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Woman playing the Santur in a painting from the Hasht
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The hammered dulcimer is a stringed musical instrument with the strings
stretched over a trapezoidal sounding board. Typically, the hammered
dulcimer is set on a stand, at an angle, before the musician, who holds
small mallet hammers in each hand to strike the strings (cf. Appalachian
dulcimer).
The word dulcimer is Graeco-Roman, meaning "sweet song"; it derives from
the Latin dulcis (sweet) and the Greek melos (song).
The dulcimer's origin is uncertain, but tradition holds it was invented
in Iran (Persia) some 2000 years ago, where it is called a santur.
Various types of hammered dulcimers are traditionally played in Southwest
Asia, China and parts of Southeast Asia, Central Europe (Hungary, Romania,
Slovakia, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria and Bavaria) and Eastern Europe
(Ukraine and Belarus). The instrument is also played in Great Britain
(Wales, East Anglia, Northumbria) and has been revived in the folk music
traditions of the U.S.
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2.076
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213.1
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AUD |
2.009
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12.74
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19.82
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