Absolute Beginner Level
Begin your journey on the mountain dulcimer. Start right here.
Stephen Seifert
Mountain Dulcimer - Absolute Beginning Level
Stephen teaches the basics of dulcimer playing in 10 minutes.
Jackie Armstrong
Mountain Dulcimer - Absolute Beginning Level
Welcome to Beginning D A D Mountain Dulcimer. This class is for the first time player. You will be learning about accessories and care for your dulcimer. You will also learn how to tune your dulcimer, how to strum, and how to play a few easy tunes!
Beginning Level
Develop your basic skills and learn to be comfortable with the dulcimer.
Jackie Armstrong
Mountain Dulcimer - Beginning Level
This class is the next step up from Beginning D-A-D Mountain Dulcimer. In this class you will learn to double strum and play with chords.
Carol Crocker
Mountain Dulcimer - Beginning Level
Learn to keep your place by anchoring your finger on the fret board.
Joellen Lapidus
Mountain Dulcimer - Beginning Level
Learn the most basic mountain dulcimer strum, a strum with a bounce, and a basic waltz rhythm in 3/4 time.
Sue Carpenter
Mountain Dulcimer - Beginning Level
We'll focus on right hand technique and basic fingerpicking patterns through a step-by-step approach using simple exercises to get you started.
Sue Carpenter
Mountain Dulcimer - Beginning Level
Continuing with the basic fingerpicking patterns, learn how to apply those patterns to change a strummed arrangement into a fingerpicked one.
Beginning/Intermediate Level
Improve your skills and learn new tunes.
Ruth Barrett
Mountain Dulcimer - Beginning/Intermediate Level
Introduction to Left Hand Technique for Fingerpicking Barre Chords.
Ruth Barrett
Mountain Dulcimer - Beginning/Intermediate Level
Left Hand Technique for Identifying Diagonal Chords and Other Chord Shapes. We will be in a C-G-C Mixolydian tuning.
Butch Ross
Mountain Dulcimer - Beginning/Intermediate Level & Up
We'll explore the techniques and history of drone-noter style playing, with an emphasis on right hand technique.
Intermediate Level
Continue to explore new music and elaborate on your style.
Jackie Armstrong
Mountain Dulcimer - Intermediate Level
You will learn the hymn “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” in basic strum and a flat picked version, and two ways to play harmony with it.
Ruth Barrett
Mountain Dulcimer - Intermediate Level
This lesson includes two fingerpicked versions of the Hebrew song, Hineh Ma Tov.
Steven K. Smith
Mountain Dulcimer - Intermediate & Up
Learn how to apply the 12-bar blues pattern to the mountain dulcimer while tuned to D-A-D.
Heidi Muller and Bob Webb
Mountain Dulcimer - Intermediate Level & Up
This strummed, upbeat waltz written by Bob Webb features parts for both a melody player and a harmony player.
Intermediate/Advanced and Advanced Level
Perfect your craft and grow your repertoire.
Sue Carpenter
Mountain Dulcimer - Intermediate/Advanced Level
Put some bounce in your fingerpicking by using an alternating bass picking pattern and then turn your picking into ragtime.
Ruth Barrett
Mountain Dulcimer - Intermediate/Advanced Level
Playing a more advanced fingerpicked tune with chords in the lower and upper ranges of the fretboard.
Steven K. Smith
Mountain Dulcimer - Intermediate/Advanced Level
Learn several tunes from the Renaissance Era: Maiden Lane, Beggar Boy, Now is the Month of Maying, and Frog Galliard.
Steven K. Smith
Mountain Dulcimer - Intermediate/Advanced Level
Learn several more tunes from the Renaissance Era: Salterello, Kemp's Jig, Earl of Salisbury Pavan, and Greensleeves.
Ruth Barrett
Mountain Dulcimer - Intermediate/Advanced Level
Using ornamentation as a way to create ease and musical texture to play a traditional strummed Breton pipe tune.
All Skill Levels
Don Pedi
Mountain Dulcimer - All Skill Levels
Lecture/Demonstration on "Shady Grove". A variety of versions and related songs and tunes.