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CLASS |
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INSTRUCTOR |
DESCRIPTION |
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Mountain Dulcimer
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B
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Josh Noe
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Basics for Beginners. Learn techniques to give you a great beginning including strumming, fingering, as well as care for your instrument. Learn beginning chords, and how to easily find your frets.
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B/I
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Dan Evans
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Folk Songs in Ionian (DAA). Play chords and their inversions in DAA to create highly effective accompaniments to beautiful folk songs from the British Isles.
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B/I
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Jeff Furman
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Smoothing Out Your Playing. Enhance your right and left hand techniques (your playing foundation), along with concepts and ideas on getting them to play together smoothly. Improve fluidity of playing.
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B/I
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Bing Futch
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The Songs of Lead Belly – This music has spanned decades and influenced many performers in all genres, and been recorded by many mainstream artists including The Beach Boys and Johnny Cash. We’ll learn how to play tunes like “Rock Island Line” and “Cotton Fields”.
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B/I
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Molly McCormack
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Good Old Fashioned Songs. This repertoire class will feature rare old gems that have been around since the turn-of-the-century. All tunes are in D-A-d tuning and some will need a capo.
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I
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Sarah Elizabeth
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Classical Tunes. De-mystify classical music on the mountain dulcimer. All new tunes from last year.
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I
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Dave Haas
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Learn names and positions of chords along entire fretboard, improve your playing of both slow and fast songs with left and right hand techniques, build your confidence as you build your repertoire of popular hymns and fiddle tunes.
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I
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Gary Gallier
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Blues, Boogie, and Jazz! We’ll learn syncopation picking technique that gives you the Blues and Boogie shuffle, how to play backup, tunes in D, E, and A (capo 4), and simple but effective Blues improvisation, with a little smooth Jazz thrown in! We’ll feel the groove!
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I - I/A
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Tull Glazener
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Ensemble Repertoire. We’ll learn multi-part arrangements of an eclectic mix such as aires and waltzes, classical, gospel tunes, fiddle tunes, and more! New tunes from past years in this fun class!
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A
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Stephen Seifert
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Join the Rhythm Club. Capo needed. Using a number of arrangements, examples and exercises we will cover various forms of syncopation Ragtime, Afro-Cuban, and Jig Rhythms, Bluegrass cross-picking and everything you’ll need to do with body and mind to make it all happen.
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All
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Robert Force
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Formative Tunes. Some songs we carry in our Hearts. They rise to our lips and fingertips practically unbidden. Robert will teach you his. Most are quite simple but there is always a song for any mood. These tunes have sustained Robert as a musician. Learn how you can recognize and create your own life soundtrack.
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Bowed Mountain Dulcimer
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All
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Jim Miller
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This fun class will cover bowing techniques, fingering, and several tunes. You don’t need a bowed instrument to take this class, but be sure to bring a bow!
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Hammered Dulcimer
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B
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Martha Richard
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Chords within different keys will be
found and played and added to simple songs.
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B/I
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Steve Eulberg
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Hand Separation. This is a foundational skill for all players whichever hand is prominent. We’ll work on exercises that get our hands moving in parallel movement, keeping one at home while the other moves out in contrasting movement. First Snow, Lullabye of Muffe.
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I
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Princess Harris
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We’ll find ways to temper your playing power to enhance arrangements and performances, work on dynamics and find the difference between playing the notes and playing the music!
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I/A
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Dan Landrum
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We plan to hammer until you think your arms will fall off as we practice rudiments to improve your speed, left/right hand dependence and interdependence, and lock into your inner metronome.
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A
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Karen Ashbrook
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Arranging Gorgeous Waltzes. Waltzes show off the beauty of the dulcimer and its ringing strings better any other style.
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Autoharp
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B
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Karen Mueller
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Everything you need to get started on this fun, versatile instrument including tuning, holding it upright, using picks, strumming rhythms in a variety of patterns and keys to accompany songs. Any style autoharp is welcome, chromatic is best.
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Steel Drum
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All
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Guy George
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Brand new tunes for 2010! Lots of Island Tunes, Folk Tunes, Gospel Tunes, & Old Tyme Tunes plus playing chord backup parts, melodies, how to play steel drum with your group.
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Bowed Psaltery
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All
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Donna Missigman
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In this multi-level class we’ll learn easy tunes using one bow, intermediates will try two bow technique. Lots and lots of playing. Note reading a plus.
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Guitar
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B/I
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Paul Oorts
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Learn to accompany standard folk tunes in common keys (E, A, D, G, C) with a flat pick doing boom-chick, boom-chick-chick, and didle-dee-idle-dee.
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Clawhammer Banjo
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I
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David Brooks
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For those who can play a few tunes and are comfortable with the stroke. Learn how to add drop thumbing and syncopation into your playing. We’ll expand repertoire with new tunes in Double C and Modal tuning. Bring a banjo capo.
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Fiddle
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B - B/I
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Jory Hutchens
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We’ll learn the basics as we work on proper positioning, bowing techniques, and some well loved tunes.
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**Digital Photography
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All
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Jennifer Musgrave
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Tricks and tips to make your
photography better whether you’re trying to shoot instruments, promo photos of yourself or others, & concerts without flash Bring camera & memory card.
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