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Classes and Resources for hammered dulcimer players

Featured course: Chord Theory 2021

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Mary Lynn Michal (van Deventer) is a hammered dulcimer player and teacher who lives about four hours away from Sandbridge VA. When not playing hammered dulcimer, she pretends to play fiddle, which keeps her humble and makes her a very sympathetic (and better) teacher. www.marylynnsmusic.com

Laurie McCarriar is a book designer, musician, and photographer in Northern Virginia. She plays hammered dulcimer, designs books for clients and friends, takes the random photograph, and spends a lot of time unlocking tech mysteries for folks who hate spending time wrestling with apps, iPads, and online services.

Courses in this Program:

Mastering Theory in 2022

Did you miss Theory Book LIve in 2021? Good news! We're relaunching our popular theory class (225 students in 2021) in January. It will ...

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Resources for hammered dulcimer players and links to buy cool stuff. More coming!!

Listen to some tunes!

Posting some videos here for you to enjoy. First up, Mary Lynn's QuaranTUNE set

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$30

Harmonizing a Major Scale

The 2 part recording of a Facebook Live workshop by Mary Lynn Michal (van Deventer) on harmonizing a major scale using right/left/right p...

$12

Note Naming: Mystery Solved!

These videos will help you learn your notes on the hammered dulcimer. It's not just about memorizing them; you'll learn some of the key c...

The Possum's Tail is Bare

Group Zoom Class taught by Mary Lynn Michal February 21 & 28, March 7 & 14, 2021 (Sundays) at 4PM Eastern Registration is currently close...

Amelia

Group Zoom Class taught by Mary Lynn Michal January 10, 17, 24, and 31, 2021 (Sundays) at 4PM Eastern Registration is now closed for this...

$60

Jingle Bells

On Demand 4 week class taught by Mary Lynn Michal Level: Beginner/Novice (and beyond!!) This workshop grew out of the 1 hour QuaranTUNE...

$40

Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

On Demand 2 hour class taught by Mary Lynn Michal Level: IntermediateThis live class session was taught on Nov 15, 2020 and was attended ...

$99

Evening of Roses

The new on demand version of this class includes Ken Kolodner's Video Lesson for Evening of Roses which includes his sheet music, instruc...

Flash Cards & Quizzes

Free sample of upcoming quizzes and other learning aids by ML.

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Tech Tips Sampler

A selection of the most frequently requested tech tips! I'll be adding new videos here often.

Zoom Tips

Created for attendees of Sandbridge Zooooooooooooooom, but applicable to many Zoom learning opportunities.Note: Zoom changes internal set...

Newzik Basics (free)

Spend less time looking for your music and more time learning and playing. Here are a few videos to help you get a start with Newzik. See...

$10

Newzik 101 & 102

This is a recording of a 2 part online tech session presented for attendees of Spring (Zoom) Sandbridge 2020. Both videos are indexed wit...

Beat Time Basics (free)

Beat Time helps you to practice along with slowed down video. Here are a few videos to help you get a start with Beat Time. See Beat Time...