Schedule (Last Update: August 31, 2018, Subject To Change)

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1 Schedule (Last Update: August 31, 2018, Subject To Change) Instrument abbreviations: MD = HD = Hammered Dulcimer MOUNTAIN DULCIMER HAMMERED DULCIMER OTHER Friday Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Room 4 Room 5 Room 6 Room 7 Room 8 Room 9 7:30-8:15 Check-in (Lobby) 8:15-8:30 Orientation 8:30-9:45 Larry Conger (I) Hymns in Two Keys 10:00-11:15 Larry Conger (B+) Beyond the Drone Butch Ross (B+/I) Great Tunes Butch Ross (I) Beatles on Dulcimer 11:30-12:30 Instructor Mini-Concert 12:30-1:30 Lunch (Dining Room upstairs) 1:30-2:45 Larry Conger (I) Partner Songs (I) Hear-a-Chord, There-a-Chord 3:00-4:15 Regular Jam A Slow Jam A 4:30-5:00 Open Mic B 5:00-6:00 Dinner (on your own) 7:00-9:00 Public Concert C (Auditorium) (B+) Let s Get in Shape! Malacha Hall (N) Absolute Beginner MD David Ellison (B) Cowboy Tunes David Ellison (B) Hymns & Gospel Tunes (B+) Skill Development (I/A) Embellishments (I/A) Fiddle Tune Techniques (I/A) Adding Chords to Melodies (B+) Strings Side Up (B+ up) Get Jiggy with It (N) What s a. H. Dulcimer? (B) Spread Your Wings (B) Chords, Now What? Scott Reeder (N) Beginning Bowed Psaltery Irma Reeder (N) Beginning Celtic Harp (Lobby) Cleve Sharp (N) Whistle Beginners Cleve Sharp (N) Bodhrán Beginners Butch Ross (N) Uke can play the Ukulele MOUNTAIN DULCIMER HAMMERED DULCIMER OTHER Saturday Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Room 4 Room 5 Room 6 Room 7 Room 8 Room 9 8:00-8:30 Check-in (Lobby) 8:30-9:45 Butch Ross (B+/I) Rhythms Beyond 4/4 10:00-11:15 Butch Ross (I/A) Flatpick, Crosspick 11:30-12:30 Open mic B Larry Conger (I/A) Southern Fried Medley Larry Conger (I) Dulcimer Blues 12:30-1:30 Lunch (Dining Room Upstairs) 1:30-2:45 Butch Ross (I/A) Show Off! Larry Conger (I) Elvis Love Songs 3:00-4:15 Regular Jam A Slow Jam A 4:30-5:00 Spotlight Concert Louis Scuderi (Bouzouki) 5:00-6:00 Dinner (on your own) 7:00-9:00 Public Concert C (Auditorium) (B+ up) Intro to Bass Dulcimer (B+/I) Dulcimer Duets Malacha Hall (N) Absolute Beginner MD Irma Reeder (B) Celtic Journey David Ellison (B) Fun Repertoire (I/A) Sounding Irish (I/A) Instant Arrangements (I/A) Technique Freak Scott Reeder (B+) Scottish Tunes (I) Tips and Tricks (B+) Simple Chords and Arpeggios (N) Easy Peasy Newbie Class (B) H. Dulcimer Repertoire (All*) Surviving a Jam Session Michele Spiro (N) Autoharp Dan Matthews (All) Pick a Song & Sing Along The DeLanoys (All) Country Line Dancing Michael Ve Seart (N) Playing Spoons Michael Ve Seart (B/I) I Bought a Uke! Now What? Notes: A. Regular and slow jams in the 3:00 time slot at the festival. All instruments welcome (participants and their guests only). B. Open mic spots (solo or ensemble), 2-song max (about 5 minutes). Signup sheet will be available during check-in and breaks. C. Friday or Saturday evening public concert tickets are $15.00 each, children 12 and under free. Concert ticket(s) are included in festival participants registration fee. Suggested skill levels: N = Never played before, B = Beginner, B+ = Advanced Beginner, I = Intermediate, A = Advanced, All = All levels, All* = All levels except absolute beginners. (See Workshops page, for skill level definitions.) Registered dulcimer and non-dulcimer participants may attend any workshop, regardless of skill level or instrument workshop type. Unregistered guests may take any workshop designated in red with a for $15 per workshop. Remaining workshops are available at $40 each. Purchase workshop passes from the registration desk at the festival. 1/6

2 Workshops (Last Update: August 31, 2018, Subject To Change) Larry Conger Workshops (I) Hymns in Two Keys This class will present several familiar hymn tunes that are played in two different keys, thereby adding interest to the arrangements. A perfect addition to your worship service repertoire. (B+) Beyond the Drone Workshops This class is intended for those players who are interested in exploring the chord-melody style of playing the dulcimer, which uses individually picked notes and two finger chords to create a more contemporary sound as opposed to the more traditional strum and drone style most often associated with the mountain dulcimer. (I) Partner Songs Defined as two songs that can be played or sung together, this class will present 2-3 duets that are designed to be partnered. Each song will be easy to learn. The fun challenge comes when the two songs are played together as a duet. This class always proves to be a lot of fun! (I/A) Southern Fried Medley This workshop is designed to demonstrate and challenge the skills of the intermediate level player with numerous hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, string bends and mutes. The medley includes "Cluck Ole Hen" "Turkey In The Straw" and "Chicken Reel." A "fowl" theme for sure! (I) Dulcimer Blues Requires a 1+ fret - Everybody loves a good old blues tune! This workshop addresses how the 1+ fret can make dulcimer arrangements sound more "bluesy." Tunes to be taught include "Midnight Special" "Just a Closer Walk With Thee" and "C.C. Rider." (I) Elvis Love Songs Elvis is in the building! This class will explore 2-3 songs that are actually old, traditional melodies made popular by Elvis. Love Me Tender, I Can t Help Falling In Love With You and The Twelfth of Never will be presented as time allows. (B+) Let s Get in Shape! Learning the chord shapes on the mountain dulcimer will add light bulbs to your playing. In fact, you may see a light or two come on over a few participants heads! Find out what the dulcimer salute is and play some really fun tunes in the process. (I) Hear-a-Chord, There-a-Chord Everywhere a chord, chord, But how do you know when and where to use them? Learn the 3 primary chords in any key, their functions, and how to distinguish when to play each. This should help you out in a jam.or a jelly. (B+ up) Introduction to Bass Dulcimer (B+/I) Dulcimer Duets You DO NOT have to have a bass dulcimer to benefit from this class. This class will explain and demonstrate the basics of playing the bass dulcimer as an accompaniment instrument. Learn various styles such as blues, boogie woogie, country and rock. A duet partner is not required to play these arrangements as the melody part can stand alone as a solo. The duet arrangements to be taught in this workshop are intended for two different skill levels. The melody part will be the more challenging part while the accompaniment part will be suitable for the advancing beginner. 2/6

3 Workshops Hammered Dulcimer (B+) Skill Development for Beginners This class is for beginners who are serious about practice and quickly learning to develop the skills necessary to become really good players. These skills, once learned, develop into embellishments for every genre of music. The skills and drills students will learn include vamps, scales, thirds, block chords, bounces, 3 and 4-note rolls, and arpeggios. Hammered Dulcimer (I/A) Embellishments Students will learn embellishment techniques, and then see how they can be used to create unique versions of familiar tunes (tunes sometimes selected by the class). Caution: We will NOT learn to play all of any of the tunes we select. Instead, we will cover how to use the embellishments in parts of the tunes. Hammered Dulcimer (I/A) Tips and Tricks This is one of my favorite classes to teach! Here, we combine embellishments, chords, arpeggios, techniques, skills, and practical suggestions (such as the best way to tune), to cover a wide variety of subjects that help hammered dulcimer players to improve the quality of their play. Hammered Dulcimer (N) Easy Peasy Newbie Class Students will learn dulcimer language (bridges, courses, marked courses, the valley, A part, B part, etc.) and the very basic skills that are necessary to quickly move to the next level of play. Includes proper hammer grip, easy tuning and set-up, basic hammering techniques, playing simple vamps, and the anatomy of the hammered dulcimer. Students will learn to play some basic chords and the A part to Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee and Whiskey Before Breakfast. Hammered Dulcimer (I/A) Fiddle Tune Techniques Students will learn different and interesting ways to begin and end fiddle tunes. NOTE: The term fiddle tunes means different things to different people. To qualify under my definition, a fiddle tune must be fast, can be any meter, and must be among the tunes one typically hears at a dulcimer or fiddle jam session, although new tunes are not automatically ruled out. The Fiddle tunes category includes many genres, for instance, Irish (jigs and reels and we will learn the difference), Scottish, gospel, traditional, Appalachian, and many others. We will discuss transforming a tune to a new arrangement of the same tune, simply by changing its meter (yes, this can be done!), speed, amount of swing, and emotion. Just as in my embellishments class, I allow the class to select the tunes, if possible, but I probably will use parts of Whiskey Before Breakfast, Arkansas Traveler, Mississippi Sawyer, Amazing Grace, Liberty, Morrison s Jig, and Blackberry Blossoms. Caution: We will NOT learn to play all these tunes, nor will we learn all of any of them. But we will learn to insert the embellishments. Hammered Dulcimer (B+) Simple Chords and Arpeggios Students will learn to play simple, easy arpeggios and chords in the common patterns used by hammered dulcimer players. The class will use these chords and arpeggios to play in 3/4 time and 4/4 time, and students will see how these patterns work in familiar tunes like Southwind and Amazing Grace. Butch Ross Workshops (B+/I) Great Tunes Almost Nobody Plays There are a lot of wonderful tunes out there that are well known, come learn what are sure to be your new favorites. Capo required. (I) Beatles on Dulcimer If you haven t heard of the Beatles, you should really check em out. There a great young band with a lot of potential! (B+/I) Rhythms Beyond 4/4 A fun look at time signatures beyond Common Time. Waltz, Jigs, Latin, rhythms, syncopation and even odd-time signatures will be explored. Ukulele (N) Uke can play the Ukulele The hardest part about learning the Ukulele is spelling it right. In this from-the-ground-up class we'll learn the basics of strumming and fingering chords, as well as learning how to integrate your new found skill to play with your group, in jam sessions and even your significant other. (I/A) Flatpick, Crosspick, half-strum, strum Time to learn to master that right hand, we re way beyond Bum-Ditty here. Learn exercises that will help with fluidity, accuracy and expression. (I/A) Show Off! Learn to make unusual, offbeat and fun sounds on the dulcimer. In short, stuff that sounds cool! Learn string bending, natural and artificial harmonics, Two-hand tapping, slapping, hammer-ons, pull-offs and using the dulcimer as a drum. 3/6

4 Workshops Hammered Dulcimer (I/A) Adding Chords to Melodies Being able to play a melody AND add chords to it is the skill that really takes your playing to the next level. In this workshop, Mark will show you the 3 most universally applicable methods and work with you to apply them to your own tunes. Additionally, Mark will help explain easy chord substitutions to expand your harmonic vocabulary. Hammered Dulcimer (B+) String Side Up Mark loves working with beginners and starting the next generation of dulcimer players out on the right foot. In this hands-on workshop, you will learn good habits before you have a chance to develop bad ones. You ll learn the best practices for hammer grip, stand angle/height, how to memorize note names quickly, and how to learn songs faster. We will also learn a handful of common fiddle tunes so you can feel comfortable playing in your first slow jams. Hammered Dulcimer (B+ up) Get Jiggy with It Jigs have 3 notes for every beat, which means every other beat will begin on the opposite hand, assuming you have an even number of hands. That makes jigs perfect for improving your non-dominant hand and for improving your hammer technique. We ll use jigs (6/8 time), slides (12/8), and slip jigs (9/8) to refine our technique and you ll have a great repertoire of jigs when you leave this class! Hammered Dulcimer (I/A) Sounding Irish This workshop will teach you Irish style so you sound like an authentic Irish player instead of an American dulcimer player. We ll also learn a new tune that is really common in Irish sessions but unknown to most dulcimer players to apply these style tips. Hammered Dulcimer (I/A) Instant Arrangements With only a handful of tricks, you will be able to create clever arrangements on the fly. We will learn how to construct impressive, yet easy to learn arrangements out of extremely simple tunes. Hammered Dulcimer (I/A) Technique Freak This workshop will show you how to practice and improve your technique faster and more effectively. We ll cover topics like hammer hold, rudiments, scales, arpeggios, and how to transfer these methods into your repertoire. Workshops Hammered Dulcimer (N) What s a Hammered Dulcimer? No experience necessary; Come check out this magical instrument. Learn how to hold hammers, how to tune the Hammered dulcimer. It is easy to get started and learn a few simple tunes by ear. Learn some scale patterns, learn to find octave and duplicate notes. Learn some simple exercises to strengthen your nondominant hand and get your hands alternating smoothly. Learn the logic of the hammered dulcimer. Hammered Dulcimer (B) Spread Your Wings Starting to use hand separation. With a simple tune, we will start to do different things with our hands instead of just alternation. It is really like adding simple harmony notes. We'll also find some notes outside our comfort box of scale notes. Hammered Dulcimer (B) Chords, Now What? We will be learning chord shapes and patterns and learn what to do with them. Learn how to use them as harmony, rolled chords arpeggios, open and close chord positions. Use chords as back up for tunes. Learn which chords may show up in minor, major, mixolydian and Dorian keys/modes. Hammered Dulcimer (B) Hammered Dulcimer Repertoire Hammered Dulcimer (All*) Surviving a Jam Session and Learn to Play by Ear We will learn some commonly played tunes and their back up ideas, possibilities may include Over the Waterfall, Angeline the Baker, Red Haired Boy, Liberty, Gary Owen, Swallowtail Jig, and maybe a few others, maybe some unusual tunes, depending on what you already know. How to listen to jam tunes. Using a bit of music theory, learn how to jump into a jam if you don't know the tune. Also knowing some chord progressions, learn how to back up a tune or to improvise with the tune. 4/6

5 Additional Dulcimer Workshops (N) Absolute Beginner (Class given Friday and Saturday) Instructor Malacha Hall Here s your chance to get to know this wonderful instrument! First things first: how to hold the MD, hold the pick and strum, how press the strings with the left hand and get a good tone. We ll stress good technique and create a foundation you can build on! We ll play some common tunes, practicing how to play the melody and basic chords. We ll look at TAB and dispel the mystery! A great way to start your dulcimer adventure! (B) Cowboy Tunes (MD) David Ellison Come and enjoy learning some great old tunes! Rivers of Texas, Old Texas, Night Herding Song. Bring your capos! Will have some loaner capos. (B) Hymns & Gospel Tunes (MD) David Ellison Here s some new, some familiar songs. Learn the melody, play the chords, sing along! Gospel Plow, In the Sweet By and By, 10,000 Charms. Bring your capos! Will have some loaner capos. (B) Fun Repertoire Tunes (MD) David Ellison We ll play around with rhythms, learn fingering to smooth out your playing, and explore the fretboard! Pa Jenvier, Prettiest Little Gal in the County, Great Big Taters in Sandy Lane. Bring your capos! Will have some loaner capos. (B) Celtic Journey (MD) Irma Reeder Using 3 Celtic tunes, we ll practice playing melody and chords. We ll also take a look at some key techniques that will help your playing sound smooth and clean! Down by the Sally Garden (Irish), The Water is Wide (Scottish), Star of the County Down (Irish). Bring your capos just in case! (B+) Scottish Tunes (HD) Scott Reeder We ll learn two lovely Scottish tunes, Down by the Sally Gardens (reel) and Ye Banks and Braes (waltz). Other Workshops Instructor (Note: some classes are listed here again if our headliners are doing non-dulcimer workshops) (N) Whistle Beginners Cleve Sharp The penny whistle is a terrific introduction to playing Celtic wind instruments. An introductory instrument is inexpensive and you can quickly learn a few tunes to play for yourself or in session. Join us to learn to play a few tunes. Have lots of fun. A penny whistle in the key of D is required - bring yours or purchase an inexpensive one from our on-site vendor prior to the workshop. (N) Bodhrán Beginners Cleve Sharp Do Celtic tunes get your foot to tapping? Learn to play along on bodhrán, the traditional Irish drum. We will cover the basics of the instrument, rhythm patterns of Celtic music, and developing your own playing styles. Bring your own bodhrán, or we ll provide a practice drum at no charge. (N) Beginning Bowed Psaltery Scott Reeder Come learn this easy and haunting instrument that can elevate you and your listeners to otherworldly heights. (Bonus: can make your pets run and small children cry!) Some loaners will be available at the workshop at no charge. If you bring your own and need help with tuning or strings, please find Scott prior to the workshop. (N) Beginning Celtic Harp Irma Reeder Oh, the beautiful sounds of the Celtic harp! It s easy to get started, and you don t have to be able to read music to participate. In our session, you ll learn everything you need to start playing songs. With the harp, even the wrong notes sound lovely! Come join the fun! Harp loaners will be provided at no charge. (N) Uke can play the Ukulele Butch Ross The hardest part about learning the Ukulele is spelling it right. In this from-the-ground-up class we'll learn the basics of strumming and fingering chords, as well as learning how to integrate your new found skill to play with your group, in jam sessions and even your significant other. (B/I) I Bought A Ukulele! Now What? Michael Ve Seart This Workshop is intended to broaden the experience of the beginner Ukulele player in a relaxed atmosphere. Expand the quality of your playing with a laidback view of chords, scales, harmonies, finger picking and a simple look at the blues structure. As always...hawaiian shirts are optional. (N) Carving & Playing Spoons Michael Ve Seart A fun way to play along when you don't know the chords. Michael will talk about how to carve out your own set of spoons (just talking, no carving) and then demonstrate some techniques that will get you started jamming'. Spoons will be provided, ear plugs will not. 5/6

6 (All) Pick a Song & Sing Along Dan Matthews Many folks love to sing and it is especially joyful to sing with others. With the exception of church, there aren t many places and occasions to do that. This is your chance. What is needed is lyrics (hard to sing if you ve forgotten some of the words), familiar songs (in this case, mostly from the folk revival of the 60s and 70s) and a few voices who know the songs and sing and play loudly (or sweetly, as called for). Like the title says, you ll pick from a song sheet with the lyrics of 80 or more songs. One or more big voices will kick off the song with guitar and keep us on the beat. We ll sing as many songs as we can, with gusto or soulfully, until the time runs out. (All) Country Line Dancing Holly & Michael DeLanoy (N) Beginning Autoharp Michele Spiro (Description coming soon) Folks had such a fun time last year with Aubrey s clogging workshop, we re offering another dance workshop this year. Time to get out on the dance floor and get moving with a fun but easy beginner country line dance, the Cowboy Hustle. This 32-count 4-wall line dance can be danced to most country western songs, alone or in a group. No partner needed! Recommend smooth leather-soled shoes or any shoes with a good slide. 6/6