Maylee Samuels has been playing the dulcimer for 30 years, and in advance of a local dulcimer St. Patrick's Day-themed workshop set for March 14, she offered me a lesson. "It's one of those things ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Just because it’s summer, doesn’t mean the learning should stop. Pellissippi State Community College is offering noncredit lifelong learning classes to the public this summer ...

For those unfamiliar with the hammered dulcimer, let’s begin there. The hammered dulcimer is an ancient predecessor of the piano. While it can also be “plucked,” it is typically played by bouncing ...

Wendy Grethen first touched the strings of a mountain dulcimer at a fair 27 years ago. She learned to play the Appalachian-region American folk instrument as a child in Illinois -- then stopped ...

To most Americans, the hammered dulcimer is a new and unfamiliar instrument. Even people who know much about American music often confuse the hammered dulcimer with the three- or four-stringed ...

Residents of Capstone Village spent Tuesday learning to play the dulcimer. According to www.dulcimer.net, the Appalachian dulcimer or mountain dulcimer is a uniquely American addition to the fretted ...

Ted Yoder calls the hammered dulcimer "the love child of a drum set and a piano." "I get the best of both worlds," he said. Yoder will be in town Wednesday as part of the Up Close and Personal series, ...

Bev Cheney and Jimi Johnson stumbled into one another about 10 years ago as they were each picking up a new hobby. The two strangers from Florence and Huntsville had signed up for a class to learn to ...

Oct. 2—Famous for viral hammered dulcimer version of 'Everyone Wants to Rule the World' The Ironton Council for the Arts opens its 2025-26 performance season with a performance by Ted Yoder, 2010 ...

When records manager Don Gillette retired from the Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, at the end of 2022, he did not stop playing his beloved hammer dulcimer. Gillette proved pivotal ...