Appalachian dulcimer

noun

1. a modern folk instrument related to the guitar and plucked with the fingers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Appalachian dulcimer¹

First recorded in 1950–55; dulcimer ( def )

Example Sentences

Also we’ve spoken so much about how we’re waiting for Taylor to make her Joni Mitchell “Blue” album and there’s an entry here where she cops to teaching herself to play the Appalachian dulcimer because that’s what Joni played on that album.

From New York Times

A diaphanous line that painfully encapsulates the record she released the following year – a psychic masterpiece of melody, rhythm and lyricism that pulls us into Mitchell’s interior world using the urgent pulsations of an Appalachian dulcimer.

From The Guardian

She took up the Appalachian dulcimer because Richard Farina and Joni Mitchell played it.

From Washington Post

Absolutely anyone can play the instrument, which is also called the Appalachian dulcimer.

From Seattle Times

Absolutely anyone can play the instrument, which is also called the Appalachian dulcimer.

From Washington Times