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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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Stephen Seifert
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Foundational Techniques for Beginners. Using a number of traditional tunes and spiritual songs, we’ll cover holding, stringing, tuning, strumming, fretting, and chording the dulcimer.
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B+
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Bruce Ford
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Daily PT for Beginners. Advance your skills: (1) master the motions and positions involved in fingering, chording and cross-picking up and down the fret board and (2) mastering strum techniques as well as embellishments. The key is muscle memory… working on a skill until it feels comfortable and becomes natural.
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B/I
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Dave Haas
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Learn how to play slower songs in a smooth and melodic style by picking the strings one at a time. Learn left and right hand techniques, finger exercises as you build your repertoire.
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B/I
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Tull Glazener
Molly McCormack
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Dulcimer Jam Class! Learn jam basics, lots of popular jam tunes, and jammin’ tricks! New tunes from previous years in this fun class!
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B/I - I
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Janita Baker
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Christmas In June. Get ready for the
holidays early with finger picking and strumming arrangements of all sorts of holiday songs, including some for Thanksgiving.
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I
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Butch Ross
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From Tune to Arrangement. Learn how a few simple embellishments can turn old warhorses into fun new arrangements.
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I
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Gary Gallier
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Waltzes & Chord Arpeggios. We’ll learn some lovely waltzes as we use melody notes contained in chords, cross picking through chords using patterned chord arpeggios, chord inversion methods and more!
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I-I/A-A
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Robert Force
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Stage Craft & Performance. Step on stage with confidence! We will cover material listed in “Sweeten The Mids” class and put it to use! Come prepared to play 3 songs – classmates become your sound tek team. You will rotate through work stations, learning each – cabler, sound mixist, stage hand, etc. Learn to control the dynamics of the venue and more!
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A
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Aaron O'Rourke
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Advanced Duets. We WILL NOT work on tab
for two dulcimers. Instead we’ll focus on listening and playing spontaneously
with one other person. We’ll cover how to accompany someone taking a lead, improvisation, and non-verbal communication through playing.
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Singing w/ Dulcimer
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B/I
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Karen Mueller
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We’ll focus on accompanying singing; playing simple chords and strumming rhythms while you sing. We’ll construct arrangements of songs, introductions and breaks. Bring a capo if you have one. You’re welcome to just come sing & learn some new songs!
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Hammered Dulcimer
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B - B/I
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Jim Miller
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Fiddle Tunes. Common and not so common
fiddle tunes taught with basic melody and embellishments.
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B/I
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Rick Thum
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Jamming Class. Learn chords and chord progressions. Apply these through various techniques to tunes and songs. We will do lots of Playing and lots of technique building through jamming.
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I
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Guy George
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Repertoire. New Tunes for 2010. We’ll do some Folk, Jazz, Caribbean, Old Tyme, and Gospel tunes with some cool arrangements, too. This will add to your song list big time!
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I/A
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Princess Harris
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Learn some new embellished tunes and back up possibilities. We’ll have one day of learning to pluck the dulcimer. We’ll also talk about playing with a band or group and building arrangements for them.
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A
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Steve Eulberg
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Blues & All That Jazz. Learn and use those chromatic notes and rich chords. Beyond the I, IV and V of chords, to minor 7ths, suspended chords and different chord voicings that enrich our playing.
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Banjo
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B - B/I
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Jeff Furman
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“The Zen of Clawhammer Banjo!!!”
We’ll cover many aspects of playing clawhammer banjo including techniques,
tunings, jamming skills, more! Drooling is encouraged! Bring a banjo CAPO.
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Native American Flute
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All
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Bing Futch
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We’ll learn breath control, fingering and scales, ornaments and effects, tab reading and how to create your own personal music. (New: a "B" flute can be brought to class by you or available for sale at a great price.)
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Mixed Instrument Ensemble
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I-I/A-A
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Paul Oorts
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We’ll learn how to creatively and interactively arrange music for ensembles. In a process-oriented way (rather than product oriented) we will explore the use of drones, simple and more complex chord progressions and rhythms.
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Mandolin
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B - B/I
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Turner Hutchens
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We’ll work on Bluegrass style mandolin including techniques, lots of tunes, tips and other information.
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**Gourd Drum Making & Decorating
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All
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Anne Zabenco
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A variety of artistic techniques will be used to decorate large gourds and then turn them into great sounding drums!
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**Campground Cooking
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All
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Alan Darveaux
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Learn everything from baking bread to making a wonderful English Broil on a small modified grill. Lots of new ideas from last year!
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