Appalachian dulcimer (Folk drone zither from N. America)

~ String instrument

Description

Historically a folk instrument from Appalachia, its elongated figure-of-eight shaped soundbox is made of various woods and often has heart-shaped sound-holes. It has 3 to 4 metal strings (including drone) and is fretted diatonically.

Relationships

from:Appalachia
type of:zither
derived from:hummel (Medieval pear-shaped drone zither)
langeleik
picture:https://static.metabrainz.org/irombook/dulcimer_Appalachian/dulcimer_Appalachian.png [info]
Wikidata:Q2145031 [info]
other databases:https://saisaibatake.ame-zaiku.com/gakki/gakki_jiten_dulcimer2.html [info]
https://saisaibatake.ame-zaiku.com/musical/instruments_dulcimer_appalachian.html [info]