QuaranTUNE Fall Fest ONLINE

QuaranTUNE Fall Fest
10/1-4/2026
Online Via Zoom
Registration opens 8/30/26!
virtualdulcimerfest.com

2 days of workshops!
4 days of concerts!
All live, via Zoom.

DJ will be teaching on Saturday, 10/2, & McC for Concert #4, Sunday, 10/4.
The DulciMates will be the opening act for that concert!

“Ashokan Farewell” Chord/Melody, ¾ Time Strum, & Back-up L3
Known as the theme for Ken Burns’ “Civil War”, this popular waltz was written by Jay Ungar in 1984. Besides learning a chord melody arrangement, you’ll discover how to overlay a three-quarter time strum – a skill that can serve for future waltz tunes. To top it all off, you’ll get the back-up part to share with a partner.

Be a Back-up Genius: Cheater chords on mountain dulcimer L1
Want to play back-up on your mountain dulcimer even though you’ve just started playing it? Easy-peasy with bar chords! We will start with what notes you have and try a couple of techniques for playing bar chords. Moving on to chord progressions & strums, especially drilling down on chords in the key of D, you’ll be a back-up genius in no time!

“The Water is Wide”, an exercise in fingerpicking L2
No picks needed when you use your fingers to do the plucking! Exercises to gain facility with picking individual strings, a variety of picking patterns, and methods for streamlining the process are introduced. After a bit of practice the techniques are applied to this beautiful and familiar tune.

“Greensleeves”, an Exercise in Fingerpicking L3
No picks needed when you use your fingers to do the plucking! Exercises to gain facility with picking individual strings, a variety of picking patterns, and methods for streamlining the process are introduced. After a bit of practice the techniques are applied to this beautiful and familiar tune. DAC tuning