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Brightest and Best - Ritchie Family Christmas
All Skill Levels. Susie Glaze introduces and performs the Ritchie Family song of Old Christmas sung by the family for generations, "Brightest and Best."
Susie Glaze Susie Glaze
Vocal Basics
All Skill Levels. This lesson covers the basics of good vocal production.
Susie Glaze Susie Glaze
Ritchie Family Ballads I: Barbara Allen
All Skill Levels. An introduction and performance of the Ritchie family versions of two ballads: Barbara Allen and Lord Bateman.
Susie Glaze Susie Glaze
Ritchie Family Ballads II: Fair Ellender
All Skill Levels. Introduction and performance of the Ritchie family versions of two traditional ballads: Fair Ellender and Lord Randall.
Susie Glaze Susie Glaze
Basic Strumming Rhythms
Beginning Level. Learn the most basic mountain dulcimer strum, a strum with a bounce, and a basic waltz rhythm in 3/4 time.
Joellen Lapidus Joellen Lapidus
Drone Noter
Beginning/Intermediate Level & Up. We'll explore the techniques and history of drone-noter style playing, with an emphasis on right hand technique.
Butch Ross Butch Ross
Massek Family Songs
All Skill Levels. Pat Smith tells about her upbringing in a musical family in rural Kansas. Her children Sue and Mike Massek join her in singing.
Sue Massek Sue Massek
Simple Gifts: Clawhammer Banjo Backup
Beginning Level. This course teaches the right-hand rhythm and left-handed chords to play clawhammer backup for "Simple Gifts" in the key of G.
David Brooks David Brooks
Fingerpicking Basics II
Beginning Level. Continuing with the basic fingerpicking patterns, learn how to apply those patterns to change a strummed arrangement into a fingerpicked one.
Sue Carpenter Sue Carpenter
Early American Folk Songs
Beginning/Intermediate Level. Learn how to sing and play five folk songs from the 1800’s. Learn how to play in the key of D and in a minor key.
Steve Smith Steve Smith
Using Ornamentation to Create and Ease Texture
Intermediate/Advanced Level. Using ornamentation as a way to create ease and musical texture to play a traditional strummed Breton pipe tune.
Ruth Barrett Ruth Barrett
Old Time Mandolin for the Young at Heart: II
Beginning Level. Picks up where Part I left off, covering the basics of playing old-time music on the mandolin.
Jim Miller Jim Miller
John Brown's Dream - Melody & Backup
Late Beginning Level & Up. Learn an old Civil War tune called John Brown's March. Learn the melody plus harmony.
Phyllis Brown Phyllis Brown
From Mississippi Sawyer to The Sawyer's Waltz
Intermediate/Advanced Level. Phyllis takes you from the simple fiddle tune "Mississippi Sawyer" to what she calls "The Sawyer's Waltz".
Phyllis Brown Phyllis Brown
Strengthening Your Weak Hand While Learning Your Chords
Beginning/Intermediate Level. Using a 6/8 exercise and a triangle exercise to strengthen your weak hand while building muscle memory.
Phyllis Brown Phyllis Brown
Leaving Ru Vaternish, with Ornamentation
Intermediate/Advanced Level. Playing a more advanced fingerpicked tune with chords in the lower and upper ranges of the fretboard.
Ruth Barrett Ruth Barrett
Fingerpicking Ragtime I
Intermediate/Advanced Level. Put some bounce in your fingerpicking by using an alternating bass picking pattern and then turn your picking into ragtime.
Sue Carpenter Sue Carpenter
Renaissance Music Repertoire I
Intermediate/Advanced Level. Learn several tunes from the Renaissance Era: Maiden Lane, Beggar Boy, Now is the Month of Maying, and Frog Galliard.
Steven K. Smith Steven K. Smith
Renaissance Music Repertoire II
Intermediate/Advanced Level. Learn several more tunes from the Renaissance Era: Salterello, Kemp's Jig, Earl of Salisbury Pavan, and Greensleeves.
Steven K. Smith Steven K. Smith
Old Time Mandolin for the Young at Heart: I
Beginning Level. Covers the basics of playing old-time music on the mandolin.
Jim Miller Jim Miller
59 String Stomp
Intermediate Level & Up. Bill shares this original tune, inspired by his father.
Bill Robinson Bill Robinson
Festival Rag
Intermediate Level & Up. Learn the "Festival Rag," one of Bill's original songs.
Bill Robinson Bill Robinson
Stepping Out with George
Intermediate Level & Up. Bill teaches his original composition: "Stepping Out with George."
Bill Robinson Bill Robinson
Ukulele for Beginners
Beginning Level. Learn basic terms and simple ukulele strumming. You will learn to play the chords and chord progressions for a few familiar songs.
Steve Smith Steve Smith
Waltzology: Song of the Water Kelpie
Intermediate/Advanced. This beautiful Manx tune lends itself to a simple but elegant arrangement on the hammered dulcimer.
Jody Marshall Jody Marshall
The 1.5 Fret Dulcimer
Beginning/Intermediate. Learn to play in the key of G without a capo. Use strum and flat pick in “The Riddle Song.” Learn the D modal tune “Clinch Mountain.”
Jackie Armstrong Jackie Armstrong
I'll Fly Away - Clawhammer Banjo Backup
Beginning Level. This video teaches the right-hand rhythm and left-hand chords to play clawhammer back up for "I'll Fly Away" in the key of G.
David Brooks David Brooks
Shady Grove and Such
All Skill Levels. Lecture/Demonstration on "Shady Grove". A variety of versions and related songs and tunes.
Don Pedi Don Pedi
Harmonica for Beginners
Beginning Level. This class will teach you the basics of how to get started playing the harmonica, using a harmonica in the key of C with ten single holes.
Peter Madcat Ruth Peter Madcat Ruth
Old Dan Tucker in Three Keys
Beginning Level. Learn how to play Old Dan Tucker on the Ukulele in three keys - C, G, and D.
Peter Madcat Ruth Peter Madcat Ruth
Making the Music Flow: I. Introduction to Left Hand Technique for Fingerpicking Barre Chords
Beginning/Intermediate Level. We will be in a C-G-C Mixolydian tuning.
Ruth Barrett Ruth Barrett
Making the Music Flow: II. Identifying Diagonal Chords and Chord Shapes
Beginning/Intermediate Level. Left Hand Technique for Identifying Diagonal Chords and Other Chord Shapes. We will be in a C-G-C Mixolydian tuning.
Ruth Barrett Ruth Barrett
Mountain Dulcimer for Absolute Beginners: D-A-D Tuning
Beginning Level. For the first time player. You will learn about accessories and care for your dulcimer, plus how to tune, strum, and play a few easy tunes.
Jackie Armstrong Jackie Armstrong
Beginning Mountain Dulcimer: The Next Step Up!
Beginning Level. This class is the next step up from Beginning D-A-D Mountain Dulcimer. In this class you will learn to double strum and play with chords.
Jackie Armstrong Jackie Armstrong
Hymns and Harmony in D-A-D
Intermediate Level. You will learn the hymn “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” in basic strum and a flat picked version, and two ways to play harmony with it.
Jackie Armstrong Jackie Armstrong
String Side Up: Hammered Dulcimer for Absolute Beginners
Beginning Level. An introduction to hammered dulcimer, showing the treble and bass bridges, the marks, how to hold and strike with the hammers, and more.
Martha Richard Martha Richard