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$10.50The Story
11a-12p | $30
Explore how fun & easy it is to play this 3 (or 4) stringed instrument. Learn how the fretboard is different than other fretted instruments. Basic tuning, finding the "Do, Re, Mi" scale, how to strum, playing a few simple melodies, and some history will be covered. No experience necessary. Loaner dulcimers available. For complete beginners or those wanting to start again from the very top.
Musician & educator Wanda Degen first saw a mountain dulcimer at an arts & crafts show at the MSU Union when she was a freshman at MSU in December of 1971. Elderly Instruments opened up at its first location in East Lansing shortly thereafter. A few years later Wanda had built her 1st dulcimer and soon began performing as well as writing up tablature, organizing songs swaps, and teaching lessons. She offered private instruction at Elderly for over 45 years and has taught workshops at numerous festivals all over Michigan including Wheatland, Hiawatha, Bliss, the ODPC Funfest in Evart, & the Midland Folk Festival. From 2014-2023 Wanda was on the faculty of Interlochen's College of Creative Arts - Adult Programming as an instructor (and organizer) of the Mountain Dulcimer Immersive. She simply loves sharing what she knows about playing this instrument. Wanda describes herself as a "handout-heavy" instructor. Participants can expect to have an abundance of material to take home to continue exploring & learning from.
https://wandadegen.com/index.html
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11a-12p | $30
Explore how fun & easy it is to play this 3 (or 4) stringed instrument. Learn how the fretboard is different than other fretted instruments. Basic tuning, finding the "Do, Re, Mi" scale, how to strum, playing a few simple melodies, and some history will be covered. No experience necessary. Loaner dulcimers available. For complete beginners or those wanting to start again from the very top.
Musician & educator Wanda Degen first saw a mountain dulcimer at an arts & crafts show at the MSU Union when she was a freshman at MSU in December of 1971. Elderly Instruments opened up at its first location in East Lansing shortly thereafter. A few years later Wanda had built her 1st dulcimer and soon began performing as well as writing up tablature, organizing songs swaps, and teaching lessons. She offered private instruction at Elderly for over 45 years and has taught workshops at numerous festivals all over Michigan including Wheatland, Hiawatha, Bliss, the ODPC Funfest in Evart, & the Midland Folk Festival. From 2014-2023 Wanda was on the faculty of Interlochen's College of Creative Arts - Adult Programming as an instructor (and organizer) of the Mountain Dulcimer Immersive. She simply loves sharing what she knows about playing this instrument. Wanda describes herself as a "handout-heavy" instructor. Participants can expect to have an abundance of material to take home to continue exploring & learning from.
https://wandadegen.com/index.html
