My “Sounding Good” Era of Life
Hmmm, I seem to be on a roll these days. While I want everyone who plays hammered dulcimer and autoharp to sound good, those last two words have become my…
Category: Teaching
The 2018 Phoenix Autoharp Retreat
PAR is happening again, on March 4-6, 2019! Click here for a registration form, this year’s topic, and more! On Feb. 4-7, 2018, seven eager autoharpists from Arizona, Oregon, Washington…
My Latest B&B Student
Last week I taught another banner round of B&B lessons to an autoharp student, different again from all the previous students who join me here at home for five days…
The Right String Is Going to Be in There Somewhere (??)
One of my webcam autoharp students began playing melody a couple months ago (after a couple years of singing songs and strumming chords), and the learning curve really got kind…
Testing Theories
Life has become really interesting around here on both the hammered dulcimer and autoharp fronts. I encourage players of both instruments to embrace what I’ve found. Hammered dulcimer: One of…
What did I just say?!
Back on January 14, I said this: “…I thought about a curious statement players sometimes make about my teaching: “She’s trying to make me play like her.” …I desire to…
How Many Autoharp Techniques Can There Be?
Many of you reading this post may be doing so in response to my recent question to the Cyberpluckers (autoharp) forum about how many autoharp techniques I apply when I…
Teaching vs. Teaching, Part II
[one_half] (Excuse me: Yay, Broncos!) I’m still learning how to make Viking knit chain. I made the piece at right in the Broncos’ honor for just a few dollars (the NFL…
Teaching vs. Teaching
In October 2015, I took up a new craft: Viking knit wire jewelry. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a while. Here are two photos of one of my creations: [one_half][/one_half]…