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Boot Camp for Dulcimers.  We’ll learn the fundamentals of rhythm, strumming, angle and hand placement, speed, tone and the basics of playing.

Learn Tunes the Easy Way.  Learn how many musicians learn tunes.  Expect fiddle tunes and great songs with this easy method.  Strumming, chords, and left-handed fingering.

Understanding and Using Hammer-ons, Pull-offs, Slides.  Work on the “how to’s” and apply them to add zip to your playing.  You’ll be surprised how easy and fun it can be!

DAA Tuning or Adventures in Ionian.  Explore new  territories within this versatile mode.  Deeper drones and fuller chords lead the way as we learn chord shapes, harmony building and  gorgeous tri-tone melodies.

Bits & Pieces – Basics of Competition.  We’ll compose our own tunes by changing modes, meter and/or compiling bits from other tunes. Imagination and capo needed, ideas provided!

Come to learn about the music of David Schnaufer.  We’ll learn some of his signature tunes by ear, listen to his music that changed the dulcimer world, along with seeing some of the historical work he did on the Tennessee Music Box.

Ensemble Repertoire – See Session One.

NOTE: This exact class will be held Session One.

We’ll play beautiful melodies using advanced arpeggio techniques, add variation to your play, create song arrangements, and incorporate artificial harmonics.  New material!

This fun class will cover bowing techniques, fingering, several tunes.  You don’t need a bowed instrument to take this class, but be sure to bring a bow.

Repertoire for the Beginning Player.  Learn several melodies, along with beginning chords, hammer techniques and tuning tips.

‘Tis The Season: Tunes For Christmas and WinterSolstice.  A diversity of tunes including carols from around the world, popular songs and rounds. Notation will be provided, however, we’ll get away from written music.  Embellishment techniques, too.

Techniques & Transpositions.  Learn basic hammering drills and how to transpose from one key to another.

Hammer It Up!  This innovative class will focus on advanced techniques and ways to expand musical options. Think outside the box with new tunes, practice perspectives, styles.

Take the next step in a D whistle by playing chromatics and in different keys.  Lots of new tunes!

See description for Session Two.

Smocking 101.  Learn this ancient peasant handicraft of England.  Embroidery that decorates as well as gathers the fabric on which it is worked.  Easy to do!

A variety of artistic techniques will be used to decorate large gourds.  They can then be turned into musical instruments!