Connecting to Folk Music with David Seay

Description

 For all ages.
90-minute workshop
Limited to 150 mile radius of Avoca, Nebraska

It has been said that folk music is the “music of the people”. Join David as he provides the folks in your group with opportunities to have hands-on experience creating and performing their own original folk song. One by one,David will demonstrate a traditional instrument. such as harmonica, mountain dulcimer, ukulele, and spoons. Encouraging volunteers to join the fun, he’ll introduce simple playing techniques in the process of forming an impromptu band. The band will play some very easy traditional American folk songs while the rest of the group sings along.    Next, David will guide the group in brainstorming and creating a few lines of lyrics inspired by the group’s locality. A simple melody will be composed with a different individual volunteering each melodic line of the song. By the end of the session the group will be performing its own original composition. Discussion and questions will be encouraged throughout the workshop. The session will wrap up with more Q&A.  Participants are encouraged to bring their own C tuned ukuleles or 10 hole diatonic harmonicas in the key of C. This workshop works best when everyone has a harmonica in their hands. David can provide harmonicas at a cost of $4 each, invoiced to th sponsor after the session.