Online Mountain Dulcimer Lessons

If you are looking for new ways of continuing your mountain dulcimer journey beyond on-site lessons,
online coaching sessions are a great alternative.

I now offer live lessons online through Skype, so please feel free to contact me if you would like to schedule a lesson. Briefly describe what your goals are for dulcimer lessons, how you discovered my music, and what your current involvement is with the dulcimer community or with music-making in general. My availability varies depending on my work schedule and festival bookings, so we can arrange meeting times on a case-by-case basis in order to meet your needs.

For more information about how to begin online lessons, please see the details listed below.

Contact Me to Schedule Online Lessons

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​Prerequisites

• ​First, take a look at my “How to Play the Mountain Dulcimer” videos and become familiar with the concepts contained in them.
• Explore my other free resources at the Lessons and Tablature page. 
• I also recommend that you obtain a copy of Mountain Dulcimer Wildflowers (digital or print) for building your repertoire.
  
• Our lessons will be conducted in the program Skype; you might have Skype on your computer already, or you can easily obtain the program from www.skype.com or the Apple App Store.
  

Terms and Conditions

• Our lessons will last for about 45 minutes. Each lesson will have a fee of $20 to be submitted through PayPal.
• If a student cancels a lesson within 24 hours of the appointment or if a lesson is interrupted for any reason, the student will receive a 75% refund.
• If you need to cancel a scheduled lesson, please do so more than 24 hours in advance.
• I am overwhelmed by the kindness and good-spiritedness of the mountain dulcimer community as a whole; therefore, I am optimistic that our shared lessons will be positive experiences.
• Lessons may continue to be scheduled at our mutual discretion (i.e. as long as we both feel that our experiences continue to be positive and productive, which they undoubtedly will!).
  
• Appointment times will be provided for the U.S. central time zone.

First Lesson

• ​When you log in for our first session, I will ask you to provide a live demonstration of your best work, a song you're comfortable with that showcases your current skills. Perhaps you can play “The Water is Wide” or one of the basic songs from Mountain Dulcimer Wildflowers.
• After your demonstration, we will identify about three skills for you to work on until next week (or our next agreed-upon time) and possibly select a new song for you to practice.
• We will also discuss what musical styles and skills you would like to explore in future lessons.