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Watch a woman playing the hammered dulcimer

Watch a woman playing the hammered dulcimer

North American hammered dulcimer.

Video: Wesleyan Virtual Instrument Museum 2.0 (https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2)

Listen to the song “What I'll Do with My Baby-O” performed on an Appalachian dulcimer

Listen to the song “What I'll Do with My Baby-O” performed on an Appalachian dulcimer

The song “What I'll Do with My Baby-O” performed on Appalachian dulcimer.

Video: Wesleyan Virtual Instrument Museum 2.0 (https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2)

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Chromatic hammered dulcimer.

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