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Date: Friday, 12-Nov-2021 16:58:03 MST
First Name: Sharon
Last Name: Skaryd
Street: 2604 Newcomb Ct
City: Sun City Center, FL 33573
Phone: 989-781-0849
E-mail: sharonskaryd@gmail.com
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Join the Hammers and learn some Tin Pan Alley Tunes - good strum practice and learn a few new chords!

Learn a finger-picking pattern to use as back-up, and then start learning chord/melody basics as we go through a tune.

Just learning the uke? Add some all-time favorite tunes, chords, and strums!

Have fun learning all the basics and a few fun tunes on the uke!

Learn to play the easiest instrument to carry around! D whistle needed for this class. Great-sounding, affordable whistles will be available to buy at the class.

Team up with the ukes and learn as many fun Tin Pan Alley tunes as possible in this session!

Learn Guy's arrangement of this beautiful tune

Most complex sounding hammered dulcimer ornaments are produced by a few fundamental strokes that should be learned and practiced on their own. We’ll learn them, and practice them.

Anyone can make a hammer bounce, but controlling the balance and timing is how you turn a buzz into an embellishment. We'll learn and practice the technique, and then try it out on a few tunes.

I'll gear this to guitar players, but other instruments might find it useful...I've come across many ways to back up fiddle tunes using standard tuning and will show: the use of drone chords, chord substitutions, chord inversions up the neck,the use of swing chords. A little bit of theory goes a long way, so a few items will be covered.

I'll teach one or two of my better known tunes, depending on the time, probably a reel and a waltz. Pickin' the Berries has been requested as one of the tunes already, but I'm open to suggestion.

We'll go over the basic technique for old time, or claw hammer banjo playing, especially looking at the right hand. All levels of players could benefit from the workshop and we will learn one or three tunes!

Anyone can write a tune and in this class Larry will talk about what he does to write them, and then we'll write a few as a group. Bring your instruments, or if you prefer, you can contribute vocally.

This original melody can be learned as a tune, tune with chords, or full arrangement on hammered dulcimer with separated hands, or as a mountain dulcimer arrangement --- a sweet air or a gentle waltz!

If you’re new to the dulcimer world (and even if you’re not), there will be lots tunes played in any given jam session that you’re not familiar with. That doesn’t mean you’re required to sit there quietly and not play! There are many techniques you can use when you don’t know the melody to join in a jam session tune and add important, musical elements. We’ll focus on finding chords to play, figuring out chord changes, and using a few good rhythms so you can start jamming right away.

The goal of this workshop is to take the mystery out of arranging. Concepts will be presented step-by-step. We'll start by adding bass notes to a simple melody, and progress to adding chords by working on useful patterns and embellishments. Rather than learning a full arrangement, the goal will be to learn some tools so you can create arrangements on your own. If you've been wondering what else the dulcimer can do beyond a single melody line, this is the workshop for you!

This workshop will help you develop the skills needed to bring out the incredibly expressive potential of the hammered dulcimer. We’ll cover not only topics such as phrasing and effective use of dynamics, but we’ll also work with exercises that will improve your hammer control and help you develop the necessary technical skills to translate your own emotions to your instrument.

Learn about the benefits of having dampers on a hammered dulcimer. We will explore different techniques for using dampers to enhance the music you play. Don't have dampers? No problem! We'll also look at different ways to get damping effects without dampers and create special effects with a slim budget.

Gadgets & Gizmos & Technology, oh my! Learn how to use apps on the iPad to enhance your musical experience. We will take a brief tour of multiple apps that will help you learn, record, and remember the music you want to play. Additionally, you will learn how to use looping and other effects to inspire creativity. Handouts with references will be provided.

Explore different ways to develop your rhythmic ability, creativity, and hammer control using time-tested methods from the Percussive Arts Society. Handouts with exercises from my book on this topic will be provided.

This class will explore various ways to play a melody with one hand and an accompaniment pattern with the other. Exercises and handouts from my book on this topic will be provided.

Same as previous years

Newly composed tunes will be featured

This workshop teaches a fun Irish Jig called “Rose in the Heather” that is primarily based on the pentatonic scale. It’s fun to play and a good tune to learn Irish ornaments on too.

This is a great fiddle tune that secretly teaches you arpeggios, chords, and gets you all around the dulcimer!

This workshop will teach you the unforgettable melody from Beethoven’s 5th Symphony’s 1st Movement. It’s also a great way to learn about playing in minor keys. Don’t be intimidated to take this–it’s very doable!

There’s no time like the present to start getting some carols ready! In this workshop, Mark will show you how to play “The Holly and The Ivy” with chords and tips for hand independence.

Please use previous descriptions.

We'll focus on the nuances of playing Irish Traditional music (jigs, reels, etc.), in the style. Topics include how to introduce ornaments and have them "lay well in the tune", rhythmic nuances, what to listen for. Open to any instrument on which you want to play Irish melodies -- even atypical ones!

Question: Irish traditional music was written for melody instruments -- so how does one accompany it?  Answer: very carefully.  This workshop focuses on some of the do's and don'ts.  Open to all accompaniment instruments (e.g., guitars, bouzoukis, -- even dulcimers!).

Let's have a musical 'snack' and learn how to add some "pizzazz" to any tune you play. We'll also add some vocal back-up while we're playing.

Judy Raber often calls for this tune in Jams and plays it on her fiddle. By popular request, I will again teach TYLER'S TROT by Bruce Armitage. This tune has some short chromatic runs and will help you get used to using the Bb and G#.

Get all you questions answered about playing for weddings, libraries, assisted living facilities and more..... and get PAID for playing!

Come learn a French dance tune with right hand accompaniment

We will learn one of the Squirrels' Nest favorites, Tamlin. In this workshop, we will learn how to play Tamlin using chord patterns and scales. If you are a beginner and are planning on taking this class, you will find it helpful to first take one of the basic chord classes that are offered at Evart.

Come learn a fun jig that is played in many jams. (Sharon, please feel free to edit this description) :D

The story ballads that were sung by Celtic bards were constructed musically and lyrically in such a way as to best serve the story being told. Equally important to a bard’s repertoire were instrumental tunes that were danceable, or that invoked a certain mood in between the story ballads. These types of songs and tunes are still being written and performed today. We will discuss and demonstrate old and modern songs and tunes written in the Celtic tradition, and teach the requirements for getting the Celtic sound into your own creations.

Accompanying your singing on the Mountain Dulcimer can be very simple – and still sound great – or it can be way more complicated, depending on your skill level and need/desire. We will bring song sheets for several familiar songs played with easy chords on the dulcimer, and we will learn and sing them together. For those who want to explore a more complicated approach, we will bring several songs tabbed for doubling the song’s melody on the dulcimer as you sing.

Whether you play traditional songs or covers, or write your own songs, the choice of instrument(s), tempo and singing technique (harmony or solo) makes a difference in the way they are received by your listeners. We will talk about and demonstrate how we made arrangement choices for a few of the songs we sing and tunes we play, and encourage participants to ask questions about and/or to demonstrate their own choices for song arrangements.

Learn to play chords on mountain dulcimer as rhythm backup for other instruments or vocal parts in songs. We will start with an easy familiar song and learn the chords for it. Then we will use those chords for a simple tune where the lead instrument is the guitar, and then learn the chords for several more songs and tunes.

Participants will learn chords in the DADGAD tuning often used for Celtic guitar arrangements, and learn to play themon one or two easy songs. Phil will teach one or two simple tunes, and participants will have the choice of learning Phil’s lead part in DADGAD or Susan’s rhythm backup in standard tuning or DADGAD.

We’ll play some tunes while learning some tips for playing nice with others including dance callers

We'll explore the different styles of backup and when & where to ‘do that’ Using techniques to help you grow using simplest to more complex chords within a tune.

We'll explore embellishing and arranging your piece to give it interest using various techniques. We’ll take a nice tune and give it some punch.

We will be learning a gospel tune with both melody & chording. come sing with your dulcimer

Beginning Gospel tune Learn basic melody & try some chords

Students will learn to find the chords in three keys, and to play simple chords and arpeggios in all three keys. Once these chords are learned and practiced, students can join in and play most of the tunes at a jam session.

Learn to play this great Don McLean song and, at the same time, learn to improvise with embellishments and decorations that allow you to play it "your way." This is a fun class!

This is a great class, even if you already know how to play this great tune! We will quickly cover how to play the basic melody, and then concentrate on learning embellishments and techniques that will allow you to develop your own version and presentation. And the great news is that these embellishments and techniques will carry over to other tunes!

Most of us have some great tunes that aren't played much, or at all. Please bring a couple of YOUR favorite tunes to share with others. We could have a real eclectic mix! If you can make @15 copies to share that would be nice.

Let's add some more oldies but goodies to what we play. Think about the senior nursing homes, they're filling with folks from the 50s and 60s so we need to play what they liked in their youth. Besides I like that decade so much, hope you will too.

Beginners will be inspired with Les Raber fiddle tunes adapted to HD. Learn an easy, simple melody that sounds complex and fun! Music supplied.

Back by popular demand! A new set of beginners will leave with a tune you can play in church! Music supplied, as well as help for HD technique, expression, and simple embellishments.

In this two hour workshop, we will touch on 10 key aspects of playing the hammered dulcimer, and learn our way around this wonderful instrument!! (Things I wish I'd known from the first) Next we'll add a couple of exercises to promote hand agility/hammering skill, and then we'll learn a couple of beginner tunes!

(Back again due to such positive response!) During this workshop, we will learn of several techniques of "back up" playing within a band (jamming group) and how it relates to singing/highlighting someone within said groups. Main thrust will be back up behind gospel/country/bluegrass music. "The Just Jammin' band" has been enlisted - Come and help "back them up." (Will use different songs than last year and have question and discussion time)

"Dixie Hoedown" - This is a great upbeat tune written by Jesse McReynolds (of Jim & Jesse). Just a fun and light hearted song to add to your hammered dulcimer/fiddle tune repertoire. Come over and learn a new/old bluegrass tune!

This year's intermediate hymn - "In My Heart There Rings A Melody" - is a fun and lively hymn - As always, I prefer to teach embellishment techniques within a context (song), so we will be learning/using several ways to enhance the melody line including - arpeggios, doubles and a triplet run... (sounds harder than it is) - come on over and add another wonderful hymn to your play list!

Be Thou My Vision (an old Irish Hymn circa 8th cen.) will be my beginner's hymn for the 2015 funfest! This will be a basic melody line - while thinking through hammer pattern etc. You will quickly add this hymn to your play list(even if you just bought your dulcimer!)

Most tunes in almost any style are made up of patterns of notes. Learning to play those patterns and to recognize them when you hear them can make tune learning quicker whether you play by ear or from notes. We'll explore some of the simpler common patterns in traditional music to get you started with hearing and playing them. More advanced players are welcome as are their ideas, but please note our intention is to help those at the indicated levels. We will not cover such things as tags and bluegrass licks.

Your iPad/iPhone is capable of so much more than most owners know. This class will help you understand how to control it instead of it controlling you. You will learn about things you need to know to get the most from this little computer. Bring your iPad/iPhone with you.

OK, you know enough chords to play familiar songs now, so, what next? Learn to spice up your playing by breaking out from the same old "down/up/down/up" strumming by learning how to use the rest of the fingers on your right hand.

Do you envy those people who can "play by ear"? Use this novel approach to be able to play any song without using written music. If you can think the song in your mind you are 80% of the way to playing it!

Thursday Harmonica Basics and Jam. Friday 1/2 Secular and last 1/2 Gospel Music.

Michiganders and all other lovers of great music invited for 2nd Annual Motown Sing-a-Long. "Just My Imagination"! "My Girl"! The great sing-able hits of Smokey, The Supremes, and The Temps. Sheet music provided.

This will be an O'Carolan tune TWO HOUR jam session with all melody instruments welcome and rhythm & bass hopefully at levels appropriate for the tunes. The jam will be led by concertina & accordion, so we hope that more free-reed instrument players will attend. We'll have a list of tunes and a handout with some O'Carolan tunes in standard notation. We'll play tunes suggested by participants for the first hour as long as one of us and several more participants can join in. We (the leaders) will select O'Carolan tunes for the 2nd hour. So if you have an O'Carolan tunebook, bring it and join us. Or come and play from the handout.

This will be an O'Carolan tune TWO HOUR jam session with all melody instruments welcome and rhythm & bass hopefully at levels appropriate for the tunes. The jam will be led by concertina & accordion, so we hope that more free-reed instrument players will attend. We'll have a list of tunes and a handout with some O'Carolan tunes in standard notation. We'll play tunes suggested by participants for the first hour as long as one of us and several more participants can join in. We (the leaders) will select O'Carolan tunes for the 2nd hour. So if you have an O'Carolan tunebook, bring it and join us. Or come and play from the handout.

Expand your repertoire with a new waltz, Under the Hummingbird Moon, and learn several easy ways to embellish, including some easy hand separation.

A workshop designed to discuss teaching. For those who are thinking about workshop, small group or individual teaching, or those who want to review their current teaching techniques. Will include preparation, tips, and problem avoidance.

Share a tune and learn two new tunes with 6/8 and 9/8 signatures - continuation of "It's About Time"

Come and learn new tunes with a 4/4 time signature.

Come and learn new tunes with a 3/4 t ime signature.

Starting from a chord base you can do whatever you want with any song. Hitting every melody note is not as important when you have a chord progression to play with. We'll learn to create that masterpiece with just a few rhythms and chords.

This is a great chordal song and would work great for a duet, but you can play this one solo and it’s a blast. We'll start with the chords and move into some intricate hand separation.

Playing pop songs on the HD is all about setting the groove. "Everybody Wants To Rule The World” by Duran Duran is a great case in point. We’ll focus on setting a groove and then launching from there.

Chord melody is a method of playing in which you play both chords and melody at the same time. It's a great technique for a solo gig. In this workshop, we'll first take a look at some common chords and chord melody practices and then apply these to a tune. Hopefully you'll have a chord melody arrangement when you walk out of this workshop!

A study of playing fiddle tunes on the mandolin. We'll look at learning fiddle tunes the traditional way, then look at fiddle tunes as played by great mandolin players and some fiddle tunes written by the great mandolin players.

We'll start by looking at how to change standard bluegrass chop chord progressions and make them a little more interesting. We'll then look at different chords and rhythmic patterns to use on a bluegrass song. Knowledge of chop chords and open chords required.

Technique is one of the most important parts of playing mandolin. We'll examine both right hand and left hand technique and talk about both good and bad habits, as well as examine the different techniques of some famous mandolin players.

We'll examine how different bowing patterns affect the sound and feel of jigs.

We will learn how to play syncopation and will learn a song to support and practice it. It is not hard to get a good smooth syncopation once you know how it works. We will also look at how to change the syncopation for many uses.

This is part two of a two part class on learning to play back-up at a jam session. We will be playing the chords that we learned and working on how to hear the changes. Lots and lots of playing. It is fun!! If you know how to play your chords you can join in on this part two class.

This is part one of a two part class on learning to play back-up at a jam session. Chords do not have to be difficult. These patterns will make it easy and fun. Learn how to play in any key that the dulcimer has.

This class will teach you to know your way around the dulcimer and be more comfortable with playing it. It gives you an easy and solid way to understand how your dulcimer works.

Learn to play rhythm using all the strings, not just the middle!! Beautiful Songs, The Shepherd's Wife Waltz & Cajun Waltz. Great swinging rhythms. Bring a green and pink highlighter!!

Learn to use your thumb to pluck out melody, great for us thumb lead players. We will be learning Cockles and Mussels and Oh, What a Beautiful Morning. Bring a green and pink highlighter!!

Play a couple of well known tunes, Key D, with two-part music. The workshop will start with half playing melody, the other half playing harmony - then we will reverse the parts. Next we will break into "combos". Come and give it a try.

Learn a beautiful, haunting tune. French bouree, 3/4, Key Em, 1983. Teaching points: Tempo;Accidental notes. 1. Play better notes using a metronome and a tuner. Counting out the tempo - there's more than one way to do it. Playing a tune a different tempos. 2. Learning a new tune; start slowly, then gradually increase tempo.

The Louisville Jigs is a set of three tunes written by Mike Shroeder, local mandolin player and song writer. He has given permission to share these three tunes with you. Songs are in 6/8 time and in three keys (A, G, and D). They are expecially hammered dulcimer friendly. I heard his band play these at a Celtic festival last summer, had to learn them, and have enjoyed adding them to my favorites to play.

Hollow Poplar, a versatile tune for chords, old time rhythm and hand separation. If you are left handed you have an advantage. Right hand players will find this helpful as well.

We will explore hand separation, chords and licks with this simple Irish Polka.

Whether you know a tune or not, you can still play along! Using the bow, we'll take the tune Soldiers Joy and add rhythm and backup! Please arrive on time with your instrument in tune ready to play!

Changing tuning from DAD to DGD is not that hard and sure expands your playing skills. Let's learn a few fun tunes in the key of G by changing 1 string!

Chords opens up a whole new world to mt. dulcimer players. We will not only review beginning chords but work on chords all over the fretboard and with the use of a capo. Bring a capo if you have it. We will tune DAD

we will be learning a couple of river tunes with words, chords, and harmony.

Learn the fun old-time tune "Old Chattanooga"

Strumming a mountain dulcimer is fun, but flatpicking one is a blast! I'll teach you proper right-hand technique, tricks for chord/melody mixing and give you exercises for the left hand that will have you burning up the fretboard in no time!

Whether you're a rank beginner or have been playing for a while, you'll get something special out of this workshop on playing the Native American flute. I will have loaners for those who do not have one and will also have flutes for sale.

Ever wanted to play the blues on mountain dulcimer? It's easier than you might think! We'll be focusing on Mississippi Delta 12-bar blues and you'll learn the basic form, rhythms, scales for soloing and how to put it all together!

So, you've got a 1 1/2 fret on your mountain dulcimer; now what? What's it good for? I'll show you all of the goodness that comes with that extra fret.

Tired of back and forth strumming? Bored with just plucking and pinching? Bring your thumb and finger picks and we will learn something to Wake Up Your Autoharp...

We will go through all of the tunes for the preshow and there will also be a chord sheet available for them.

Most everyone knows this religious hymn but they look for ways to embellish it. We are going to play the melody with our left hand and fill it in with our right. Yes, this is a hand separation technique that you can then apply to other songs.

Using the chord patterns taught in "Fit for the Fiddler I", we'll learn various backup/accompaniment striking patterns for playing chords and individual notes of the chords to rhythmically embellish reels and jigs at dances and jams

We'll learn an easy to use set of chord patterns that will have you playing chord backup without having to first learn chord theory. Is especially useful for playing backup with other instruments at dances and jams, these chord patterns can also be used for arranging slower pieces

Learn a hammered dulcimer solo arrangement of the Beatles tune "I Will" - great for performing and oft-requested for weddings

Simple techniques for arranging waltzes into nice solo arrangements

You know lots of chords and/or how to find them. This class will show you how to incorporate them into your playing when you are arranging and embellishing a tune.

One tune times three styles equals an interesting medley. Brainstorm on arranging. Make musical magic as we play, and play with, "Moses Hoe Your Corn."

All the World's a Stage, Act Your Part! What makes star quality? Discuss performance components: set construction, dealing with jitters, entrances, exits, technical difficulties, what to say and what NOT to say, and more. Instruments not required.

Paul Goelz and Chuck Boody will present a workshop on the fine points of tuning.... and adjusting..... a hammered dulcimer. We'll talk about techniques and then break into hands-on for those who have specific questions or problems.

A simple method to find the melody and take a break on the dobro. We will be using open G tuning, please be in tune and ready to play.

HYMNS ON THE HAMMERED DULCIMER ARE SIMPLY INSPIRATIONAL. WE WILL STUDY A WELL-KNOWN HYMN, COVERING SPECIFIC WAYS TO MAKE IT MORE EXPRESSIVE WITH MORE ADVANCED ARRANGING IDEAS.

BEGINNING ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE SIMPLE AND YET BEAUTIFUL. WE'LL LEARN A LOVELY HYMN WHILE BUILDING A BEGINNER'S ARRANGING "BAG OF TRICKS" INCLUDING 3 QUICK AND EASY "GO TO" ARRANGING TECHNIQUES.

Learn to play with a guitar partner. In the first session of this two session workshop, the hammered dulcimer players learn this tune while the guitar players learn the backup part in a separate, concurrent session. (In the Part Two session, the hammered dulcimers and guitars will join to play the tune together, with focus on techniques to make the results more musical.)

Hymns on the hammered dulcimer are beautiful and inspirational. We'll study "What Wondrous Love Is This" - a hauntingly beautiful hymn, learning the melody and a simple chord-based harmony strategy which can also be adapted to any type of music you play.

LEARN TO PLAY WITH GREATER EXPRESSIVENESS. WE'LL STUDY SPECIFIC ARRANGING TOOLS AND EXERCISES TO HELP ACCENTUATE THE BEAUTY IN MELODY LINES. THE TUNE WILL BE DRAWN FROM EXPRESSIVE, LYRICAL MUSIC (A SLOW AIR, WALTZ, OR LAMENT.)

FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE MAY HAVE MISSED SOMETHING IMPORTANT, BUT ARE TOO EMBARRASSED TO ASK? BRING YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW - NOTHING IS OFF LIMITS OR "TOO DUMB" TO ASK! WE'LL ALSO WORK ON FINDING BASIC CHORDS TO PLAY IN A JAM.

In Part Two, the guitar and hammered dulcimer players from the separate Part One sessions, will join to play the hymn "Sweet Hour of Prayer" together, focusing on making the two instruments complement each other,following and supporting the lead, and playing with dynamics and expression.

Learn to play with a hammered dulcimer partner. In the first session of this two-session workshop,guitar players will learn the back up guitar part to "Sweet Hour of Prayer" that the hammered dulcimer players are learning in a separate concurrent session. (Part Two session: the hammered dulcimers and guitars will join to play the hymn together, with focus on techniques to make the results more musical.)

Learn the famous Hawaiian song "My Little Grass Shack" on ukulele with emphasis being placed on playing chords and rhythms for singing accompaniment. This is one the best known and fun "Hapa-Haole"(mixed Hawaiian & English language lyrics) songs from the islands.