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Portrait of a dulcimer player, 1934. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.

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Brian Jones, Milan 1967

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lowkey want to post a rendition of Northwest Passage on my dulcimer but the mortifying ordeal of being known, yknow?

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Stuart S. Sprague: Four unidentified men playing instruments together - fiddle, harmonica, guitar, and the Appalachian dulcimer- in Boyd County, Kentucky. Circa 1945

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Finding beauty, human connection, and one’s heritage in the resonant sounds of the dulcimer.

In today’s new Longreads essay, Ayla Samli writes about connecting to her heritage through music, the journey of a stringed instrument, and the sweet resonant sounds of the Appalachian (or mountain) dulcimer.

He showed me how to strum and set me free to play. Three strings—past, present, and future—unified in one connective strum. I inhaled deeply to keep from crying. Yes, this is beautiful.

Read “Three Strings: Past, Present, and Future” at Longreads.

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Brian can manipulate the sounds on his Appalachian dulcimer. He does it by creating a certain motion, when it comes to strumming or plucking.

When the beat picks up in Cool, Calm, and Collected, Brian makes the dulcimer sound like a banjo. In which the strings are plucked faster. In Gomper, it sounds like a sitar. I wrote this in my first story I wrote for Brian. I'm mentioning the motion, because it depends on how you play it. When the strings are plucked faster, the tone would fluctuate or differ. Strumming on the other hand, the strings all vibrate against each other. This is where I Am Waiting, comes in. They're strummed energetically. Lady Jane, the strings are delicately plucked. I thought to bring this out, because of the sound manipulation. This makes Brian mimic other stringed instruments. 💫✌🏾 As you notice, I grabbed a piece of my page where I explained about the dulcimer itself.