1A  MD - Intermediate - Hammer Ons, Pull Offs, and Slides - A starter package workshop to get you going on these fun techniques. We'll break it down with exercises then apply our new techniques to an original song by Kara,  

2A  MD - Beginner - Beginning Mountain Dulcimer - In Kara's intro to dulcimer class she'll have you strumming chords, reading tablature, and playing two songs by the workshops end.

3A  MD - Advanced - Jazz Manouche - We'll learn the melody and muted strum pattern to master a snappy song in the style of Django Reinhardt.

4A  MD - Intermediate - Playing in Parts - We'll learn to work together while working out the parts in this two part version of Be Thou My Vision.

5A  MD - Advanced - The Adams Family Theme Song  - Triplet hammer ons, pull offs and finger snaps!

6A  MD - Beginner - One Simple Chord Shape - The guitar player is playing in the key of "A" and there are multiple chords involved! What do I do? We'll learn several chord strumming songs in multiple keys to make sure you have the tools you need for any situation.

7A  MD - Advanced - Pachabel's Cannon - A four part arrangement perfect for small groups and ensembles.

8A  MD - Intermediate - Mastering Your Three Finger Chords - Do your left hand fingers get tangled up and lost on the fretboard? Let's iron things out. We'll work muscle memory exercises and smooth ways to get from one chord to another then top it off with a melodic study to put our new skills to the test. 

Joe Collins - Mountain Dulcimer   1B,2B,3B,4B,5B,6B,7B,8B

1B  MD - Novice - Appalachian Mountain Songs Vol. 1 - A repertoire workshop of songs that have been cherished in Appalachia. Songs like "Mole in the Ground," "Shady Grove," "Wayfaring Stranger," and others will bring out the Appalachian in your Appalachian dulcimer!

2B  MD - Intermediate - A Wintery Mix Vol. 2 - Participants will learn to play some winter tunes not associated with holidays, including an original tune by Joe for Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," a light-hearted song about winter being the season for love, and others. This workshop is a great opportunity to add tunes to your repertoire that can still be timely long after the holidays are over.

3B  MD - Int/Advanced - Bringing Out the Irish in You Vol. 2 - Popular, rollicking tunes that will make you believe in leprechauns, fairies, and Irish Luck. These traditional songs include :Irish Rover," Whiskey in the Jar," and a couple others still prominent on the streets of Dublin today.

4B  MD - Advanced - Advanced Strumming Vol. 1 - Work on the chops that will open possibilities in your playing. Playing the dulcimer is not always about picking out the melody: it's also about effective strumming. In addition to learning some great percussive patterns, you will apply them to songs like "Proud Mary," "Hand Jive," and "Sloop John B"

5B  MD - Novice & Up - Irish Waltzes Vol. 2 - A repertoire workshop of easy-going waltzes from the Irish tradition. Includes "Roses of Allendale." "The Galway Shawl," and two other beautiful waltz tunes.

6B  MD - Novice /Intermediate - American Spirituals Vol. 2 - Put your soul into playing spirituals like "Give Me Jesus," "There is a Balm in Gilead," "Roll. Jordan, Roll," and others. A spiritual is defined as a religious song of a kind associated with black Christians of the southern US and thought to derive from European hymns and African musical elements by black slaves. Use your dulcimer to share this great American heritage with others.

7B  MD - Novice & Up - Celtic Harp Tunes - Beautiful, lilting melodies from Celtic lands that really sound good on a dulcimer, including "Fairy Dance," "Blind Mary," and others.                                                                                          

8B  MD - Intermediate - Christmas with Capos - A repertoire of well-known Christmas arrangements all requiring a capo. Includes tunes like "Sing We Now of Christmas," "We Three Kings," "Foom, Foom, Foom," and a cute little tune written by Joe Collins.

Chris Steiner - Hammered Dulcimer  1C,2C,3C,4C,5C,6C,7C,8C

​​​​1C  HD - Intermediate - Get Your Bluegrass On! - A favorite fiddle tune in Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Celtic! "Blackberry Blossom"  We will learn to "chop" chords as a back up too.

2C  HD - Beginner - I Want to Jam, but I Don't Know the Tune! - Learn how to "cheat" at jamming using chords, scales, roots/fifths, pentatonic scales.

3C  HD - ALL Levels - 5 Pattern Tune  Learn "Nutfactory Shuffle" - By breaking it down into five 2-measure patterns that you will memorize and put together to create this tune. Depending on your skill level, you can play the basic tune, or I will show you how to embellish it for more advanced players.

4C  HD - Past Beginner/Intermediate - Beaumont Rag - Such a fun tune to play! Learn how a 3-note repetitive pattern over a 4-note measure gives you that rag feeling, We will learn chopped chord backup too.

5C  HD - Intermediate/Advanced - For a "Reel" Good Time...  Frenchie's Reel - We will learn this fun syncopated tune. 

6C  HD - Beginner - Shepherd's Hey - A very easy to learn/memorize tune in seven parts. Fun to play with others. 

7C  HD - Intermediate - Rock the Cradle Joe - We will learn this most-requested tune from the Buckeye Roadshow repertoire.   

8C  ALL Instuments - ALL Levels - Ensemble Playing  How to add pizazz to your group playing by using intros/outros, chord backup, alternative melodies, breaks/solos, and more.

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​1D  UKE - Beginner - Learning Chords - Using chords and exploring options to accompany a variety of songs and tunes.

2D  MD - Advanced - Adding a Bluesy Feel to Peace Like a River - Taking this beautiful spiritual in a different direction by introducing blue notes and syncopation

3D  MD - Intermediate - Varying Your Rhythmic Approach - Discovering ways to color a tune by using different rhythms, techniques that can be used on slow and fast tunes.

4D  MD - Past Beginner - Dorian Mode - Using the old-timey song "Pretty Polly," we'll explore the Dorian mode and open up a whole new world of haunting melodies on the dulcimer.

5D  UKE - Past Beginner - Using Aloha Oe to Get Comfortable with Chord Melody Playing - Learning this Queen Liliuokalani classic by bringing the melody out from the chords.

6D  MD - Itchy Fingers - Learn a bouncy Scottish pipe tune which can serve as an introduction, and help the player get comfortable with syncopated melodies. 

7D  MD - Advanced  Aloha Oe - Taking two approaches, in two different octaves, to this Hawaiian classic: exploring variations in pick direction and melody.

8D  ALL - Ensemble Playing - all levels, all instruments. How to add pizzazz to your group by using intros/outros, chord backup, alternative melodies, breaks/solos, and more! (*Team taught with Chris Steiner)

​DeeDee Tibbits - Hammered Dulcimer/Penny Whistle  1E,2E,3E,4E,5E,6E,7E,8E

1E  HD - Beginner - A Good Start is Important - How do I know where to start? Lots of questions will be answered in this class with a couple of fun, easy tunes to play together.

2E  Whistle - Beginner - Irish Whistle 1.0 - Let's make this whistle sound good! Scales, fingerings... it's all important.

3E  Whistle - Past Beginner/Intermediate - Irish Whistle 2.0 - Now let's add some bends, trills, and cuts to add some "magic" to our tunes. 

4E  HD - Intermediate - Vamps Can Change Your Dulcimer Life - Adding vamps to your performance can enhance your 'already learned' pieces... add interesting intros, interludes, or key changes. Let's look into all of that!

5E  HD - Past Beginner/Intermediate - Put Some Pizazz in Your Playing - We'll discover some fun 'tricks' to add to our playing... bell tones, plucking, and damping.  Then we'll learn some tunes to use them on.

6E  Whistle - Intermediate/Advanced - Putting It All Together - How to make a melody and make it your own is a BIG part of being a whistle player.

7E  HD - All Levels - Playing Together in a Dulcimer Orchestra - Learning various parts to play in a group add SO much to your dulcimer fun!

8E  HD - Intermediate/Advanced - A Taste of Ireland - Celtic music is SO RICH! We'll learn some tunes that are full of history- then we'll arrange them to show off the BEST!​

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