simple chords

"The Autoharp encourages the musical effort of the person who is least musical, and will respond with a harmonious chord to the touch of anybody".--1895 advertisement, Alfred Dolge & Son

I have a friend who hates the sound of the hammered dulcimer.
Somehow I see this as some metaphor, although it is a matter of extremely personal taste. I love the sound of a hammered dulcimer, and even the sound of the simpler "mountain" dulcimer, with its zithery stringpluckthalism, played with a feather. When the plinking of a mountain dulcimer somehow converts itself to song, I see a face moving across the waters,making something new. Reading that last sentence, though, I amend to say merely that I like it.

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Phone Post: charleston across the cyberverse (nearly a transcription)

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