Featured lessons for August 2024

Check out these great lessons to end your summer with a bang!

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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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Understanding Irish style—part 1 Taught by Gráinne Hambly In this lesson, Gráinne Hambly teaches about the harp's role in traditional Irish music. "If you want to learn more about Irish music, for me the key is listening to a lot of music—as much as possible, and not...

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