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the jazz dulcimer


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The Hungarian tenor player Mihaly Dresch uses a cimbalom in his quintet. The quintet mixes jazz with folk elements but the cimbalom which is very similar to the dulcimer makes a very attractive sound.

Herbie Mann's very last CD "Eastern European Roots" has cymbalom player Alexander Fedoriouk.

But this is the hammered type:

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But wasn't the initial question for the plucked/strummed type, the real dulcimer? Looks like this:

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Colin Walcott used one of these on the original recording of "Witchi-Tai-To" on one of Oregon's earliest records, but it wasn't jazz ...

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Yes, that Tyner track - I had that sound in my head but couldn't remember where I heard it.

Since the dulcimer is basically a chordal instrument on a modal basis, it's jazz potential is very limited. You only can strum rhythmic patterns much like a rhythm guitar but not change keys as deliberately.

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