Mountain Dulcimer 2 ONLINE

Mountain Dulcimer 2 ONLINE
6 Tuesdays, 11/4-12/16/ 4-5:15 pm (skip 11/25)
The Freight
Early bird price til 10/13: $165
$152-$180

Mountain Dulcimer 2 is designed for players with some familiarity with their instrument. You will explore scales, finger-dexterity exercises, chords, and at least two tunings. New tunes will be presented each week in the chord-melody and cross-string techniques. Ornaments, such as hammers, pulls, and slides, will be incorporated into lessons & applied to tunes.

*Prerequisites: comfort with tuning and tablature, some melody tune experience, understanding of fretting and basic strums, and a nodding acquaintance with chords.

This class is also available IN PERSON, through Berkeley Adult School, 10/31-12/12/25. See events, 10/31.

DJ (Deborah) Hamouris is a composer, teacher, recording artist, and producer of online dulcimer festivals. She teaches mountain dulcimer at The Freight in Berkeley, CA, and in her east bay home. Events she produces include: the Berkeley Dulcimer Gathering in 2013 (both in person & online), Dulcimoon Virtual Dulcimer Festival (current), Baritone Dulcimer Day (annual), and Dulcimoon Talks – twice-monthly, live-streamed conversations shining a light on women in the global dulcimer community. Since March 2020 she has participated in global virtual dulcimer festivals including Redwood Dulcimer Day, QuaranTUNES Virtual Dulcimer Festival, NGFDA Virtual Dulcimer Festival, Blues on Mountain Dulcimer Day, and multiple lessons on DulcimerCrossing.com. Musically versatile, she performs with her husband, Buffalo, as The DulciMates. DJ has produced 6 recordings and two books of mountain dulcimer tablature, “Indian Summer” and “Baritone Folio”. Learn more about DJ’s recordings, books, and online events at djhamouris.com.