QDF2-Workshop Descriptions
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QuaranTUNE 2.0 Workshop Descriptions Friday August 28 & Saturday August 29 Organized Alphebetically by Instructor Abbreviations: HD=Hammered Dulcimer, MD=Mountain Dulcimer, BP=Bowed Psaltery, AH=Autoharp, PW=Penny Whistle, Uke=Ukulele, Mando=Mandolin Time is shown: Day (F=Friday, S=Saturday)-Session Number ex: Saturday Session 4 = S-4 Levels: 1 = Absolute Beginner 2 = Novice 3 = Intermediate 4 = Upper Intermediate 5 = Advanced All = Non-Level Specific Title Inst. Level Time Description Karen Ashbrook Exercises, Basic scales will be put into use with the Irish tune the Rakes of Mallow, Level HD S-4 which will train your ears, eyes, and hands while teaching you a popular jam Etudes & Ear 1 Training-I tune. Exercises, We'll cover sixths, thirds, and octaves, putting them into the silly Welsh reel Level F-1 HD "The New Harp (Y Delyn Newydd)". This also includes beginning arranging Etudes & 2 S-1 Intervals- Level II ideas! An Irish Jig for All Level Turn your scales and triads into a tune that flies up and down the dulcimer, HD S-5 Seasons (& Ear 2 while practicing both hand leads and is surprisingly easy to learn by ear! Training-Level III) Waltz Fills, Trills, Level Using South Wind, I will show you classic ways to add harmonies, turns and HD S-7 & Turns 3 fills in 3/4 (which work in other time signatures too!) 2-octave Arpeggios, Level Using the French Canadian "Woodchopper's Reel", we'll work on 3 different HD S-1 Etudes, & Ear 2 chord shapes with roller coaster arpeggio rides! Training-Level III Transforming So you want to play for the labyrinth at your church, yoga class, or become a Dance Tunes into Level therapeutic musician, but all you know are fast dance tunes. No problem! HD S-3 Music For 4 Using Soldier's Joy, I will show you how to transform hoedowns into sonorous Meditation meditative airs. One of my current favorites and go-to tunes for calming music. This Éiníní- a sweet Level traditional Irish song is about little birds being coaxed to sleep. We will play it HD F-5 Irish lullaby 4 in C- using a lighter and less-frequented part of the dulcimer. Perfect for recovering from frantic speed learning! We Shall The beautiful Civil Rights song that Guy Carawan crafted from older African- Overcome- an Level American hymns is as relevant today as ever. With lush harmonies and a HD F-2 anthem for our 3 simple melody, I will teach you a version you can play anywhere. (BYOT- times Bring Your Own Tissues) Accents, Using the Irish reel the Gold Stud (by Maurice Lennon), you'll learn how to Level HD F-4 feel and play: down beats, back beats, different divisions, and put in a Chromatics & 4 Divisions chromatic bass line. 1 Planxty Alfred Get ready for Halloween with this charming chromatic jig composed in 1872 Hitchock aka the Level by Charles Gonoud and used as the theme for Alfred Hitchock's television HD F-7 Funeral March of 5 series. You can even use it for contra dances. You will need at least a 16/15 a Marionette with a high G#. Aubrey Atwater Aubrey will present fingerpicking patterns in ¾ and 4/4 time for song Fingerpicking Level MD F-8 accompaniment as well as technique for fingerpicking the melody as an 2 Patterns and Styles instrumental. Bring fingerpicks or just your fingers! Chording the Level Aubrey will present pieces in DAD in which we play chords in various MD S-3 Melody 3 positions to express the melody. What is a jam session and how do we participate? What is the culture or etiquette? Are there different kinds of jams? How do we deal with key Coping in a Jam Level changes? Should we develop a repertoire of common pieces to better speak MD F-6 Session 3 the “language”? Do we play along with melodies or use back up chords? Tuned to D-A-D, we will address these issues and more! Bring a capo and questions that have been stumping you all these years. We will spend time demystifying ways to work out melodies, harmonies, and Level simple chords to familiar songs in the oral/aural folk tradition, tapping into MD S-6 Playing by Ear 3 what we already know, which is a LOT, as we explore our relationship to music off the written page—exciting and fun! Participants will learn a variety of chords in DAD and address how to sing Chording and Level MD F-7 and play at the same time! Aubrey will choose from some of her favorite 3 Singing Ballads traditional story songs. The Slap Strum Learn Aubrey's percussive slap strum and other rhythmic tricks and patterns and Other Level MD S-1 5 including additional ways to mute strings, syncopation, and the "air" strum. Percussive The popular, Spanish Lady, will be one of the pieces we play! Techniques Separate your two melody strings--which adds another drone--and create Exploring Four new chord flavors. You can do this with songs you already play! Aubrey will Level MD S-5 discuss getting your feet wet with the four-string configuration and present a Equally-Distant 4 Strings few songs normally tabbed out for three strings as well as a piece or two with strings tuned additional ways. A delightful repertoire workshop with songs Aubrey has learned through her Songs of Jean Level long contact with Jean Ritchie. We’ll talk a bit about the life and work of Jean MD S-2 Ritchie 2 and address the traditional style of playing with the noter as well as easily playing in different tunings. Explore an intuitive way of understanding the distinctions among tunings, keys, and modes on the mountain dulcimer. Aubrey will use four songs to Tunings, Keys, and Level MD F-3 illustrate her points, harkening back to Jean Richie’s folk style of playing the 5 Modes dulcimer and address, in a “lay person” way, concepts such as diatonic, chromatic, gapped scales, and solfege. It is easy to spend a full workshop examining this beautiful traditional song Diving Deep with that has many variants. Deciding key and tuning, chording, fingerpicking Level patterns for 3- or 4-equally distant strings, singing, fingerpicking melody, MD F-2 One Song: The 4 using the dulcimer as a harmony voice, identifying melodic structure, drilling Blackest Crow difficult parts, and discussing the song’s historical back story will all be covered in this exciting session! Mining the Archives: Songs of Level Explore Ritchie Family and other song archives readily available online and MD F-4 Jean Ritchie and 3 navigate how to learn these delightful songs on the mountain dulcimer. more 2 In this fun and raucous repertoire workshop, we'll learn traditional story songs Level MD S-8 about women warriors who wear disguises, outwit the devil, hold out for true Feisty Women! 3 love, or otherwise state their needs! Colin Beasley Learn to use your hands separately to add another layer to your dulcimer Intro to Hand Level HD F-1 arrangements. From adding harmony to playing two melodies at once, hand 3 Independence independence is a great skill to learn no matter your playing level! We're going to learn how to use hand independence in our solo hammered Advanced Hand Level HD F-4 dulcimer arrangements by looking at a lead sheet and creating an 4 Independence arrangement on the spot! Learn the basic functions and applications of harmony and how to use it on HD Level F-8 the hammered dulcimer to take your playing to the next level. We'll go over Intro to Harmony 2 S-1 what harmony is, how to find harmony notes, and how to use those notes. Intro to Level F-6 This class will cover the basic concepts of improvisation in jams and with lead HD Improvisation 3 S-6 sheets, as well as improvisation in your solo arrangements. Percussion With the hammered dulcimer being a percussion instrument, learning the Level rudiments of the trade can help you with everything from moving around the HD S-8 Rudiments on the 3 instrument, playing smoothly and cleanly, and spicing up your playing in both HD jams and your arrangements. Hammered Learn the "hammered dulcimer number" system and how you can use it to Level HD F-3 familiarize yourself with the layout of the instrument, simplify song playing Dulcimer by the 2 Numbers and learning, play songs in any key, and much more. Dulcimer In this class, we’ll look at a bunch of small musical ideas, collectively known Level HD S-3 as Non-Chord Tones(NCT’s), used throughout music that help spice up and Decorations with 3 Non-Chord Tones variate melodies. Intro to Music Level In this class, we will learn the basics of music theory and how we can HD S-4 Theory 3 visualize and use those concepts on the dulcimer. Tina Bergman Tuning well is important to not only get your instrument sounding as sweet as Tips and possible, but also to train your ears (and make you more welcome in group Level HD F-1 settings!) You’ll learn proper tuning technique, some suggestions for tuning Techniques for 1 accurate tuning apps and tuners, and techniques to train your ears as a tuning aid that results in faster tuning. Handouts will be provided. The ability to pick up tunes by ear is not only a great skill, it's a lot of fun! Level HD S-8 We'll discuss and practice techniques to improve your listening abilities and Learning by Ear 2 unlock the mysteries of playing by ear.