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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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Jackie Armstrong
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We’ll reinforce the basics – tuning, strumming, reading tab, and also learn different tunes with emphasis on basic chording. Lots more fun!
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B/I
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Stephen Seifert
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My Most Successful Method for Beginners. These foundational practices are the fastest ways I know to get newer players smiling. Let me
prove you have everything it takes to be a musician right from the start. Bring a capo.
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B/I
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Joellen Lapidus
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We’ll focus on 2 basic strums, 3 different rhythms (2/4, 3/4, 6/8), increasing speed, 4 tunings, fingerpicking, chords in different tunings and more!
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B/I
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Butch Ross
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I Don’t Improvise, I Just Make Stuff Up! Using a series of games
and exercises we’ll learn how to free up inhibitions and start improvising. Make your favorite tunes sound better, add interesting notes to jams and maybe create your own arrangements!
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I
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Dave Haas
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Expand your repertoire with fun fiddle tunes such as “Ragtime
Annie”, “West Fork Gals” and many more. We’ll work on smooth and fast playing, how to put a “chop” in your backup, and adding variation by moving the melody around the fretboard. You’ll need a capo. DAD
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I
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Don Pedi
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Traditional Songs from the Southern Mountains. We’ll learn a how to play a variety of songs including secular, sacred, silly songs and ballads!
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I/A – A
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Nina Zanetti
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Music of Turlough O’Carolan. This great Irish harper’s music sounds wonderful on the dulcimer. We’ll learn several examples of his lovely tunes, incorporating embellishments such as trills, rolls, hammer-ons, and pull-offs into our playing.
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A
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Jerry Rockwell
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Improvising & Composing with Simple, Repeating Chord Progressions. A fun way to start making some of your own music by using chord progressions, working with and connecting chord tones, structuring your melodic ideas, trying different time signatures, rhythmic changes, and much more.
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Bass Dulcimer
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I
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Janita Baker
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We’ll look at using the bass dulcimer as a solo lead, ensemble voice and/or back up instrument, with ways to create effective backup and harmony. No bass experience necessary. Some new material from previous years, some review of last year’s.
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Bowed Dulcimer
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B/I
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Jim Miller
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Covers bowing techniques, proper tone production, and harmonization. Students do not need a bowed dulcimer, but a bow would be helpful. We’ll learn several simple and fun tunes.
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Hammered Dulcimer
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B
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Martha Richard
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The Essentials. Learn some tunes to enjoy and to play with others. Get yourself ready to join the evening jams.
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B/I
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Karen Ashbrook
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Arranging for Advanced Beginners. Melodies will sound even better with the easy harmonies available on your instrument. Get started learning how to put in the “fancies”. You need to be able to play a few moderate tempo tunes.
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I
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Stephen Humphries
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Hymns of the Past & Present. We’ll learn some new techniques to help you arrange and play both familiar and unfamiliar hymns. Discover different approaches to arranging that will help players of many levels.
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I/A
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Ken Kolodner
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Variations in Old Time Tunes. We’ll alter the melody and rhythm as well as adding syncopations, accent shifts, adding chords, base lines, rag rhythms, chord subs, 4 against 3’s, valley rolls, fills, drones, triplets, ghost notes and more.
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I/A
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Andy Young
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Authentic Irish Ornamentation. We’ll explore types of ornamentation, specific techniques for playing ornaments, and skill-building exercises to help achieve this authentic sound when playing Irish music on your instrument.
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Folk Harp
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B/I - I
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Carol Walker
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Take your playing to the next level of expertise as we improve technical ability and expression. Repertoire includes Celtic and folk tunes.
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Banjo
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B/I
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David Brooks
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Clawhammer Banjo for Jams! We’ll play in the key of D, ideal for playing with fiddlers and in dulcimer jams. We’ll learn several
tunes as well as how to learn new tunes by ear using what you already know about your dulcimer. Bring a capo.
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Mandolin
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B-B/I
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Wayne Seymour
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We’ll learn how to tune the mandolin and basic right hand technique and two-finger chords, how to back up tunes, expand your chord vocabulary, and clean up what you already know.
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Guitar
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B/I - I
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Peter Madcat Ruth
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Playin’ The Blues! We’ll focus on playing blues techniques including chord structure, tricks to get that funky blues sound, and lots of tunes. You need some playing experience for this class.
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Penny Whistle
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I
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Guy George
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Pennywhistle Aerobics! Shape up your playing – let’s fix those high notes, firm up those chords in “D” and “G”, tone up your chromatics and chord playing with challenging tunes and duets!
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Vocal
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All
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Sue Massek
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The Joy of Singing! The joy of singing will be explored through sharing songs from various singing styles such as ballads, gospel,
folk, rounds, call and response. Each day will be based on a different theme.
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Autoharp
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I - I/A
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Karen Mueller
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We’ll work on developing melody picking, effective song accompaniment, keeping steady rhythm and creating interesting arrangements. Class will include old-time, folk, gospel and Celtic music.
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Ukulele
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B
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Sharrie George
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All you need to know to get started playing the “uke”! Learn your ukulele parts, tuning, strums, chords, and be playing tunes quickly. This is mostly a repeat from Session One’s class. Uke’s available to rent.
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Bowed Psaltery
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B/I
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Tish Westman
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Playing with Emotion & Dynamics. We’ll learn to smooth out the transition from note to note as we use techniques like vibrato, staccato, and glissando. We’ll also explore different styles of double bowing.
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Native Amerian Flute
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B/I & Up
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Marsha Harris
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For those with experience playing the pentatonic scale on the NAflute, improvised and familiar with basic articulation. We’ll cover additional scales, learn traditional tunes, play as a flute circle and with the dulcimer.
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Social Orchestra
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All
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Paul Oorts
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So popular last year, we’re doing it twice this year! In this class we’ll take a variety of pieces and have parts for various levels. Some new pieces, some repeats. We’ll play together under a “baton” rather than a jam where anything goes. All instruments welcome! We’ll join forces with the other Social Orchestra class on Friday for an “end of the week” performance!
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**Digital Photography
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I/A
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Jennifer Musgrave
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Take your skills to the next level as we learn new techniques. We’ll spend part of the class “in the field” including a sunrise field trip to put your new skills to work. New material will be introduced from past years including use of an inexpensive lighting kit to improve your photographs. Please bring a camera card and your camera instruction manual.
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**Quilting
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All
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Vera Frazier
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We’ll learn to cut fabric, sew a straight seam and explore your artistic side by putting fabric together in a non-threatening environment. By the end of the week you’ll have a finished wall hanging or table runner. All levels welcome.
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