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I'm trying to get my dulcimer group to try some new tunes-with not much luck. They want to stick with their old standbys. Any suggestions?
Celia Whitten Dear Celia: Trying to get people to play new tunes isn't always easy. The best approach I know takes cooperation from everyone: it's the way some churches teach their congregations new hymns. Each jam session would include, perhaps, two new tunes. Someone would teach the tunc. Maybe twenty minutes or a half hour could be devoted to this. At the next meeting the tunes are reviewed and " re-taught. " The next time those two tun es arc reviewed and another tune is introduced. After a bit, th e new tunes become familiar and new tun es are
added one by one. As soon as players recogn ize a tune (and begin to enjoy it) then it will probably be added to the reperto ire. Repetition is the key.
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