How to Use dulcimer in a Sentence

dulcimer

noun
  • There is more to music than that which can be played on the hammered dulcimer.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 May 2026
  • Here’s the mallet that makes her guitar chime like a dulcimer.
    — Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2021
  • People sang for her and played fiddles and dulcimers; one boy used knitting needles on the neck of his banjo.
    — Lidija Haas, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2020
  • Lauper also played the dulcimer throughout the acoustic duet.
    — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 18 Oct. 2019
  • In trying to be part of the culture there, Schellhammer purchased a mountain dulcimer and learned to play it.
    — Lyndi McNulty, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 17 July 2019
  • Artists will instruct senior citizens in playing the dulcimer in a multi-day workshop.
    — Erin Edgemon, AL.com, 1 June 2017
  • The Rolling Stones rose to the challenge with Aftermath, dabbling in sitar and dulcimer.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
  • People set up their folding chairs in front of the outdoor stage and watch musicians compete on banjo, dobro, dulcimer, guitar and auto-harp.
    — Frank Langfitt, NPR, 16 Aug. 2025
  • And my father plays both the Yangqin, which is the butterfly dulcimer, and the bamboo flute, both of which are Chinese folk instruments.
    — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 5 May 2023
  • The dance will feature a dulcimer and fiddle music by the Scantlin' Reunion band and Dona Benkert will call.
    — Joy Davis, Aurora Beacon-News, 6 July 2017
  • Arman said that at some point his father taught himself to play the Santoor, a Persian instrument akin to a zither or a hammered dulcimer.
    — Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
  • And music lovers of all skill levels will gather in dozens of cities for single-instrument jam sessions for everything from accordions, cellos and dulcimers to harmonica, ukuleles, violins and voices.
    — Harriet Baskas, NBC News, 2 June 2017
  • Traditionally played on string instruments like the dulcimer, fiddle, and banjo, this distinctly twangy genre passed down religious hymns, ballads, and folktales through generations.
    — Hillary Richard, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2026
  • She was classically trained on the piano starting at age 4 and plays over 20 other instruments, including the mountain dulcimer, banjo, folk harp and balalaika, according to her bio.
    — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Moore found himself in Naselroad's wood shop nearly every day learning how to craft guitars from Appalachian native hardwoods in a town where the mountain dulcimer was first made in the late 1800s.
    — Amy Chillag, CNN, 18 Sep. 2020
  • There’s bluegrass music, bell-ringing, rail-splitting, and dulcimer-making, but the highlight is seeing (and hearing) 100-pound iron anvils jettisoned into the air by exploding gunpowder.
    — National Geographic, 1 July 2019
  • Music instructors at Berkeley’s Freight & Salvage teach instruments from clawhammer banjo to mountain dulcimer, as well as leading bluegrass jams and a community chorus.
    — Jason W. Lloren, SFChronicle.com, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Between the Buttons, however, is a fetchingly bespoke potpourri of pop styles, its sound largely shaped by Jones jumping around the studio laying down overdubs of dulcimer, kazoo, tuba, recorder, accordion, and vibraphone.
    — Al Shipley, SPIN, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The pair perform on instruments ranging from guitar, Appalachian mountain dulcimer, and mandolin to tin whistle, harmonica, and limberjacks, and surprise audiences with their interpretation of freestyle Appalachian clog dancing.
    — Robert Knox, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Feb. 2020

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