It's also challenging because Bergmann grew up playing music in the aural tradition of folk cultures. She grew up in Richfield and lives in Brady Lake. Her mother took up the dulcimer in her 30s, and ...

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, ...

Paul Babcock considers himself lazy. That might explain why the Long Beach resident still isn’t proficient in playing the dulcimer, despite being introduced to the instrument nearly six years ago.

Members of the Silver Strings Dulcimer Society filled the springtime air with the sweet sounds of a chorus of hammered dulcimers in front of Michigan’s Capitol on Tuesday. The society, based in Garden ...

SAGINAW — The Subterranean Strings Hammered Dulcimer Club will perform at the William H. Haithco Recreation Area, 2121 Schust in Saginaw, at 7 p.m. Aug. 31. Those who attend are asked to bring their ...

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 ...

Cascades of ringing notes as hundreds of strings are struck! Lively dance tunes, poignant slow airs, familiar hymns, and traditional melodies from far and near- that is the Striking Strings Hammered ...

Traditional music lovers will converge at the Midland County Fairgrounds this weekend for the 16th annual Midland Dulcimer Festival. "If you like traditional music, if you like dulcimer music, it is a ...