimer that was converted by adding...

I'm considering starting a dulcimer circle for kids, BUT rather than play "Boil them Cabbage Down" and other such (yawn) folk tunes, I'd like to make the instrument cool and relevant for them. This might be a tall order, but we've got a classroom set of dulcimers (about 20) and I think that...