Every year, club members volunteer their time and talents to teach an adult beginner dulcimer class for 10 Thursday evenings in April, May and June at the Asbury Woods Nature Center in Erie, Pennsylvania.  A small fee is charged, which goes towards building the trails at the Nature Center. Upon completion of the course, the new dulcimer players are invited to further their study of the dulcimer by joining the club. In this way, hundreds of folks have learned to play the mountain dulcimer in Northwestern Pennsylvania.

We always tell the potential new beginner ~ if you can count to 10 and if you can say the word “dumditty” we can teach you to play the mountain dulcimer. We will give you the basic skills and you can take yourself to any level of playing you wish.

The class structure will be as follows:

BEGINNER CLASSES 2010

WEEKS 1 & 2 - THE VERY BASICS - APRIL 8 & 15 - TEACHERS WILL BE DAN & BARB & LARRY

WEEKS 3 & 4 - ADDING CHORDS & NOTES ON ALL STRINGS - APRIL 22 & 29 - TEACHER WILL BE DAN & BARB

WEEK 5 - CHORD & SING - MAY 6 - TEACHERS WILL BE DAN & BARB

ADVANCED BEGINNER

WEEKS 1 & 2 - FINGERPICKING - MAY 13 & 20 - TEACHER WILL BE JEAN

WEEK 3 & 4 - FLATPICKING - May 27 - TEACHERS WILL BE RITA & BARB

WEEKS 5 - MULTIPLE PART PLAYING - JUNE 3 & 10 - TEACHERS WILL BE THE MISERY BAY DULCIMER CLUB!

Students will need a mountain dulcimer with a 6-1/2 fret, a music stand and a pencil.

A limited amount of cardboard dulcimers are available for class use.

The fee for the classes are $20 for Asbury Woods Nature Center Members or $25 for non-members for each set of 5 classes - BEGINNER or ADVANCED BEGINNER.

Call Barb Nagle for more information - 833-6194.

Call Asbury Woods Nature Center to register - 835-5356

We hope to see YOU at our 2010 Mountain Dulcimer Classes!