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Learn how to arrange introductions, interludes, and codas using Rhett's arrangement of "Balm in Gilead" as an example.
Learn to play Kim Robertson's arrangement of "The Kitten," a traditional Irish slip jig.
Nicole Brady teaches hand position for playing the thumb.
Learn how to play Maeve Gilchrist's original composition "Fin and Sarah's Wedding Waltz."
Use key signatures to find intervals at the harp. (To get the most from this lesson, watch tutorial 7A on finding intervals first.)
Elzbieta Szmyt performs and teaches "Two Guitars" from Graded Recital Series Volume Four by Susann McDonald and Linda Wood Rollo.
Learn the order of sharps and flats to help identify key signatures.
Isabelle Perrin teaches how to play "Merry-Go-Round," by Marcel Grandjany.
In this introduction to playing by ear, Gráinne teaches the Irish tune NÃl na Lá. Learn the melody in Part 1.
Learn how to create effective ornaments for improvisation and embellishment.
Members of the Dallas Harp Quartet perform and discuss Danses Sacrée and Profane, by Claude Debussy.
Lynne Aspnes teaches how to play "The Foggy Dew," from "First Harp Book," arranged by Betty Paret.
In this lesson on how to practice, expert Rachel Lee Hall delves deeper into the "Boot Camp" method of slow and loud practice.
Sunita Staneslow teaches how to play "Seagull," from "Soaring Strings," by Kathryn Cater.
Sunita Staneslow teaches how to go beyond the basics in the final installment of her arpeggio series.
Learn two of June's exercises for practicing one-hand arpeggios.
Learn about the harp's role in traditional Irish music.
Isabelle Perrin teaches how to play "Grand'Mère Raconte une Histoire," by Henriette Renié.
Learn how to move smoothly from one chord to the next.
Learn the difference between an air, a jig, a hornpipe, and a reel as Kim Robertson describes basic Celtic rhythms.