Better Together: Community Music-Making

Service Description

Making music is even better when it’s shared — whether you have a duet partner, friends who sing along with you, a local dulcimer club, online or in-person jams, or you record yourself playing parts — this 6-week intensive course is all about music in community. With practical tools to help you play well with others, whether you’re the leader or you’re just learning to join in. We’ll explore playing in different keys, how to accompany singing, writing multi-part arrangements, and how to recover when it all falls apart. You'll learn various ways to start a tune, how to set the tempo, how to end the tune, and how to keep everyone together. Cultivate Comfort in sharing your music and being a community music-maker. DAd tuning; capo and re-tuning may be required. **Cultivating Comfort Courses are designed to increase your understanding of your instrument and the language of music, so that you can play mountain dulcimer with ease. They are geared toward advanced beginner to intermediate students, but all levels are welcome.**