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.

Listen to June perform "Serenade Melancolique," from Feuilles d'Automne by Alphonse Hasselmans, and learn the opening melody.

June Han teaches how to interpret the "meno mosso" and ending of Alphonse Hasselmans' "Petite Valse."

June Han teaches how to play the meno mosso section from "Serenade Melancolique," from Feuilles d'Automne by Alphonse Hasselmans.

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

June Han teaches how to avoid buzzing when playing repeated chords.