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Steve Eulberg - Hammered & Mountain Dulcimer
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Adopting Popular Music to Play on the Hammered Dulcimer (Intermediate) You will gain tools for adapting popular music for intermediate hammered dulcimer players focusing on signature licks, moving basslines, melody and rich chord support, and moving bass-lines featuring: "Isn’t She Lovely", "What a Wonderful World", "Jolene", "My Girl" and more as time allows. Class text is 50 First Songs to Play on Mountain Dulcimer, published by Hal Leonard. Arrangements are availble at [bit.ly/First50Songs] and many other online locations. |
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Playing Blues on the Hammered Dulcimer (Intermediate) Dominant 7th Chords, Pentatonic Minor Scales, 12 Bar Blues are key tools to play blues, and they are ALL available to us on the hammered dulcimer. In this class we’ll get our grip on these tools and take them for a spin! |
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Beginning Fingerstyle Foundations for Mountain Dulcimer (Adv. Beginner) You are ready to go “pickless” and experience the gentler side of dulcimer playing. Whether you use 3 fingers or a thumb plus 2 fingers, we will find a right hand home position and some picking patterns to help you quickly provided chord accompaniment for the songs you know and love. |
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"Smile-inducing, toe-tapping, thought-provoking folkgrass" is how reviewers describe award-winning instrumentalist and songwriter Steve Eulberg's music. "I live for the aha! experiences that people have and am dedicated to helping people enjoy their musical explorations on their instruments and share them with others," Eulberg says. Students respond enthusiastically to his engaging style and warm sense of humor, making him in demand at festivals across the USA. Awarded 5 times in the national mountain dulcimer contest at Winfield, he is also a multiple finalist in the national hammered dulcimer contest. His music has been included in the Masters of the Mountain Dulcimer Compilations, Great Players of the Mountain Dulcimer, and has been featured on PBS' RoadTrip Nation, United Airlines Inflight Audio and NPR. With over 20 recordings to his credit, he is active in the San Francisco Chapter of NARAS (Grammys), Local 1000 AFM (Traveling Musicians), Eulberg owns Owl Mountain Music, Inc., and is co-owner and teacher at dulcimercrossing.com |
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