4.0 Workshop Descriptions V!"tu#l$D%&ci'er(Fe)t June 4 & 5, 2021 Organized Alphebetically by Instructor Workshop Title Instrument Level Day-Session Workshop Description SKU Someday soon we will all be playing together again, and everyone will want to join in! Jam Hammered sessions can be intimidating if you’re new to the dulcimer (and even if you’re not!), but they don’t Surviving a Jam Session Level 2 F-4 4HD065 Dulcimer need to be. We’ll talk about how jam sessions work, and work on simple melody and chord techniques you can use to join in even if you don’t know the tune. This class will help you move beyond playing single melody lines to building full solo arrangements on your dulcimer. We’ll make sure everyone understands the basics of chords and Using Chords to Add Hammered Level 3 S-8 talk about tricks for finding them on your instrument. Then we’ll add harmony notes step-by-step to 4HD066 Dulcimer Harmony a simple melody. You’ll leave with an approach you can apply to arranging many tunes as your skills and comfort level on your instrument grow. Have you even wondered what it means to play in the “Dorian” or “Mixolydian” mode? Are you confused about how “minor” tunes are different from “modal” tunes? Do you wonder why we An Introduction to Modes Hammered Level 3 F-7 should care about modes at all? In this workshop, we’ll answer all those questions! We’ll use step- 4HD067 Dulcimer and Modal Tunes by-step music theory concepts to unravel the basics of modes. We’ll also spend some time learning tunes in different modes to give you some practical experience. Ornaments are quick embellishments that add interest to a melody. It can be daunting to figure out an ornament, come up with an approach to practice it, and decide where to incorporate it into a Ornamentation Hammered Level 3 S-4 melody. We’ll break down a few basic ornaments, including drags and valley rolls, triplet 4HD068 Dulcimer Exploration ornaments, and rolled chords, and learn how to add them to melodies. You’ll leave with exercises and concrete examples of how to add ornaments to arrangements. Karen Alley Like many of Turlough O’Carolan’s tunes, “Lament for Terence MacDonough” is hauntingly “Lament for Terence beautiful, with a soaring melody line and some intriguing chords. We’ll break down the chord Hammered MacDonough” by Level 4 F-1 patterns, add a few delicate ornaments, and focus on dynamics and expression, which will help 4HD069 Dulcimer Turlough O’Carolan you continue to practice the arrangement on your own. You’ll need a 15/14 instrument to get the most out of this arrangement. This traditional hymn is just begging to make use of the whole range of your instrument. We’ll Using Hand Separation in work on the arrangement from my album, “Praise for the Morning.” You will receive sheet music Hammered “Praise to the Lord, the Level 5 S-6 that will suit both 15/14 and extended-range instruments. This arrangement calls for big hand 4HD070 Dulcimer Almighty” separations and an interlude of mind-bending cascading scales, so we’ll also work on a few hand separation exercises that will help you approach it more easily. Mountain Calling all beginners! Here's your jump-start into a jam session. Tunes that are commonly Just the Jam Basics Level 1 S-3 4MD143 Dulcimer played at sessions will be presented in easy, very readable tab. All the tunes, no frills! These tunes, while sounding old-time, were composed within the last few decades. They are as Mountain New Old-Time Level 3 F-3 fun to play as their titles indicate. Please bring your capo as we’ll need it for a few of these 4MD144 Dulcimer “modern” old-fashioned tunes. Mountain Let’s learn a few fiddle tunes and discover why playing in the key A is addicting. Soon, you’ll want Fun Fiddle Tunes in A Level 3 S-5 4MD145 Dulcimer to play everything with the capo on four! Please bring your capo, by the way. With a simple turn of one tuning peg, an old familiar tune transforms into something hauntingly Mountain Old Tunes...New Tuning! Level 3 F-4 beautiful. Ears will perk as you shake up these old chestnuts. “Whiskey Before Breakfast” in 4MD146 Dulcimer DAC? Just wait ‘til you hear it! Not familiar with Taize worship music? Originally from a monastery in France, these peaceful, TaiZe: Peaceful and Mountain Level 4 F-6 these meditative songs can enhance any worship service OR simply be enjoyed at any time. 4MD147 Meditative Music Dulcimer Short songs, repeated again and again, give a meditative feel to your playing. Have you ever sat in an old-time jam filled with fiddles and banjos? It’s a quick way to discover Mountain Plays Well With Others Level 4 S-7 that tunes you have played comfortably in the key of D, actually have another home. This 4MD148 Dulcimer Laurie Alsobrook workshop will give you tools to change the key on the fly, so you can “play well with others!” A Rollicking Flemish Hammered Level 1 F-2 AARGH you ready to learn about being a Flemish pirate? Come to this class! 4HD071 Pirate Jig in Em and Am Dulcimer Foolproof Beginning Hammered Level 2 S-8 Create lovely arrangements with these easy techniques. 4HD072 Arranging Dulcimer Hammered Two energetic Irish session favorites–"O, The Britches Full of Stitches" in A and "I'll Buy Boots for More Easy Irish Polkas! Level 2 S-5 4HD073 Dulcimer Maggie" in A Dorian with a sexy, ascending chromatic bass–both playable on 12/11 dulcimers! "Air De Carnac" –A This unusual Breton air has a cleverly integrated sexy, descending bass line that you will use over Hammered Mysterious Celtic Bm Level 3 S-2 and over with other tunes! Hear Karen's version on "Celtic Shores" (starting at 1:46) 4HD074 Dulcimer Tune https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA2iTFQHspA From Basic to Beautiful Hammered Ever wonder how to keep a melody interesting when you repeat it? Move from simple I and V Level 3 S-3 4HD075 HarmoniZing Dulcimer chords to sweet alternate harmonies arranging the pentatonic American folk hymn, "Holy Manna." Simple Separate Hands Hammered Learn how to add a calming, ostinato (repeating) bass line to this gentle Celtic air. This is an Karen Ashbrook With "The Manx Milking Level 3 F-6 4HD076 Dulcimer excellent introduction to playing 2-handed arrangements. Song" 1 Beautiful Bridges in D Every dulcimist should be able to play graceful interludes (bridges) with the classic I-V-IV-V chord Hammered With a Scottish Love Level 4 F-7 progression. You will learn many gorgeous variations to play along with "The Broom of the 4HD077 Dulcimer Song Cowdenknowes." "Green Hills of Tyrol" Hammered Reel- a Mighty Interval Level 4 F-4 A hammer-twister of an Irish reel with a two-octave descending run in 3rds and 6ths! 4HD078 Dulcimer Scale Practice! Often played at Christmas, this melody comes with flowing I-IV-V bridges. You too will be able to "Suo Gân"- a Welsh Hammered craft this beautiful chord progression that can be used for intros, outros, between parts and verses Lullaby With Beautiful Level 5 F-1 4HD079 Dulcimer of many tunes! Bonus: playing in A in your lower treble bridge. Hear Karen's version on "Celtic Bridges in A Shores": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAhVGGgYTX4 A must-know party-piece for pre(post?)-quarantine memories in A Harmonic Minor. "Those were "Those Were the Days Hammered the days my friend, we thought they'd never end, and sing and dance forever and a day!" Check out My Friend" - A Russian Level 5 S-6 4HD080 Dulcimer Karen's version (starting at 2:58) at Classic Karen Ashbrook https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jau3vFV8j-Y A delightful repertoire workshop for the new dulcimer player with songs Aubrey has learned through her long contact with Jean Ritchie, the person largely responsible for introducing the Mountain Songs of Jean Ritchie Level 1 F-2 dulcimer to the folk scene mid-20th century. We’ll cover several songs, talk about Jean’s life and 4MD011 Dulcimer work, address the traditional style of playing with the noter, and, believe it or not, play easily in two different tunings. You will be delighted! Beautiful Chord Melody Mountain Aubrey will present several pieces in D-A-D in which we will play chords in various positions to Level 2 S-8 4MD012 Style Dulcimer express the melody. Dynamics, flow and careful fingering will be part of the instruction. Separate your two melody strings--adding another drone--and create new chord flavors. You can Easy-Peasy Four Equally- Mountain do this with songs you already play! Aubrey will discuss getting your feet wet with the four-string Level 2 S-1 4MD013 Distant Strings Dulcimer configuration and present a few songs normally tabbed out for three strings. lt’s an easy transition! We will start in D-A-D-D. Aubrey will provide an arrangement for the traditional Scottish jig, “Kinlock of Kinlock” and give “Kinlock of Kinlock”: Mountain important tips on alternating the direction of the flatpick, fingering, timing, tempo, and feel. We will Flatpicking for the First Level 3 S-4 4MD014 Dulcimer also discuss the functionality of this type of tune, traditionally used for dancing, and the far reaches Time of this framework in American music.