<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">Appalachian dulcimers</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31425388</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:54:46</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">American dulcimer</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">American dulcimers</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Appalachian dulcimer</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Kentucky dulcimers</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">appalachian dulcimer</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">dulcimers, American</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">dulcimers, Appalachian</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">dulcimers, Kentucky</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">dulcimers, mountain</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">mountain dulcimer</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">mountain dulcimers</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">mountain zithers</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">zithers, mountain</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Folk instruments from the Appalachian region of the United States, usually consisting of a long figure-eight shaped box, a fretted fingerboard set centrally along its entire length, and from three to five metal strings tensioned by lateral pegs. For the American chordophones of similar construction, but struck with hammers instead of plucked, use "hammer dulcimers." ]]></dc:description></metadata>