Bridging the gap between what you know
and where you want your music to go.
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Upcoming Workshops
These are an ongoing benefit for Workshop and Mentor subscribers of DulcimerCrossing but you can purchase a ticket for a single workshop below
Colin Beasley
Thurs, May 19, 5 pm MDT
Playing Melody and Harmony Together:
Hand Independence
A hammered dulcimer-focused workshop
Lorinda Jones
Thurs, in June 9, at 5 pm MDT
Finding the “Form”ula in Your Music
We all want to know the music we play on a deeper level. Knowing the structure and patterns of the melody and chords in a song or tune will go a long way in learning to play the tune “by heart.” We will look closely at the organization of the music as a way of increasing our knowledge, memory and repertoire.
A mountain dulcimer-focused workshop
Patti Amelotte
Thurs, July 21st, 5 pm MDT
What's in a name? That which we call a jig
By any other name would sound as sweet
This borrowed Shakespearean reference is used to state that the names of things do not affect what they really are. Whatever you call them, jigs are wonderful tunes but the descriptions single jig, slide, jig, double jig and slip jig, while sharing some things in common, are very different in feel. We will explore these different kinds of jigs, we will learn a couple and talk about strumming patterns for mountain dulcimer and hammering patterns for hammered dulcimer.
A hammered dulcimer-focused workshop
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The Dulcimer Crossing Teachers
Our teachers have decades of experience, they span multiple generations and instruments and come from all over the country (and Germany!). They bring a wide range of dulcimer expertise to the community in order to enrich and equip our playing of the sweet music.
It all started with a dream…
In 2007, my husband and I were living in St. Thomas, preparing to move back to the states.
We planned to settle in Franklin, TN, 30 miles south of Nashville, and open a dulcimer store at “The Factory,” a historic building that was once a stove factory but...
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