TRACK 1: Tuesday evenings
7:30pm – 9:00pm Eastern Time (except for first class, which will be 7:30- 9:30 Eastern)
Feb 22; Mar 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; Apr 5, 12
TRACK 2: Wednesday afternoons
3:00pm – 4:30pm Eastern Time (except for first class, which will be 3:00- 5:00 Eastern)
Feb 23; Mar 2, 9, 16, 23, 30'; Apr 6, 13
Mystery of Modes gives you a deeper understanding of modes in music. Explore characteristic sounds and basic chord progressions of six modes. Get lots of hands-on playing after instruction in using basic improvisation within each mode, changing a tune from one mode to another, and more.
The purchase price includes attendance to all eight sessions, music and charts used in the course, weekly audio recordings by Karen, and a Zoom recording of the completed series.
Open to everyone. $350.
Open to everyone. Completing the evaluation form and the assignments prior to each week’s session earns 20 continuing education units (CEUs) for CMPs. Graduates of other therapeutic music training programs can earn 12-20 CEUs.
In order to provide each attendee with the best experience during the webinar, if you don’t know, or have forgotten, the answers to any of the questions below, you are Required to register for a Music Terminology Brush-up, 75-minute workshop, taught by Karen Ashbrook, prior to the Mystery of Modes webinar.
Date: February 13, 4:00 – 5:15 p.m. Eastern
CMPs and graduates of other therapeutic music training programs earn 1.25 CEUs
Cost $10 for Mystery of Modes participants
Questions:
What is "diatonic" vs "chromatic"?
What is a chord "progression," a "ground" or "bassline"?
Do you know the difference between a major and minor triad?
Between whole steps and half steps?
What is the Circle of Fifths?
If you cannot attend live on the date that the Music Terminology Brush-up webinar is taught, you must still register and view the recording*. Everyone who attends the Music Terminology Brush-up webinar will receive the recording link.
*Note that attending live you will be able to ask questions.
To receive the reduced cost of $10, you must include the Music Terminology Brush-up webinar option when you register for the Mystery of Modes webinar. This webinar will be offered to those not attending the Mystery of Modes classes for $25 entitled “Basic Music Theory Review”.
Each week’s session lasts 90 minutes (note: Week 1 is a 2–hour session.). Karen will provide an audio recording for practice purposes prior to each week’s session; video recordings are provided for hammered dulcimer players. Each student will be assigned one session to play about 5 minutes for the class review from the previous week's topic, allowing everyone to hear different interpretations and the sounds of each mode on different types of instruments.
Week 1 : Introductions, Pentatonic scales for Major/Ionian, Dorian, Native American flute scale (minor pentatonic), the Indian raga Hamsadhwani, and the Japanese Hirajoshi minor pentatonic scales.
Week 2: What is a mode? What are the 7 modes in music? Major/Ionian scale and basic chord progressions; simple improvising ideas based on chords.
Week 3: Mixolydian scale and basic chord progression; how to change a tune from Major to Mixolydian.
Week 4: Dorian scale and two basic chord progressions. How are the Dorian and Mixolydian modes related? What is the difference between Dorian and Aeolian?
Week 5: Aeolian/natural minor, harmonic minor, and melodic minor scales and basic chord progressions.
Week 6: How does switching modes change the melody and chord progression? Lydian scale and basic chord progressions.
Week 7: Phrygian and Dominant Phrygian basic scales and chord progressions.
Week 8: How to tell what mode a tune is in. Overview and review of the entire course.
This is an integrated experience, with each week’s session building on those that came before. Workshops are not offered separately. Get more details on the weekly class syllabus and assignments➚ on Karen Ashbrook’s website.
“This is the best workshop I've ever attended. ... Essential concepts and building blocks were presented in a variety of learning styles, providing a wealth of ideas and inspiration to carry forward!” - Bill F. See more testimonials➚ on Karen Ashbrook’s website.
A PDF booklet of the course music and charts will be emailed for download in advance. You will receive the Zoom recording of the complete series of the webinars, the weekly audio recordings sent by the instructor, and videos to illustrate hammering for dulcimer players.
Your instructor is Karen Ashbrook, CMP. Karen brings over 40 years of experience playing the dulcimer around the world in many styles to her therapeutic music. Currently, she works as an Artist in Residence as part of the Arts & Humanities Program➚ at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and in the Stages of Healing at Walter Reed Medical Center at the Bethesda Naval Base. Learn more about Karen➚ on her website.
Important notices you agree to:
The webinar registration form and payment must be received by 5:00pm EST Feb 19
I must participate in playing/singing at least one example.
I will set up a free Zoom account for the webinar (facilitator will send instructions).
I must complete the class evaluation form at the end of the webinar to receive the take-home information.
When you register, you will be asked if you are flexible in your choice of time track. If you are able to attend either track’s dates and times, you might be contacted close to the first week’s class to specify which of the tracks is more beneficial for the class balance of attendance.
Late registration: To avoid a late fee of $15.00, you must register no later than 10 days prior to the start date.
Cancellation: If MHTP cancels this webinar because of too few participants or any other reason, all participants will be notified via email and will receive a full refund. If a participant must cancel, that participant should immediately notify MHTP. If a participant cancels more than one week in advance of the first workshop, a full refund will be given. If a participant cancels less than one week in advance (after 7:30pm EST Feb 15 for Track 1, after 3:00pm Feb 16 for Track 2), no refund will be given, because last-minute cancellations could make the number of participants too small for a webinar to be viable.
Last call: Registrations will close at 5:00pm EST Feb 19.