Mondays, 8:30 pm, beginning March 6
$130.00 advance / $140.00 after February 27

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Level: intermediate + (more than 1 year experience playing or ask instructor if uncertain)

Mountain Dulcimers offer the opportunity to play lead or rhythm, take a solo or accompany singing. Learning to play basic chord structures in multiple keys allows players greater flexibility in the musical world. You¹ll learn several songs, including some Child Ballads, with chords and tunings. Some exploration of personal key placement will be offered. Different strums, finger- and flat-picking patterns & the basics of how to apply these techniques to songs in the future will be covered.

Teacher, Deborah Hamouris, has played mountain dulcimer since 1979 and taught it for over a decade. She has a BA in Music and gets excited about teaching music both privately & in classes. Deborah currently directs two singing groups and plays in a folk duo, The DulciMates, with husband Buffalo. In 2013 she created the Berkeley Dulcimer Gathering at the Freight & Salvage, which takes place again on 6/10/17.

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