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The Dulcimer Crossing Teachers

Our 18 teachers and 40 workshop leaders have decades of experience, they span multiple generations and instruments and come from all over the country (and Germany!).  They bring a wide range of dulcimer expertise to the community in order to enrich and equip our playing of the sweet music through their filmed lessons in over 220 courses.

Meet our Teachers

Upcoming Live Workshops

Roxanne McDaniel

Thursday, April 3rd
5 pm MST (1 hr)

Learning to Play "The Necessary Waltz" (1 hr)

Waltzes are beautiful tunes and there are many ways you can embellish them. In this worksop, we will look at ways to dress up these slower tunes as we explore "The Necessary Waltz". This is an original piece by Roxanne McDaniel built around some of her personal favorite techniques.

This is a mountain dulcimer-focused workshop with hammered dulcimer translation.

A mountain dulcimer-focused workshop

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Helena Hallberg

Thursday, May 22nd
5 pm MST (1 hr) 

Dulcimer as Accompaniment for Singing


Discover the joy of pairing your voice with the Appalachian dulcimer in Helena Hallberg's workshop. "Dulcimer as Accompaniment for Singing" introduces simple techniques to create supportive melodies, allowing participants to experience the dulcimer's natural ability to enhance their vocal performances.


A mountain dulcimer-focused workshop

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Mick Doherty

Thursday, June 26th
5 pm MST (1 hr) 

Useful Techniques for Efficient Practice

We’ll use this great melody to explore a few useful techniques for efficiently working on a new tune: finding comfortable bridge crossings; it may be counter intuitive, but we progress more quickly by playing slowly; we can measure our progress by use of a metronome. If you’re ever on a schedule, this will help!

A  hammered dulcimer-focused workshop

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Upcoming Extended Workshops

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Bells & Whistles: Hammered Dulcimer Day
Saturday, March 8th, 2025

featuring: Karen Ashbrook, Colin Beasley, Tina Bergmann, Ken Kolodner, Mary Lynn Michal, Stephen Humphries

Registration Is OPEN!

Special Events

Youth Dulcimer Club Concert 7 pm CST (= 8 pm EST, 6 pm CST, 5 pm PST)

Co-sponsored by DulcimerCrossing.com and Youth Dulcimer Club

Anne H.
Newly Retired
Join in the Fun!
Dulcimer Crossing – a platform this new mountain dulcimer and hammered dulcimer (yes, both at the same time – ah, retirement!) to suit my learning. It rounds out my local and regional opportunities for in-person learning and jamming. The member community provides a wide-variety of support and courses along the way – just when and where I’m ready for it. I’ve designed and implemented websites for several small community organizations. I’ve been involved in adult education in the corporate tech world as well as in the community. I know what kind of effort this takes. I say to the Dulcimer Crossing team – Job Well Done !!!! To everyone else – Join in the Fun !!!
Joshua Messick
National Hammered Dulcimer Champion, 2003
Helped Me Understand My Instrument
I'm a national champion, have been playing the dulcimer for 18 years, and I never want to stop learning the dulcimer. Steve's teaching helped me understand my instrument better and his clear, planned explanations helped me comprehend quickly. Some teachers only teach tunes and fail to teach the instrument. Steve does both effectively. I highly recommend Dulcimer Crossing.
Rob Machin
United Kingdom
"Warm and supportive community..."
DulcimerCrossing has been a wonderful part of my journey learning the mountain dulcimer. The platform Steve and the other teachers have created offers excellent lessons that make learning easy and fun. I've learned so much and grown as a musician by using it. What I value most is the sense of being part of a warm and supportive community of fellow learners—it truly makes me feel like I belong. Each session brings me joy and a deeper love for the instrument. I highly recommend DulcimerCrossing to anyone eager to learn the dulcimer in a friendly environment.
DulcimerCrossing Student
1st Video is Worth...
...the first month's payment. I just signed up for Dulcimer Crossing yesterday afternoon. Just wanted to let you know that your lesson on Celtic Music – Reels – Video 1 was worth the entire month’s payment! I had been finding my I, IV, V chords by jumping all over the dulcimer ,finding the box for each chord – i.e. using the D box for D, the G box for G and the A box for A. What a revelation to discover that by using your shape diagrams, I can easily find all three chords in the same area on the dulcimer! Thank you so much!
DulcimerCrossing Student
DulcimerCrossing Student
Improves My Playing
I have improved my playing since I joined Dulcimer Crossing.  I have also added your information to the INFO Board  at the Music Studio where I bought my dulcimers. Thanks for your help. I appreciate it since there are no groups around here to play with and no teachers.
Elizabeth M
Bells & Whistles Hammered Dulcimer Day participant
Best online workshop
Steve and Erin Mae: this is by far the best online workshop I’ve ever taken. THANK YOU!

How Do We Learn Music?

The 4 Pillars of Learning

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How Do I Work?

Pillar 2:

How Does My Instrument Work?

Pillar 3:

How Does Music Work?

Pillar 4:

How Does Music Work on My Instrument?

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It all started with a dream…

In 2007, my husband and I were living in St. Thomas, preparing to move back to the states.
We planned to settle in Franklin, TN, 30 miles south of Nashville, and open a dulcimer store at “The Factory,” a historic building that was once a stove factory but...

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