Chanson de Mai—part 1

What you’ll learn

Listen to June's performance of "Chanson de Mai," by Alphonse Hasselmans, plus her tutorial on the opening section and middle "agitato" section.

Get the music

(Music is not included with Harp Column Academy membership.)

Chanson de Mai, op. 40

teacher:

June Han

Level 3

Learn June's rhythm exercises for practicing the arpeggios at the end of "Chanson de Mai," by Alphonse Hasselmans.

June Han teaches how to play chords, using the opening of Claude Debussy's Danse "Sacrée."

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

June Han teaches how to play the cadenza from Maurice Ravel's "Introduction and Allegro." (Part 2 focuses on the second page.)

In this lesson June Han teaches about the importance of directional placing.

Learn two of June's exercises for practicing one-hand arpeggios.