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Beginning/Intermediate Level

Learning to Embellish Slow Tunes

with Phyllis Brown


If you are playing melodies and ready to learn to embellish them, this class is for you! Using a simple melody, Phyllis will take you through learning the melody and then adding embellishments progressively until you have a lovely arrangement that you can play with pride! Phyllis teaches not just the tune, but HOW TO add the embellishments so that you can apply the methods to other tunes.

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Course Contents

Course Handouts

Please download before continuing.

01Scale Exercise.pdf
02 Annie Laurie Melody Only.pdf
03 Annie Laurie with Simple Harmony.pdf
04 Annie Laurie Triangle Version.pdf
05 Annie Laurie Root Position Chord method.pdf

Video Lessons

part1.mp4
part2.mp4
part3.mp4
part4.mp4

Featuring

Phyllis Brown

Hammered Dulcimer Instructor

Phyllis Brown studied Music Education at Tennessee Tech University and was delighted when her father, Fred Woods, built both her first mountain dulcimer and hammered dulcimer.

Phyllis has always enjoyed teaching others what she has learned, and has taught and performed at numerous venues, ranging from city and county folk festivals, Old Time Festivals, weddings, fundraisers, Christmas celebrations, church services and special events.