Jordan- What level are you playing at? Did you just start the instrument? Are you trying to get into more difficult pieces? Do you have a teacher right now?

I have to concur with Rosalind concerning Klickstein’s book–great reference material!

Jerusha

Ask your teacher if she has a copy of Salzedo’s article on successful practicing. It will guide you well. It has been republished at least once in the American Harp Journal, I think, so if you check their online index, you should be able to find it in your library.

The main key is drilling, ten correct repetitions of each tiny unit of music, two beats or more. The key to making that successful is paying attention, being thoughtful, mindful of what you are doing. There are many approaches. You can take any aspect of the music and focus on that. You can focus on one finger at a time. You can focus only on movement.

Debussy is the hardest composer to practice well. There are not a lot of notes, but so much is happening. The Variations are a little more obvious.

You can practice for rhythm, dynamics, voicing, counterpoint, tone quality, finger action, position, evenness, removing effort, strength, quietness, legato, sostenuto, etc.

Or are you just talking about your callouses when you say practice tips?

In between repetitions of difficult passages try closing your eyes and hearing in your mind how you want the music to sound, try feeling the spatial relationships between chord tones away from the harp, and also try singing the intervals in chords,