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Lynne Aspnes teaches how to create beautiful harmonics on the harp.

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Learn how to build minor triads and identify the sound between major and minor.

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Sarah Bullen teaches the cadenza from "Waltz of the Flowers," from "The Nutcracker" by Tchaikovsky, to harpist Catherine Litaker.

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Listen to June Han's performance and learn how to play the first section of "Au Bord du Ruisseau," by Henriette Renié.

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Maria Luisa Rayan teaches how to close and play thumbs to get the best sound.

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Lynne Aspnes discusses the iconic harp and choir work "A Ceremony of Carols," by Benjamin Britten.

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In this tutorial Cindy shows how to use and understand harmony to spice up your arrangements.

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Jaymee Haefner teaches how to build beautiful tone production.

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Learn how to improvise using the Lydian mode.

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Learn about the harp's role in traditional Irish music.

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Isabelle Perrin teaches how to play the classic "Petite Berceuse" by Alphonse Hasselmans.

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Learn Maeve Gilchrist's ostinato exercises for improvisation.

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Learn Bridget Kibbey's tricks for using the metronome to build a steady internal pulse.

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Amanda Whiting teaches how to start improvising using the key of C Major.

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Sunita Staneslow teaches how to play "Angel's Hymn," by Rhett Barnwell.

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Members of the Dallas Harp Quartet perform and discuss First Arabesque, by Claude Debussy.

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Learn Kim Robertson's exercises for strengthening one finger.

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In this lesson Lynne Aspnes teaches how to sit at the harp for ergonomic playing.

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Learn how to create basic left-hand accompaniment patterns to make your first arrangement.

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Amanda Whiting teaches how to find your personal sound and begin improvising on a lever or pedal harp.

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Deborah Henson-Conant teaches how to create an introduction to "Baroque Flamenco" not found in the printed music.

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Elzbieta Szmyt performs and teaches "Concert Etude" from "Graded Recital Series Volume One," by Susann McDonald and Linda Wood.

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Alice Giles teaches how to play with a louder sound.

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Learn basic note values in 4/4 time.

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Tristan Le Govic gives an introduction to Breton music and how to learn from his tutorials on Harp Column Academy.

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Learn what the 4/4 and 6/8 time signatures mean.

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In this lesson Cindy introduces how to get started creating your own arrangement using the traditional folk tune "The Water is Wide."

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In this lesson on how to practice, expert Rachel Lee Hall shows how to put purpose into your practice to achieve results.

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Isabelle Perrin teaches how to build beautiful tone production.

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In this lesson Jaymee discusses how to make a plan to focus on what you want to work on.

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Learn how to move smoothly from one chord to the next.

Elzbieta Szmyt performs and teaches "Russian Lullaby" from "Graded Recital Series Volume Three," by Susann McDonald and Linda Wood.

In this lesson master teacher Lynne Aspnes teaches how to prepare "Procession" from Benjamin Britten's "A Ceremony of Carols" for harp and choir.

Learn how to create major and minor scales using key signatures.

Jaymee Haefner teaches how to play "Little Fountain," by Samuel O. Pratt.

In this lesson Amanda Whiting shows how to take your knowledge of modes and soundscapes to build the basic "blues" chord progression.

Learn how to build major and minor triads using intervals.

Lynne Aspnes teaches how to trill.

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Amanda Whiting teaches how to start improvising using the key of C Major.

Learn how to play the four traditional Irish modes.

Learn to play the traditional Irish jib "Flying to the Fleadh."

Learn how to arrange in an Irish style in Part 2 of Grainne's series on Irish style.

In this lesson Cindy shows how to create a simple introduction using her music "Angelica" and "I Wonder as I Wander."

Learn Kim Robertson's technique for adding chord vamps.

Learn note values in 6/8.

Tristan Le Govic performs and teaches the traditional Breton march " Y a bien longtemps que nous marchons."

Learn Maeve Gilchrist's technique for accompanying using arpeggios.

Learn to play a basic I, IV, V, I chord progression.

Practice the treble with a close up demonstration of Gráinne's technique.

Jaymee Haefner shows how to use the "Performer's Triangle" to evaluate your playing and become a more confident performer.

Isabelle Perrin teaches how to play "Merry-Go-Round," by Marcel Grandjany.

Learn the difference between Classical and Celtic hand position in this tutorial on basic posture.

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Listen to June Han's performance and learn how to play the first section of "Au Bord du Ruisseau," by Henriette Renié.

Jaymee Haefner teaches the technique for playing with a flat left hand, also known as "etoufée."

Learn to play "Summertime" from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, part 1.

Go beyond major and minor to build diminished and augmented triads, the building blocks for 7th chords.

Sarah Bullen teaches how to play the cadenza from "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra," by Britten to harpist Jordan Thomas.

Tristan Le Govic performs and teaches the traditional Breton danse " Tri c’hemener" ("The Three Tailors").

Tristan Le Govic performs and teaches the traditional Breton tune "Ton Bale."

Learn strategies for discussing financial compensation with churches and wedding clients.

Kim Robertson teaches how to create left-hand "drones" to embellish your own arrangements.

Nicole Brady teaches how to play "Minuet 1" by J.S. Bach from Suzuki Harp School, Vol. 2.

Members of the Dallas Harp Quartet perform and discuss Song in the Night, by Carlos Salzedo.

Learn how to add the minor ii chord.

Lynne Aspnes teaches how to prepare the attacca movements from "A Ceremony of Carols," by Benjamin Britten.

Learn how to create minor 7th chords in this introductory video from jazz harpist Park Stickney.

Lynne Aspnes teaches how to play "The Foggy Dew," from "First Harp Book," arranged by Betty Paret.

Judy Loman teaches Heloise Carlean-Jones how to play the "Danses," by Claude Debussy.

Alice Giles teaches the ergonomics of how and why to raise.

Kim Robertson teaches how to strengthen multiple fingers on the harp.

Maeve Gilchrist teaches the folk tune "Hospitality of Jane" from her collection "Traditional Tune Arrangements and Original Compositions for the Lever Harp, Book 1."

Members of the Dallas Harp Quartet perform and discuss the Andante-Allegro (mvt. 1) from Concerto in B-flat by G.F. Handel.

Cindy shows how to use chord voicings and moods to create introductions for her music "Lullaby" and "Carillon Wave."

Jaymee Haefner teaches how to tune.

Nicole Brady teaches how to improve tone production at the harp.

June Han teaches how to play the "Allegro" section (beginning at rehearsal 2) from Maurice Ravel's "Introduction and Allegro."

Isabelle Perrin teaches how and why to muffle the strings.

Learn how to play the "Highland March" from the beggar's opera "Oscar and Malvina."

Tristan Le Govic performs and teaches the traditional Breton tune "Toutouig."

Learn how to count in 4/4 time.

Nicole Brady teaches the hand position for playing fingers individually.

Learn about the different kinds of 7th chords and how to build them.

Learn how to play Kim Robertson's arrangement of the folk tune "Vals," by Vidar Skrede.

Kim Robertson teaches how to play and practice large intervals on a lever harp.

In this course Judy Loman teaches Heloise Carlean-Jones how to play the "Danses," by Claude Debussy.

Learn Rhett's tools for staying calm while playing in church.

Alice Giles teaches how to play slowly and fill the space between notes.

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Learn how to improvise using the Lydian mode.

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Learn what the 4/4 and 6/8 time signatures mean.

Isabelle Perrin teaches how to play "Lullaby for Violet, by Jane Weidensaul.

Tristan Le Govic performs and teaches the traditional Breton tune "Ton Bale."

Learn Park's technique for the "triple pedal slide" to aid in playing chromatic scales.

Learn Kim Robertson's technique for creating a "musical sandwich" to use for improvisation.

Jaymee Haefner teaches how to play "Nocturne" from "Trois Pieces Faciles," by Marcel Grandjany.

Learn the strumming technique Deborah Henson-Conant uses in "Baroque Flamenco" and other pieces.

Sunita Staneslow teaches how to avoid tension and play relaxed.

Jaymee Haefner teaches how to sit properly at the harp.

Understand how to play a jig rhythm.

Lynne Aspnes teaches how to play "The Merry Brook," by Frances G. Miller.

Listen to June's performance, and advice for playing the opening melody of Alphonse Hasselmans' "Petite Valse."

Learn June Hans' technique for playing descending slides with the thumb.

Tristan Le Govic performs and teaches the traditional Breton air "An hini a garan" ("The One I Love").

Members of the Dallas Harp Quartet perform and discuss Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra, K. 299 by W. A. Mozart.

In this lesson Amanda Whiting shows how to play the major blues. (To get the most from this lesson, watch Amanda's lesson on Dominant 7th Chords in her HCA studio.)

Elzbieta Szmyt performs and teaches "Russian Lullaby" from "Graded Recital Series Volume Three," by Susann McDonald and Linda Wood.

Members of the Dallas Harp Quartet perform and discuss the Andante-Allegro (mvt. 1) from Concerto in B-flat by G.F. Handel.

Nicole Brady teaches the folk song "Lightly Row" from Suzuki Harp School, Vol. 1.

Learn how the Circle of Fifths relates to the whole tone scale. (Note: to enjoy this video, you'll need to understand the concepts explained in Park's three-part Chromatic Scales series.)

In this lesson Amanda Whiting explains why voicings are important, along with how to create smooth voicings.

Maeve Gilchrist teaches her arrangement of "Hogties Reel," by Phil Cunningham.

Learn how to build a root position major triad plus first and second inversions in the key of C Major.

Members of the Dallas Harp Quartet perform and discuss Sonata for Harp by Paul Hindemith.

Sunita Staneslow teaches how to improvise over a descending bass line for therapeutic playing, or beyond.

Learn how to create a minor key signature based on major key signatures and the circle of fifths.

Elzbieta Szmyt performs and teaches "Concert Etude" from "Graded Recital Series Volume One," by Susann McDonald and Linda Wood.

Tristan Le Govic performs and teaches the traditional Breton air "An hini a garan" ("The One I Love").

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Sunita Staneslow teaches how to play "Angel's Hymn," by Rhett Barnwell.

Deborah Henson-Conant teaches how to add cookie cutter chords and patterns to improvise with the 1-5-10 chord. (Watch parts 1 and 2 in this series to learn how to build and use the 1-5-10 chord.)

Sarah Bullen teaches the cadenza from "Waltz of the Flowers," from "The Nutcracker" by Tchaikovsky, to harpist Jordan Thomas.

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Learn how to create basic left-hand accompaniment patterns to make your first arrangement.

Tristan Le Govic performs and teaches the traditional Breton tune "Toutouig."

Lynne Aspnes teaches how to prepare "That Yonge Child" from "A Ceremony of Carols," by Benjamin Britten.

Jaymee Haefner teaches how to play "Chorale," from "Graded Recital Series Vol. 1," by Linda Rollo.

Sunita Staneslow teaches how to play Laura Zaerr's original composition for lever harp "River Right Rhumba."

Isabelle Perrin teaches how to create beautiful harmonics.

Sarah Bullen teaches how to play the cadenza from "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra," by Britten to harpist Katherine Ventura.

Isabelle Perrin teaches how to play "Rouet," from "Trois Petites Pieces Faciles," by Alphonse Hasselmans.

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In this lesson Lynne Aspnes teaches how to sit at the harp for ergonomic playing.

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Isabelle Perrin teaches how to build beautiful tone production.

Learn how to build inversions from a root position triad.

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June Han

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Gráinne Hambly

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Park Stickney

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Cheryl Losey Feder

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Edie Elkan

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Angelica Hairston

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Katherine Siochi

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Elzbieta Szmyt

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Amanda Whiting

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Steve Moss

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Judy Loman

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“What’s your sound? Have you ever just sat there and played some chords you really like? Let’s be free and find our sound.”

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“Music learning is so much more than reproducing what’s on the page. If you have an opportunity to develop technically and musically in an orderly way, right from the start, you’ll just fly.”

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