March 2021
Front Porch Strumming: Playing Old-Time Music on the Autoharp – Virtual Online Workshop
Skill level: Beginning This workshop is targeted at beginning players who love old-time music. Here’s a fun opportunity to develop your autoharp skills while stumming traditional songs – many from the original Carter Family. We’ll concentrate on techniques for accompanying vocals, playing back-up chords, and executing simple melody breaks. Build your confidence and your repertoire, and develop your rhythm, timing, fingering accuracy, and muscle memory. The ability to read music is not necessary. Participants need an autoharp (tuned to the…
Find out more »Honing Your Chops: Tips and Tricks for Picking Melodies on the Autoharp – Virtual Online Workshop
Skill level: Intermediate This workshop is targeted at intermediate players who want to expand their instrumental skills. Practicing scales is great exercise, but there’s no substitute for certain traditional chestnuts, like "Grandfather’s Clock," and "O Holy Night," that have the fingering challenges built right into the melody. We’ll breakdown right-hand and left-hand techniques for mastering such spirited compositions. Enhance your chops for tackling even the most acrobatic obstacle course of a melody. The ability to read music is not necessary.…
Find out more »Norwegian Wood: Beatles Songs as Autoharp Instrumentals – Virtual Online Workshop
Skill level: Intermediate A handful of the melodies written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon have transcended the genre of popular music and become part of our oral tradition. Approaching the autoharp as a solo instrument, we’ll learn arrangements of several lyrical Beatles tunes including, "Yesterday," "I Will," "Norwegian Wood," "In My Life," and "Let It Be." Here’s an opportunity to learn a few beautiful and enduring songs. This workshop is targeted at intermediate players who are already comfortable playing…
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