Article: Kejdas, skripkas, fanfrnochs: what people used to play on in Bohemia and Moravia.

It is basically impossible define what is a folk music instrument and what is not, because folk music and art music are spheres that have always interacted. The bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy or dulcimer have at several periods won the favour of composers of classical music and then moved back into the folk sphere. People used to make some instruments for themselves at home, for example skripky (fiddles), but in many other cases folk musicians used professionally produced instruments. This short article offers information on at least a few of the instruments that have played or still play a major role in folk music on the territory of the Czech Republic.

The Dulcimer

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