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New Theory Class for Premium Members

by Steve Eulberg


Dulcimers as if Music Theory Matters


Music Theory as if Dulcimers Matter



Dulcimer Crossing will be offering something new for our Premium Members in 2020.


We'll begin with a 4-week special course taught by Erin Mae and Steve Eulberg on Thursdays.


These will be hour-long, live, interactive sessions beginning at 4 pm PDT | 5 pm MDT | 6 pm CDT | 7 pm EDT on January 2, 16, 30 and February 13.


Then we're lining up other teachers to off…

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Holiday Tune Lessons

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by Steve Eulberg


To help get you into the spirit and to further equip your musicianship, we have several lessons for playing Christmas Holiday tunes on both kinds of dulcimers in several different tunings!

Remember that All Members (DIY, WORKSHOP & MENTOR) have access to ALL the lessons ALL the time! Join Here




Angels We Have Heard On High (Mountain & Hammered) DAA, DAd tunings Key of D Steve Eulberg

Breaking Up Christmas (Mountain) Keys of A and D Tunings: AEa, EAA, DAd…

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Eos, Another Fingerstyle Lesson for Mountain Dulcimer

By Linda Ratcliff



Eos is an original tune by Steve Eulberg. Eos is the goddess of dawn in Greek mythology, and Steve named this tune Eos because he wrote the tune early in the morning. This tune is played fingerstyle, and the lesson is best suited for intermediate to advanced students.



Here Steve plays through the tune for us.





Look at the free overview of this Fingerstyle Lesson here. Remember that members have ALL the ACCESS to ALL the lessons, ALL the time!



You can also enjoy Steve fi…

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Moderato in C

by Linda Ratcliff


Moderato in C was written by Fernando Sor for classical guitarists.


However, the exercise lends itself very well to the mountain dulcimer in the D-A-d tuning or you can retune your dulcimer to C-G-c to keep the piece in its original key.


Watch the intro and demonstration below:





This tune will make a great warm-up exercise for your routine.


Demo the whole lesson series here.


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Award!

by Linda Ratcliff



YAY! WE WON!



Dulcimer Crossing wins Best of San Mateo for Education


Each year, in and around the San Mateo, California, area, the San Mateo Award Program chooses the best local businesses in several categories. They focus on companies that have demonstrated their ability to use various marketing methods to grow their business in spite of difficult economic times. The companies chosen exemplify the best of small business, often leading through customer service and community involvement.

Steve Eulberg, one of the founding owners …

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Musical Advent Devotion featuring dulcimers.

by Steve Eulberg



The season of Advent, the time of preparation before Christmas, is upon us. In the Christian world it begins to and continues until the twelve days of Christmas begin on December 25th.





I have created a series of daily emails with Advent music that you can receive as a focusing accompaniment during this season. And they feature a LOT of dulcimers, too!



Sign Up Here to begin receiving them today!



My dulcimer colleague, Ariane Klauer, from Germany has created another way t…

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Spotted Pony for Hammered Dulcimer!

by Steve Eulberg


At DulcimerCrossing.com we seem to love riding the ponies because here we are, announcing the new hammered dulcimer lesson for this tune, Spotted Pony.


Steve first learned this from Erin Mae Lewis at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield Kansas (mumble, mumble) years ago! It's stepwise and skipping melodic phrases make it a favorite to us in teaching students to play hammered dulcimer.


Here Steve introduces the tune:



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Nylon-String Mountain Dulcimer!

by Steve Eulberg


I am so excited to introduce you to this brand-new instrument. I have been waiting for it for over a year and it is finally here!


Robert Stephens of South Carolina (StephensLutherie.com) has been working with Aaron O'Rourke (of Chattanooga, TN) to develop a new fingerstyle dulcimer that can also work when strung with nylon strings.



Below is my happy introduction of this beauty to you!



Several lessons featuring this instrument for the F…

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Good King Wenceslas

by Steve Eulberg


Just in time for the year-end holidays, Deborah Hamouris provides us with a delightful arrangement and lesson on this lesser-known tune.


Deborah is half of the duo Dulcimates with her spouse Buffalo. They have been playing tunes like this for the Great Dickens Faire in San Francisco for many years. She has prepared an accessible and fun lesson. See the introduction below.



Arranged for two dulcimers, this is also one of the titles in her brand new boo…

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New Fiddle Lesson!

by Steve Eulberg


DulcimerCrossing is excited to announce the release of a new fiddle lesson by our own guru, Vi Wickam.


Spotted Pony is a fun Old-Time Missouri fiddle tune. Vi introduces this tune below.



We also have lessons for this tune for Mountain Dulcimers (Erin Mae) and (Butch Ross), and (Erin Mae & Steve Eulberg on standard and baritone dulcimers) and Hammered Dulcimer, too.


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