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Mountain Dulcimer


Waltz for Susan: Duet and Solo
Intermediate Level & Up. This strummed, upbeat waltz written by Bob Webb features parts for both a melody player and a harmony player.
Heidi Muller and Bob Webb Heidi Muller and Bob Webb
Hineh Ma Tov
Intermediate Level. This lesson includes two fingerpicked versions of the Hebrew song, Hineh Ma Tov.
Ruth Barrett Ruth Barrett
Christmas Duets
Intermediate/Advanced Level. Learn to play a hammered dulcimer & guitar duet of the lovely Christmas melody “The Cradle Song” written in 1885 by William J. Kirkpatrick.
Ruth Smith Ruth Smith
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Basic Blues on the Mountain Dulcimer
Intermediate & Up. Learn how to apply the 12-bar blues pattern to the mountain dulcimer while tuned to D-A-D.
Steven K. Smith Steven K. Smith
Fingerpicking Basics I
Beginning Level. We'll focus on right hand technique and basic fingerpicking patterns through a step-by-step approach using simple exercises to get you started.
Sue Carpenter Sue Carpenter