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Isabelle Perrin teaches how to play "A Moorish Garden," from The Magic Road, by Nancy Gustavson.
Sunita Staneslow teaches how to improvise over a descending bass line for therapeutic playing, or beyond.
HCA master teacher Amanda Whiting answers questions about learning to play jazz, playing evenly, shoes for the harp, and more!
Elzbieta Szmyt performs and teaches "Concert Etude" from "Graded Recital Series Volume One," by Susann McDonald and Linda Wood.
Members of the Dallas Harp Quartet perform and discuss Song in the Night, by Carlos Salzedo.
Learn to play a basic chromatic scale on the pedal harp.
Learn how to break the chord voicing rules to avoid sounding mechanical.
Learn how to play the four traditional Irish modes.
Learn basic note values in 4/4 time.
Isabelle Perrin teaches how to play scales.
Learn June Hans' technique for playing descending slides with the thumb.
Sarah Bullen teaches the cadenza from "Tzigane," by Maurice Ravel, to harpist Ellie Kirk.
Members of the Dallas Harp Quartet perform and discuss First Arabesque, by Claude Debussy.
Deborah Henson-Conant teaches how to end "Baroque Flamenco" with a flourish!
"Tone and tempo are key to playing more therapeutically," says Sunita Staneslow in this lesson on how to play in a therapeutic style.
In this lesson Amanda Whiting shows the modes that occur in the key of C Major, along with how to use modes for improvisation.
In this introduction to playing by ear, Gráinne teaches the Irish tune NÃl na Lá. Learn the melody in Part 1.
Alice Giles teaches how to play Carlos Salzedo's classic "Seguidilla," from "Suite of 8 Dances."
Bridget Kibbey teaches how to build a relaxed and steady hand position for creating facility and sound.
Kim Robertson teaches how to comfortably move around the harp.