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Singing String Music Studio
Singing String Music Studio
Singing String Music Studio
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Bio
Compositions
Instrument pages
Jim and Maggi Dalton (Singing String Music)
Studio/Lessons
Music Theory
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World Music
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SINGING STRING MUSIC
studio in SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS
Jim & Maggi Dalton, Co-Owners, Instructors
serving the North Shore & Boston
Mailing address:
203 Washington St. #263 Salem MA 01970
phone: 978-744-4833
LESSONS ON / IN
GUITAR
MANDOLIN
BANJO
BOUZOUKI
MANDOCELLO
TIN WHISTLE
UKE
THEORY
EAR TRAINING
IMPROVISATION
COMPOSITION
Primary Instructor: Jim Dalton
Associate Instructor: Maggi Smith-Dalton
As a performer, Jim specializes in historical and ethnic playing styles on a variety of plucked string instruments. Students may take lessons which focus on one or more of these styles, or lessons of a more general nature.
Together, Maggi and Jim Dalton have performed throughout the USA, in concert programs, artistic residencies, and as performer/educators.
See their main site: Singing String Music: Performance, Production, and Publishing for more information.
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Jim is on the faculty of The Boston Conservatory, teaching music theory, ear training and world music courses for both the Music Theory and Music Education Departments.
His background includes teaching positions at:
University of Idaho Lionel Hampton School of Music (ID) Merrimack College (MA) Fitchburg State (MA) Philadelphia College (PA) Georgian Court College (NJ)
Cumberland County College (NJ) Indian Hill Music (MA) Hill House Community Music Academy (MA) and numerous community music schools over the past two decades.
He has taught for the National Guitar Workshop, and is currently on the faculty of the Cape Cod Festival of Mandolins.
He has written articles for Blues Revue Magazine and is the author of Mandolin for Beginners, published by Workshop Arts, Inc./Alfred Publishing.
Recent Music Theory Research:
In 2004-2005 Jim received a MACRO research grant (Univ. of Wisconsin) to study and analyze palindromic compositions in the concert music repertoire and presented this work at the 2005 Macro Musician's Workshop in Madison WI.
Jim Dalton plays and endorses the Phoenix Neoclassical Mandolin
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ORDER JIM'S BOOK HERE....
Jim's book, Mandolin for Beginners, has been published by Alfred Publishing (and National Guitar Workshop)
It's available online and in retail stores both nationally and internationally.
You can learn everything from how to hold/ tune a mandolin, how read tablature and strum -- to reading music, tremolo techniques, improvising.
It's full of interesting tunes and practical advice. There's a CD in it, so you can hear as well as read all the good stuff in the book.
48 pages Book & CD
Order it online: NGW Store
copyright 1997-2005 Jim & Maggi Dalton
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Member, Salem (MA) Chamber of Commerce *** Singing String Music (Jim and Maggi Dalton) 
