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Kara Barnard is a nationally recognized multi-instrumentalist, instructor, singer/songwriter, and artist.
She is the 2022 Walnut Valley Festival National Mountain Dulcimer contest champion.
On this website you can learn more about her lesson programs, listen to her music, watch some select performances, purchase CD's, view artwork, and find out more about Kara.
Online press information is here
kara's instruction book videos
- Click here for the Mountain Dulcimer Primer videos.
- Click here for Phase One Guitar Primer videos.
- Click here for the Jazz Manouche videos.
- Bluegrass Banjo Primer videos coming soon.
Each set of instructional videos on the "Kara's Music Books" YouTube Channel is its own playlist. Use the links above to get there quickly.
If you find yourself on the main YouTube channel for Kara's Music Books for some reason, you'll see all the videos for all the books. To find just the videos for your book from there, click the "Playlists" tab.
kara's workshop and individual song lesson videos
Click here to access the "Dulcimer Lessons with Kara" YouTube channel.
Contact Kara to request tablature.