Scales with Lynne Aspnes—Part 1
Taught by Lynne Aspnes
In this lesson, Lynne Aspnes teaches how to play scales with two hands. “A beautiful scale is a group of notes that all sound the same.”
Avoid Tension
Taught by Sunita Staneslow
In this lesson, Sunita Staneslow teaches how to avoid tension and play relaxed. “When you land on the strings think of sliding into a shape that’s comfortable, rather than stretching to it.”
Grand Mere Raconte une Histoire
Taught by Jaymee Haefner
In this lesson, Jaymee Haefner teaches how to play “Grand Mere Raconte Une Histoire,”, by Henriette Renié. “All the way through this, you need to think about the continuity of the right hand line, and the melodic content going all the way through the piece.”
Breton Lullaby
Taught by Kim Robertson
In this lesson, Kim Robertson teaches how to play her arrangement of the folk tune “Breton Lullaby.” She says, “The whole function of lullabies is to be hypnotic, and I think think this piece is a good example of that.”
How to arrange Amazing Grace—part 1
Taught by Rhett Barnwell
In this lesson, Rhett Barnwell teaches how to create basic left-hand accompaniment patterns to make your first arrangement. “Simple music played well on the harp sounds much better than difficult music played poorly.”
