A dulcimer is a fretted instrument that most commonly includes three or four strings. The fretting is usually diatonic and spreads along a fingerboard attached to the instrument’s body. It became popular in old-time American music in the 1800s. It is believed to have been brought over from Scotland or Ireland and [...]
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