In fact, the name dulcimer is taken from words that mean "sweet sound." The Appalachian dulcimer is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings, originally ...

Maylee Samuels has been playing the dulcimer for 30 years, and in advance of a local dulcimer St. Patrick's Day-themed workshop set for March 14, she offered me a lesson. "It's one of those things ...