Dulcimer.

[lsclayene]

Man, it's a pity, when I was a kid, nobody used to speak about the hammered dulcimer here in Belgium. I'd had an instrument to learn to play, that would have been that one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9HnRZlMiKQ music

Comments

[drderange]

My aunt knows how to play the hammered dulcimer, and taught me how to play a few little songs on it when I was a kid. I always thought it was pretty. :)

[lsclayene]

Most Celtic songs can be played in hammered dulcimer, it's got a great sound. We begin to see folk groups here in Belgium featuring the dulcimer, and it's a good thing.

Is it difficult or easy to play?

[drderange]

It's actually quite easy - it just takes a bit to remember which strings to hit. ^^

[zenedai]

Guh, now I remember the dulcimer! I thought it sounded familiar.

Oh god it's so beautiful ;__;

[khirainshambles]

Wow... Amazing!