Mountain Dulcimer
Holly Tannen
1:15–2:15Canopy Above & Behind Kitchen, Camp 1
Fun on one string! The Appalachian dulcimer is one of the easiest stringed instruments to play. We’ll learn the old style, melody and drones, major and minor tunings, strumming and fingerpicking, simple chords, and how to play with other instruments. I’ll have a few dulcimers you can learn on in class.
About Holly Tannen
Holly holds an M.A., Folklore from the Department of Anthropology, U.C. Berkeley, where her Master’s Thesis was entitled That’s No’ a Story, Laddie, that’s a Song! Traditional Ballads as Free-Phrase Prose Narratives among the Travelling People of Scotland
Holly taught herself mountain dulcimer int he 1960s and has devoted herself to making it easily accessible to everyone. Holly’s new CD is entitled Eat Your Triceratops.