Description
Session Survival Skills Online Workshop Series
with Mel Biggs
Across 3 online workshops, you’ll learn:
- To play more confidently in sessions
- Easy hacks for picking up tunes by ear
- How to wean yourself off sheet music
- How to join in when you don’t know the tune
- Ways to contribute more than just the melody
Suitable for all instruments & abilities.
These workshops were conducted live via Zoom in July 2026. They have been made available to you on demand as recordings.
Catch up with the recordings in your own time. Watch and repeat as many times as you need.
Access them by purchasing this block of classes here on my website. Create a username and password at checkout to login to the portal.
Payment
Card payments are handled via Stripe and will incurr a small payment processing fee.
Includes recordings & handouts
Who it’s for
All instruments and abilities welcome. Anyone who wants to improve their confidence and ability to join in at folk music sessions.
How it works
IMPORTANT: Make sure to tick the box at checkout to receive emails from me when you enrol on this block of classes.
This triggers an automated email directing you to ‘The Melodeon Zone’ – your personal learning space here on my website.
This is where class recordings, handouts and any other relevant materials will be posted after each live class.
You can access The Zone 24/7, 365 days a year from wherever you are in the world – as long as you have internet access!
FAQs
How long will I have access to ‘The Melodeon Zone’ for?
You have lifetime access to the materials relevant to the class block(s) you purchase via your user account.
Read more about the motivation behind Mel’s design of this workshop
Check out Mel’s Patreon shop for more folk music education tutorials
Check out Mel’s other blocks of online classes for improver, intermediate & advanced players
Polly Stirzaker (verified owner) –
Mel let us in on all the trade secrets. Makes session playing so much more accessible.
Sally Rice (verified owner) –
Very encouraging approach to access session playing. Loved Mel’s joyous delivery.
Eleanore Duncan-Pitt (verified owner) –
I was sad to be unable to join any of the sessions live but Mel’s catch up materials, and her warm personable delivery completely make up for that. As a mostly flute playing occasional melodeon player there was plenty of relevance in these tutorials. My brain was challenged by lesson 2 as chords aren’t something that I’ve paid much attention to but now am inspired to really dig into that subject. I also really appreciated the insight into modes in session 3. All 3 sessions have given me take-aways in terms of my own approach to sessions but also made me think more about how to ask for help in sessions. Thank you Mel!