Magical Sounds Instruments

Instruments on this page:

Dulcimer and harp family:
Hammer Dulcimer
Stroked / plucked Dulcimer
Mountain Dulcimer
Harp

Zither family
Zither
Chord Zither
Citera
Sitar

The forerunner of the piano, the Dulcimer is usually played with a pair of small hammers (left of photograph).

However, a less common technique is to stroke or pluck the strings with the finger nails (right).

To buy a dulcimer you may contact us by telephone on: 00 33 (0)471 787376 or by email

Le dulcimer est l'ancêtre du piano et est plus normalement joué avec des marteaux (à gauche dans le photo).
Cependant une autre technique est à caresser les cordes avec les ongles (à droite dans le photo).

Pour plus amples renseignements pour acheter un dulcimer vous pouvez nous contacter par telephone: 00 33 (0)471 787376 ou par email

Hammered Dulcimer and Stroked Dulcimer

A Candle for the Heart CD
Other Recordings

Hammered Dulcimer

Stroked Dulcimer

Mountain Dulcimer

The Mountain Dulcimer is related to the French Epinette des Vosges and the Norwegian Langleik.
The three, six or eight strings are stopped along the fret board and played with a plectrum or a goose quill.

Mountain Dulcimer

Zithers

Chord Zither

The chord zither has several sets of strings, tuned to six different chords, and may also have two octaves of melody strings.
The instrument shown here is in excellent condition, with lovely tone. 185 Euros.

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Zither CD
Other Recordings

The zither shown here has six chords, each of around ten notes.

Citera

This hungarian citera has three melody strings and four sets of drone strings. 350 Euros

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For more info you may contact us by telephone on: 00 33 (0)471 787376
or email

Pour plus amples renseignements pour l'acheter vous pouvez nous contacter par telephone: 00 33 (0)471 787376 ou par email

Sitar

This professional quality sitar (as played by Vilyat Khan) has two gourd resonators. 750 Euros

To buy click the button above for delivery within Europe

To buy click the button above for delivery outside Europe

For more info you may contact us by telephone on: 00 33 (0)471 787376
or email

Pour plus amples renseignements pour l'acheter vous pouvez nous contacter par telephone: 00 33 (0)471 787376 ou par email

Celtic Harp
To buy a harp you may contact us by telephone on: 00 33 (0)471 787376 or *email* Pour plus amples renseignements pour acheter une Harpe vous pouvez nous contacter par telephone: 00 33 (0)471 787376 ou par *email*

Musical Instruments:

String Instruments
Wind Instruments
Drums
Ethnic and Sacred Sound
Reed Instruments

Recordings

Bibliography
The Hammered Dulcimer. A History. Paul M Gifford. Scarecrow Press Inc
Musical Instruments of the World. Facts on File
All the Tunes that Ever there Were. David Kettlewell. Spoot Books
The Forgotten Power of Rhythm. Reinhard Flatischler. LifeRhythm
The Inner Game of Music. Barry Green, With Timothy Gallwey. Pan

For more books visit The Magical Sounds Bookstore