The 11th annual Yachats Celtic Music Festival is offering workshops, Saturday,
November 10th at ... Accompanying Traditional Tunes on the Guitar in DADGAD.
Celtic Art, Music, and Culture Workshops Offered
The 11th annual Yachats Celtic Music Festival is offering workshops, Saturday, November 10th at the Yachats Commons(unless otherwise noted); cost is $15-$30 at the door. Phone contact : 541-961-2915. Other events include a fashion show, a labyrinth, concerts, and a crafts fair. Complete info at YachatsCelticMusicFestival.com Celtic knot art
An easy grid system for drawing simple Celtic knots, found in early Irish and English manuscripts. Taught by Anne Merydith. All supplies provided. At the Ladies’ Club 10:00-noon. Bodhrán (Irish frame drum) for the Novice Aoife Clancy, from Ireland, designed this workshop for those who have never played a bodhrán . Participants will receive a handout on the different types of beats, such as reel and jig. Bring a bodhran and tipper. 11:00-noon. Accompanying Traditional Tunes on the Guitar in DADGAD Learn to accompany traditional fiddle music on the guitar in DADGAD tuning. Covers using a pick to create rhythms of traditional dance tunes (jigs, reels) and harmonic language in Irish and Quebecois music, including common chord substitutions – and hearing the chord changes implied in a typical tune. Taught by Dan Compton, from 1-2:00. Other workshops: Round peak-style Fiddle with Lisa Ornstein,11:00-noon; Step Dancing with the Gothard Sisters, 11:00-noon; Celtic Culture Lecture by Seamus Taylor from 1-3:00, Free. Tin Whistle for Beginners with Nick Metcalf, 1:00 at the Ladies’s Club, free. Drop “D” Celtic Guitar with Zac Leger from 3-4:00; Rendering Bagpipe music on Fiddle with Jamie Laval, 3-4:00 at the Little Log Church.
