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Special Gatherings | Distinctive Lectures | Literary/Performance Arts, Film | Music
Dance | Human Arts | Youth Program | Visual Arts
View the Common Ground on the Hill Catalog as a PDF HERE.
Beginning Tin Whistle
Tin whistle is one of the oldest, most portable and least complicated instruments in traditional music. Ever wish you could play it? Multi-instrumentalist Liza DiSavino will show you how by teaching the fundamentals of the instrument such as proper fingering, breathing technique, and embouchure-mouth position. A repertoire of fun and easy to-play tunes from the American and Celtic traditions will be covered. Whistles in the key of D are required, and will be sold at the Common Ground on the Hill store. Skill Level A Period 3 ~ Liza DiSavino
Tin whistle is one of the oldest, most portable and least complicated instruments in traditional music. Ever wish you could play it? Multi-instrumentalist Liza DiSavino will show you how by teaching the fundamentals of the instrument such as proper fingering, breathing technique, and embouchure-mouth position. A repertoire of fun and easy to-play tunes from the American and Celtic traditions will be covered. Whistles in the key of D are required, and will be sold at the Common Ground on the Hill store. Skill Level A Period 3 ~ Liza DiSavino
Blues Harmonica
Join Rhonda Rucker as she teaches the fundamentals of playing blues on the harmonica. Students will start out learning how to get single, clear notes, then quickly progress to 12-bar blues. Then the class will expand to techniques such as chugging, bending notes, and trills. Rhonda will teach blues riffs and help students begin to improvise. Bring a working diatonic harmonica (something like a Marine Band) in the key of A for this class. If you have other keys, bring them for jams. A portable recorder is not necessary, but it can be helpful. Skill Level A Period 3 ~ Rhonda Rucker
Join Rhonda Rucker as she teaches the fundamentals of playing blues on the harmonica. Students will start out learning how to get single, clear notes, then quickly progress to 12-bar blues. Then the class will expand to techniques such as chugging, bending notes, and trills. Rhonda will teach blues riffs and help students begin to improvise. Bring a working diatonic harmonica (something like a Marine Band) in the key of A for this class. If you have other keys, bring them for jams. A portable recorder is not necessary, but it can be helpful. Skill Level A Period 3 ~ Rhonda Rucker
Melodica
Good things come in small packages. Like the ocarina and the penny whistle, the melodica [ME-LŌ-DI-CA] is an instrument you can have as much fun with as you want, and then if you wish, go on to master it, playing everything from blues to Bach. Beginners will find it wonderfully accessible, while singers, piano players, harmonica players, accordionists, and organists will be surprised at how familiar the territory is (and finally an instrument that a keyboardist can jam on!). Students should bring a melodica, which they can order through most music stores if they don’t already have them in stock. They can also be purchased at the Common Ground on the Hill store. Come and learn how to play this fun instrument – one you can carry away, and be carried away by as well. Skill Level A Period 4 ~ A.J. Bodnar
Good things come in small packages. Like the ocarina and the penny whistle, the melodica [ME-LŌ-DI-CA] is an instrument you can have as much fun with as you want, and then if you wish, go on to master it, playing everything from blues to Bach. Beginners will find it wonderfully accessible, while singers, piano players, harmonica players, accordionists, and organists will be surprised at how familiar the territory is (and finally an instrument that a keyboardist can jam on!). Students should bring a melodica, which they can order through most music stores if they don’t already have them in stock. They can also be purchased at the Common Ground on the Hill store. Come and learn how to play this fun instrument – one you can carry away, and be carried away by as well. Skill Level A Period 4 ~ A.J. Bodnar
Native American Flute & Flute Playing
Become part of an immensely rich and ageless musical tradition. In this introductory class, you will have the unique opportunity to learn from two traditional masters of the Native American flute community. Basic fingering techniques, ancient traditions, and “flute-flosophy” will all be covered in this course. With a little luck, your Native Flute will be playing you in no time. Sakim’s music can be heard in several films, NPR clips and in numerous filmed interviews. See the related Native American Flute Making in Week 2. Period 3 ~ Sakim, Robin Tillery
Become part of an immensely rich and ageless musical tradition. In this introductory class, you will have the unique opportunity to learn from two traditional masters of the Native American flute community. Basic fingering techniques, ancient traditions, and “flute-flosophy” will all be covered in this course. With a little luck, your Native Flute will be playing you in no time. Sakim’s music can be heard in several films, NPR clips and in numerous filmed interviews. See the related Native American Flute Making in Week 2. Period 3 ~ Sakim, Robin Tillery