English-Spanish translations for dulcimer

• dulcémele
• salterio

Definition of dulcimer

• A stringed instrument, with strings stretched across a sounding board, usually trapezoidal. It is played on the lap or horizontally on a table. Some have their own legs. These musical instruments are played by plucking on the strings or by tapping on them (in the case of the hammer dulcimers

Examples

• The two classes of dulcimer are the "Mountain" or "Appalachian" dulcimer (plucked and played with a quill, usually a goose quill) and the hammered dulcimer (played by tapping on the strings with small "hammers"). See also: zither

Related words

• hammered dulcimer
• Appalachian dulcimer
• mountain dulcimer