Song Interpretation and Accompaniment - Brian Peters Taking a song and making it your own while assimilating traditional style and keeping the audience riveted. Developing accompaniments that enhance, rather than detract from, the song itself, using guitar, squeezebox or other instruments. They will teach the construction of harmony. Dave Webber Songbook and Song Construction - Dave Webber Dave will approach song writing using demonstration and discussion. His topics will include how we find songs, what lights them up for us, how we adapt them to our own style and the use of poetry as song.
Some songs have accompanying dances.
Tim Lyons Tim will teach and sing songs from Great Britain and Ireland by oral imitation. He will describe the melody, talk about melodic decoration and teach the decoration. Intermediate Banjo - Cathy Barton Emphasizing Midwestern fiddle tunes for frailing banjo. An introduction to fiddle playing. Northern English Tunes for Melodeon, Concertina and other instruments - Brian Peters Exploration of English dance tunes from 18th and 19th century manuscripts, now being revived and gaining popularity.