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Don't miss this one. It's a serious blast. Mountain dulcimer instructors include Doug Berch, Jeff Furman, Bing Futch, Dave Haas, Maureen Sellers, and me. There's around 10 hours of instruction and LOTS of jamming. Here's what I'm teaching:
Alternating Bass for Fingerpickers - The goal here is to keep an alternating bass line happening while playing the melody and chords at the same time. First, we’ll go through short exercises for your right hand. Then we’ll play through a number of tunes, learning to syncopate on the spot. Time will be spent on right and left hand muting and damping.
Playable Medieval, Elizabethan, and Renaissance Style Music - We’ll start in and mostly use DAD. Bring a capo. I’ll walk you through Medieval melodies, Elizabethan lute pieces, and tunes from the Massif Central region of France. Sound hard? They’re not. We’ll cover strumming, finger picking, and fingering helpful in playing this music.
Foundational Techniques - DAD - We’ll review stringing, tuning, holding, strumming, fretting the dulcimer. Then we’ll cover a number of effective ways to learn tunes you might know and a few jam tunes you need to know.
String Side Up - New player? In 90 minutes I will have you playing a tune or two, show you how to tune your dulcimer and get you started on the right path toward good strumming. This class is for people who are true beginners on the instrument.
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