Workshops
This is a place to find information that every Hammer Dulcimer player and/or builder would find useful. The workshops given here have been used as handouts for workshops I have given or for private lessons. Each topic is usually only one page long and can stand alone as a study guide. Topics will be changed each month and removed after one year. I hope you come back again. You are welcome to download and duplicate any of these workshops for friends or students.
MAYFLOWER
Mayflower works great as a second tune in a medley with Hogs Picking Up Acorns (last months tune). This is the way Lee Stripling played it on his album Hogs Picking Up Acorns. You can download Lee playing this great medley at the end of this workshop.

Download Mayflower PDF
Download Hogs Picking Up Acorns PDF
Download Lee Stripling playing Hogs Picking Up Acorns / Mayflower
Previous Workshops
Download Hogs Picking Up Acorns PDF
Download IMPROVISATIONAL MOTIFS
Download WHY IMPROVISE
Download Chords in Close Positions
Download Electronic Tuners
Download TAG LICKS Workshop
Download DEVIL'S DREAM workshop
Download HAND-DAMPENING/STATEN ISLAND HORNPIPE
Download sheet music of Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
LISTEN to mp3 of Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring from The Divine Dulcimer by Rick Fogel
Listen to Dulce recorded on Through the Looking Glass
Download FAMILIAR TUNES
“You can't tune a dulcimer, that's what gives it that special sound.“
— Russel Fluharty
Reference Material
“Teachers open the door,but you must enter by yourself.” — Chinese Prover
