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

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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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Nicole Brady teaches how to build a great hand position.

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

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

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

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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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Alice Giles teaches how to play Carlos Salzedo's classic "Seguidilla," from "Suite of 8 Dances."

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

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Jaymee Haefner teaches how to build beautiful tone production.

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

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

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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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Learn how to improvise using the Lydian mode.

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Learn basic note values in 4/4 time.

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

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

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Learn Maeve Gilchrist's ostinato exercises for improvisation.

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

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

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

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

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

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Learn Kim Robertson's exercises for strengthening one finger.

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Alice Giles teaches how to play with a louder sound.

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

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Isabelle Perrin teaches how to build beautiful tone production.

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

International performing artist Sivan Magen answers questions about preparing for auditions, practicing, memorizing, and more!

Nicole Brady teaches "Twinkle Variation C" from Suzuki Harp School Vol. 1.

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 Song in the Night, by Carlos Salzedo.

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

Learn how to arrange introductions, interludes, and codas using Rhett's arrangement of "Balm in Gilead" as an example.

Sarah Bullen performs the cadenza from "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra," by Benjamin Britten.

In this tutorial Cindy shows how to use the melody to create a dramatic ending.

Learn Maeve Gilchrist's technique for playing and practicing the Celtic triplet technique.

Alice Giles teaches how to play "A Little Orphan in the Snow," from "Tiny Tales for Beginner Harpists, vol. 1," by Carlos Salzedo.

Nicole Brady teaches how to play the folk song "Go Tell Aunt Rhody," from Suzuki Harp Book, Vol. 1.

Lynne Aspnes teaches how to prepare "As Dew in Aprille," from "A Ceremony of Carols" by Benjamin Britten.

Sunita Staneslow teaches how to use a Sus4 pattern to create arpeggios for improvisation.

Maria Luisa Rayan teaches how to develop "roundness" for a good playing foundation and sound.

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

Isabelle Perrin teaches how to create contrast by building a "ladder" of dynamics.

Learn the order of sharps and flats to help identify key signatures.

Jaymee Haefner teaches how to tune.

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

Nicole Brady teaches the classic "Andante" from Suzuki Harp School Vol. 1.

Jaymee Haefner shows how to break your music into small sections for more efficient practice.

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

Jaymee Haefner teaches how to record yourself to gain practice feedback.

Nicole Brady teaches basic fundamentals for how to sit properly at the harp.

Learn Maeve Gilchrist's technique for accompanying using arpeggios.

Jaymee Haefner teaches how to sit properly at the harp.

Sarah Bullen performs the cadenza from "Tzigane," by Maurice Ravel.

Jaymee Haefner teaches how to build basic hand position.

Learn how to play the four traditional Irish modes.

Sunita Staneslow teaches how to create a good tone on a lever harp.

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

Nicole Brady teaches how to play "The Honeybee" folk song from Suzuki Harp School Vol. 1.

Lynne Aspnes teaches how to prepare "Wolcum Yole!" from "A Ceremony of Carols" by Benjamin Britten.

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

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

June Han teaches how to play the second section of "Au Bord du Ruisseau," by Henriette Renié.

Jaymee Haefner teaches how to play basic arpeggios.

Jaymee Haefner teaches how to play two classic pieces arranged by Sam Milligan.

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Learn how to improvise using the Lydian mode.

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

Learn how to use a metronome to feel the pulse of swing rhythm.

Listen to June's performance and learn how to play the first half of "Esquisse," from "Feuillet d'Album," by Henriette Renié.

Elzbieta Szmyt performs and teaches "Processional" from "Graded Recital Series Volume Two," by Susann McDonald and Linda Wood.

Sunita Staneslow teaches how to play Kim Robertson's arrangement of the traditional Irish folk tune "She Moves Through the Fair."

Isabelle Perrin teaches how to play chords.

Sunita Staneslow teaches how to play Sharon Thormahlen's arrangement of the traditional carol "Still, Still, Still."

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

Learn Maeve's exercises for playing different rhythms in each hand.

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

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

Members of the Dallas Harp Quartet perform and discuss Variations on a Theme in Ancient Style, by Carlos Salzedo.

Learn how to take the focus off yourself In Part 1 of Rhett's series on how to conquer nerves.

Lynne Aspnes teaches how and why to close fingers and hands.

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

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

Nicole Brady teaches techniques for strengthening knuckles to build good hand position.

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.)

Elzbieta Szmyt performs and teaches "Processional" from "Graded Recital Series Volume Two," by Susann McDonald and Linda Wood.

Jaymee Haefner shows how to assess your own playing and be a better teacher for yourself.

Nicole Brady teaches how to play "Mary Had a Little Lamb" from Suzuki Harp School Vol. 1.

In this lesson on how to practice, expert Rachel Lee Hall explains why practicing as little as necessary is the best method for success.

Isabelle Perrin teaches how to play "Gavotte" from Petite Suite Classique, by Marcel Grandjany.

In this lesson on how to practice, expert Rachel Lee Hall shows how to practice for expressiveness and interpretation.

In this lesson Amanda Whiting shows explains the ii-V-I chord progression and how it is used in jazz.

Learn to play the Irish slip jig "A Fig for a Kiss."

Nicole Brady teaches how to play "Rustic Dance" from Suzuki Harp School, Vol. 2.

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

Sarah Bullen teaches how to play the cadenza from "Swan Lake," by Tchaikovsky to harpist Katherine Ventura.

June Han teaches how to play the cadenza from Maurice Ravel's "Introduction and Allegro." (Part 1 focuses on the first page.)

Members of the Dallas Harp Quartet perform and discuss Impromptu, Op. 86, by Gabriel Fauré.

Nicole Brady teaches how to set up and play a four note scale.

Nicole Brady teaches how to play "Gigue," by Mary Kay Waddington, from Suzuki Harp Book Vol. 1.

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

Nicole Brady teaches how to cross under and over to play an 8-note scale.

Isabelle Perrin teaches how to play scales.

In Part 2 of her introduction to playing by ear, Gráinne teaches how to add the left hand to the Irish tune Níl na Lá.

Learn Maeve Gilchrist's technique for building right hand independence.

In this lesson Amanda Whiting shows how to create and practice the dominant 7th chord.

Lynn Aspnes teaches how to prepare "In Freezing Winter Night" from "A Ceremony of Carols," by Benjamin Britten.

Jaymee Haefner teaches one of the most fundamental harp techniques: how to close your fingers.

Sunita Staneslow teaches how to play basic arpeggios.

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

Learn to play "Captain O'Kane," a tune by the famous Irish bard Turlough O'Carolan.

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

Learn how to play Kim Robertson's "heartbeat rhythm" for improvisation.

In this lesson on how to practice, expert Rachel Lee Hall explains how to isolate "microsections" for more efficient practice.

In this tutorial Cindy shows how to use improvisation in your arrangements.

Lynne Aspnes teaches how to prepare "Spring Carol" from "A Ceremony of Carols," by Benjamin Britten.

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

Isabelle Perrin shows how breathing and phrasing shape Marcel Grandjany's "Nocturne," from "Trois Pieces Faciles."

Learn how to pick music appropriate for worship services.

Learn how to play the traditional Irish hornpipe 'Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine.'

Learn to play the traditional Irish jig Cúil Aodha

Tristan Le Govic performs and teaches the traditional Breton tune "Y A Bien Dix Ans."

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

Elzbieta Szmyt performs and teaches "Two Guitars" from Graded Recital Series Volume Four by Susann McDonald and Linda Wood Rollo.

Learn to play "Summertime" from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, part 2

Listen to Lynne Aspnes perform the solo "Interlude" movement from "A Ceremony of Carols," by Benjamin Britten.

Members of the Dallas Harp Quartet perform and discuss Danses Sacrée and Profane, by Claude Debussy.

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