Lessons in Your Living Room
Dulcimer festivals mean good company, good times, and good workshops where we learn new songs and improve our skills. But schedule conflicts and family responsibilities often have a way of limiting our choices. Even those of us who attend the festivals don’t always have easy access to a dulcimer instructor to reinforce our new skills, and maintain our enthusiasm.
Lessons in Your Living Room is a Mountain Dulcimer lesson subscription service designed for those of you who would like to improve your playing skills, and prefer the convenience and privacy of learning in your own home. Songs and tunes for the lessons are carefully chosen for their pleasing melodies, and their value as instructional tools. Repertoire will be varied to expose students to different styles of music that are fun to play on the dulcimer. Some will be added to your list of favorites, and all will have enhanced your skill as a musician. Each is a "stand-alone" lesson, so you can start at any time. Current subscribers will be able to purchase lessons they may have missed*, at the same price as their monthly lessons.
Each lesson will include an Instructional CD, and tab for all of the following:
- Warm-up exercises
- Instruction for a Novice level arrangement
- Instruction for an Intermediate-Plus arrangement
- Back-up chords
- A duet or harmony part
The Novice, Intermediate-Plus, and harmony tracks on the CD will be played slowly, and up-to-speed.
Your first lesson will also include:
- A free three ring binder and 4-CD holder sleeve
- A reference CD lesson of Dulcimer Basics, which cover:
- Understanding rhythms and right hand strumming techniques
- Left hand chord shapes and fingerings
- Hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides
Having your music, written instructions, and CDs in a single binder, makes it much easier to find and review previous lessons. The Dulcimer Basics lesson and binder are just a small “thank you” for becoming a member of our Lessons in Your Living Room family.
*New!* Want to hear a sample of one of our lessons? Click on “Go to Sample page” at the end of this paragraph. We have posted a track list for our July 2008 lesson “English Country Garden” on the Sample page. Two of these tracks will let you see the printed music and hear the instruction at the same time. One or more tracks will be audio (MP3) only. Go to Sample page.
Subscriptions are for a minimum period of six months. Cost of each lesson is $15.00 per month plus postage. The current rate for First Class postage to U. S. destinations is $2.15. Please e-mail us for rates to destinations outside the U.S. Lessons will be mailed prior to the first day of each month.
Payment may be made by credit card through PayPal by clicking the “Subscribe” button below, or by check to Susan Trump Music. Credit card accounts will utilize PayPal’s subscription service, which charges your credit card on the same day of each month. Lessons will begin the month after receipt of your PayPal subscription or check.
Whether paying by check or Pay Pal, If you need to cancel the subscription at any time, just e-mail or write us with your request.
PayPal subscriptions
$17.15 per month (lesson plus postage)
I look forward to sharing this great American musical tradition with you, and welcome your suggestions or questions. Thanks!