#23wksp1 Tina Bergmann – Hammer Dulcimer

Description

We’ll take the tune “Goddesses,” arranged to have right hand ostinato and left hand melody, and use it as a springboard to explore variations, split hand work, accompaniment, improvisation, and musicality. This tune works well as an interesting solo/duo piece (we’ve played it in concert for years!) and is also easily reworked for a small ensemble or club for beginners through Upper-Intermediate players. We’ll start with a variety of hand separation exercises that will challenge your brain and accuracy, learn what it means to have a Generalized Gaze, and how it affects your ability to play smoothly and easily. After diving into the tune we’ll branch out to create variations/techniques that can be layered and applied to other tunes in your repertoire, and explore how different accompaniment techniques affect the overall arc and feel of the tune. Along the way we’ll have a discussion about chords, using them as a framework for variation and improvisation.

A degree in K-12 Music Education, plus 40 years of private teaching, week-long camps, and intensives enables me to teach to several levels at once, ensuring that everyone will get a lot of the workshop, regardless of where they fall on the level descriptor.

Learn more about Tina at www.https://allroadsleadhome.com/