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In this tutorial Cindy shows how to create a sense of rest or completion at the end of your arrangements.
Learn June Hans' technique for playing descending slides with the thumb.
Tristan Le Govic performs and teaches the traditional Breton tune "Ton Bale."
Sarah Bullen performs and teaches four harpists how to play the cadenza from "Swan Lake, by Tchaikovsky.
Sarah Bullen teaches how to play the cadenza from "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra," by Britten to harpist Katherine Ventura.
Learn how to use minor 7th chords in improvisation.
Learn about the seasons of the church Liturgical Calendar.
In this lesson Cindy introduces how to get started creating your own arrangement using the traditional folk tune "The Water is Wide."
Kim Robertson teaches how to play and practice large intervals on a lever harp.
Learn the basics of open and closed chord voicings and how to create them on the harp.
Learn the story behind Deborah Henson-Conant's original composition "Baroque Flamenco." Visit DHC's Harp Column Academy studio for more videos on how to play this piece!
Jaymee Haefner shows how to break your music into small sections for more efficient practice.
Lynne Aspnes teaches how to prepare "Deo Gracias" from "A Ceremony of Carols," by Benjamin Britten.
In Part 2 of her introduction to playing by ear, Gráinne teaches how to add the left hand to the Irish tune NÃl na Lá.
Maeve Gilchrist teaches the folk tune "Hospitality of Jane" from her collection "Traditional Tune Arrangements and Original Compositions for the Lever Harp, Book 1."
Learn how the circle of fifths works.
Elzbieta Szmyt performs and teaches "Processional" from "Graded Recital Series Volume Two," by Susann McDonald and Linda Wood.
In this lesson on how to practice, expert Rachel Lee Hall explains how to isolate "microsections" for more efficient practice.
In this lesson on how to practice, expert Rachel Lee Hall gives tips for developing an even sound during practice.