| 单词 | dulcimer |
| 释义 | dulcimer (once / 21888 pages) n A dulcimer is a stringed instrument used mainly in American folk music. It has three strings, and a fretted fingerboard like a guitar. Like a banjo, the dulcimer is a stringed instrument which is played like a guitar, with a pick or your fingers. Like a guitar, the strings are strummed with one hand while the strings are held down with the other hand on a fretted fingerboard. The dulcimer has an elliptical shape that's very distinctive. There is also a type of dulcimer played by striking it with little hammers. Both kinds of dulcimers make a light, sweet sound. WORD FAMILYdulcimer: dulcimers USAGE EXAMPLESCeltic musicians and the St. Andrew’s choirs will perform, Instruments include the hammered dulcimer, accordion, harp guitar, Irish flute and guitar. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) Myers also visited Mitchell herself, in late 2014, to detail exactly what led her to haul her dulcimer around Crete. Washington Post(Oct 26, 2016) A dulcimer and a guitar for the door of a musician’s studio. Seattle Times(Oct 07, 2016) 1n a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings Hyper stringed instrument a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound 2n a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers Hyper cither, zither, zithern a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers |
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