Mountain Dulcimer, Upper-Intermediate

Schedule update: All five sessions have moved one week later. This course now runs September 30–October 28, 2026, at the same time. If you can’t attend the new final date, you’ll still receive the complete session video within 24 hours afterward. Your existing registration carries over. Please email me if the change causes a problem.

Wednesdays: September 30; October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2026.

11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Central / 12:30–1:30 p.m. Eastern.

Five 60-minute sessions. $120 per course.

Let’s dig into some of the more demanding fiddle tunes from my second Join the Jam book. These are the kinds of tunes that turn up when the more experienced players keep the jam going. If you can keep a steady strum and are ready to give both hands a little more to do, come join me.

We’ll work on the strum hand, clean fingering, and keeping the melody going through the busy spots. I’ll break down the harder moves, show you how I work them out, and help you put the tune back together without losing its rhythm. We’ll mainly be strumming, with the fiddle tunes giving us plenty to work on.

You should be comfortable reading tablature, keeping a steady strum, and playing intermediate fiddle tunes. We'll use DAD tuning plus capo and explore just a little bit of DGD. Tablature for the tunes we cover will be provided; you don’t need to buy the book or take another course first.

Tunes covered include:

• “Billy in the Low Ground” in D

• “Cricket on the Hearth” in D

• “Big Scioty” in G (DAD capo 3 and DGD no capo)

• “Greasy String” in G

• “Avalon Quickstep” in D

All the arrangements and handouts for this course are new and have never been shared with my students. I’ll email each session’s handouts at least 24 hours before we meet, so you have time to print them and look through the music.

I’ll record each entire live session from beginning to end and email you the complete video within 24 hours after each session, whether or not you attend live. You’ll receive all five complete session videos to review and practice along at your own pace. Videos will be available for the foreseeable future.

Taking two or more different courses in this series? Use COURSEBUNDLE at checkout for 10% off. Current Mountain Dulcimer A to Z subscribers receive 20% off with their subscriber code. Use one discount per order; discounts do not combine. If you register on different days or forget the code, email me and I’ll help you get the discount.