NOTE: I would urge even those who don’t usually watch videos on 6000 miles… to watch this video on 6000 miles…
Go on – give it a go. What have you got to lose? (spoiler: it’s time and bandwidth)
Herewith Ted Yoder. Ted is one of the world’s foremost Hammered Dulcimer players. If you don’t know what a Hammered Dulcimer is, it’s the thing that Ted is playing in the video below, defined by google as:
a musical instrument with a sounding board or box, typically trapezoid in shape, over which strings of graduated length are stretched, played by plucking or especially by being struck with handheld hammers.
And with a Hornbostel–Sachs classification of 314.122-4.
Obviously, the Hammered Dulcimer is wholly different to the Appalachian Dulcimer, which is always plucked. The Hammered Dulcimer is the one that is always hammered. It’s the Amy Winehouse of instruments.
So, without further ado – Ladies and Gentlemen: Ted Yoder! Enjoy his performance, you must.
I’ve never had that much appreciation from anyone for anything I’ve ever done in my back garden.
Remarkable.