Introduction to the Mandolin w/ Glenn Weiser at The Parlor Room

Name: Introduction to the Mandolin w/ Glenn Weiser at The Parlor Room
Start: 2025-09-15T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-15T20:30:00-04:00
Location: 32 Masonic St, Northampton, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01060

Schedule

Mon Sep 15 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

32 Masonic St, Northampton, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01060 | Northampton, MA

Introduction to the Mandolin with Glenn Weiser at The Parlor Room
9/15, 9/22, 9/29, 10/6
Workshop: 7:00pm
BUNDLE PRICE: $125 (includes all fees)
DROP-IN PRICE: $36 (includes all fees)
Max Capacity: 15
Minimum: 4
The mandolin is one of the most versatile and easy to learn of the fretted instruments. It is commonly heard in folk, country, bluegrass, Celtic music, old-time, and even Delta blues. In this course, Glenn Weiser, a multi-instrumental teacher with 40 years’ experience, will get you started on the mandolin. Topics covered will include how to read tablature and music notation, basic chords in the principal keys used in acoustic music, and the fundamentals of pick technique and the tremolo. After boning up on the basics, you will play easy folk melodies in the keys of C, G, D, A, and Am, Em, and Dm. You will also learn some basics of music theory as it’s applied to
mandolin-the concepts of the I, IV and V chords, and how scales and modes are constructed. Worksheets will be provided at no extra charge.
Instructor Bio:
Glenn Weiser studied classical guitar in high school with Maestro Paul Battat, and later fingerstyle guitar with ragtime guitarist Eric Schoenberg. He also received instruction on mandolin from John McGann of the Berklee College of Music and pointers on blues harmonica from Jerry Portnoy, formerly of the Muddy Waters Blues Band. Now based in Connecticut, Glenn has taught students of all ages and levels how to play guitar, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, fiddle, ukulele, and electric bass for over 40 years. Acoustic Guitar magazine has called him a “master teacher.” The styles he teaches include folk, bluegrass, blues, Celtic music, old-time string band music, classical guitar, fingerstyle guitar, and classic rock. Glenn is the author of nine books on fingerstyle guitar and six books on harmonica, and has written for Acoustic Guitar and Sing Out! magazines. He has performed at festivals, coffeehouses, and other venues in the Northeast, and has two CDs of fingerstyle guitar music available. Glenn is ranked among harmonica.com’s 100 Top Musicians. He is also the admin of Facebook’s Celtic Guitar Group and the Bluegrass, Country and Old-Time Harmonica group.
Glenn is also available for private lessons in Northampton to students of all levels on the above-named instruments and styles. Contact him at 413-455-9215 or at [email protected] Website: www.celticguitarmusic.com