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 April
17 - 19, 2009: Weekend Advanced Beginning Autoharp Workshop
Level: Beginning
Tuition: $120
Course Times: Friday 7 - 9 PM; Saturday 9:30 - 11:30 AM & 1:30 - 3:30 PM;
Sunday 9:30 - 11:30 AM
Course Description:
The purpose of this workshop is to help participants understand how to find
melodies for playing leads on the autoharp. Participants will be encouraged
and instructed on playing by ear and on playing by finding the notes from
written music and tablature as we understand how our chord bars are related
to the notes of the scale and how small movements of the right hand can
bring out the melody. We will try several styles of lead playing
including melody strum, thumb lead, pinch/pluck, and patting always working
from easy two chord or three chord tunes and songs (to simplify left hand
chord bar fingerings while concentrating on finding the melody notes with
the right hand) to tunes and songs with more chord bar changes. Bill will
try to hold back from singing the songs or the chord changes all of the time
so that we can concentrate on hearing the sounds from the autoharps.
May 15 -
17, 2009: Weekend Beginning Mountain Dulcimer Workshop
Level: Beginning
Tuition: $120
Course Times: Friday 7 - 9 PM; Saturday 9:30 - 11:30 AM & 1:30 - 3:30 PM;
Sunday 9:30 - 11:30 AM
Course Description: Our
major concerns in this course will be melody playing along with drones as
well as playing chord backup. We will work with DAA and DAD tunings and find
out how these can work together. We will also try DAC tuning to find out
about playing in minor modes. Tuning tips and helpful hints will be covered.
We will use tab and written music and play by ear. As time allows, students
will hear and may try harmony playing techniques and melody chord style
playing. Some loaner mountain dulcimers will be available.
September
11 - 13, 2009: Weekend Beginning Hammered Dulcimer Workshop
Level: Beginning
Tuition: $120
Course Times: Friday 7 - 9 PM; Saturday 9:30 - 11:30 AM & 1:30 - 3:30 PM;
Sunday 9:30 - 11:30 AM
Course Description: Using several common jam and club tunes, we'll start
with simple melody playing and do a lot of work with chords as one of the
best options for adding interest to playing whether for accompaniment or
embellishment. Tuning tips and care tips will help get the most from
instruments and hammers. We will focus on playing from written music and/or
by ear depending on the needs of the students. A variety of hammering
techniques and patterns will give students ideas about ways to proceed as
they become more familiar with their instruments. Loaner hammered dulcimers
are available.
October
2-4,2009: Weekend Beginning/Advanced Beginning Autoharp Workshop
Level: Beginning/Advanced Beginning
Tuition: $120
Course Times: Friday 7 - 9 PM; Saturday 9:30 - 11:30 AM & 1:30
- 3:30 PM; Sunday 9:30 - 11:30 AM
Course
Description: This course will center on becoming comfortable with your
autoharp from finding the best position for holding your autoharp to
becoming acquainted with your chord bar setup (and maybe learning if another
setup can easily be done which will work better for you) to learning left
hand techniques so that you will not have to look at your chord bars to
learning various strum and picking patterns. We will mostly work on
accompaniment styles for playing with your own singing, with the singing of
others, or with other melody instruments, but we will also try some melody
playing with the melody strum and be exposed to other melody playing styles.
Written music with chords and melody chords will be available, but we will
also work on playing by ear. Tuning and instrument care techniques will be
covered. Some loaner autoharps will be available.
October 23 - 25
, 2009: Weekend Beginning/Advanced Beginning Mountain Dulcimer
Workshop
Level: Beginning
Tuition: $120
Course Times: Friday 7 - 9 PM; Saturday 9:30 - 11:30 AM & 1:30 - 3:30 PM;
Sunday 9:30 - 11:30 AM
Course Description: Our
major concerns in this course for beginners will be melody playing along
with drones as well as playing chord backup and for advanced beginners will
be melody chord style playing and harmony playing techniques. Both groups
will use the same repertoire so that we can play individually and together
to ear the differences in the styles while realizing that they can work
together. We will work with both DAA and DAD tunings. We will also try DAC
tuning to find out about playing in minor modes. Tuning tips and helpful
hints will be covered. We will use tab and written music and play by ear.
Some loaner mountain dulcimers will be available.
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