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Karen Tweed day workshop, October 2010

This workshop took simple strong melodies from the folk music genre and explored the possibilities of harmony, countermelody, rhythmic and emotive devices.  From polka to polska, waltz to tango and beyond - we were guided through a dynamic range of ideas to take away and implement in our own music.

At the end of the day we put everything together - you can listen to the result!

Here's some of the feedback:
  • The Dance Café is a good venue, and Karen had us all playing to the top of our ability. Well Done. 
  • Very well run. Excellent balance between fun/crowd control.
  • Excellent.  (Exhausting)
  • Really fab day – fun, challenging and a sense of achievement – felt like we all tried something different. 
  • Best yet. I didn’t know Karen before today. So enthusiastic and arrangement was great. Thanks for arranging. 
  • Very enjoyable and informative day.
  • Brilliant, absolutely great tutor! Learnt loads.  Needs to be publicised better.
  • Very enjoyable day, I learnt a lot. 
  • Great fun, great tunes, great crowd and great ideas to take away. 
  • I am always at a bit of a loss as to how to add accompaniments to make tunes more interesting so wanted to find out how Karen would do it. I found the workshop incredibly useful and helpful and had great fun.  Thanks to a superb teacher!
  • Super tunes.  All good stuff
  • Excellent workshop. I learned a lot of new things about arranging tunes and will be using them with my band. Thanks for arranging it. More please. 
  • Brilliant, inspiring and charismatic teaching. Great Fun!
  • Loved it. Great arrangement. Brilliant for fiddles to get rhythm section for a while.  Karen is a great workshop leader and well thought out.  5 hours flew by!