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In this tutorial Cindy shows how to use the melody to create a dramatic ending.
Learn to play a basic chromatic scale on the pedal harp.
Sarah Bullen performs the cadenza from "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra," by Benjamin Britten.
Learn Maeve Gilchrist's "splat" improvisation technique.
Learn strategies for discussing financial compensation with churches and wedding clients.
Isabelle Perrin teaches how to play "Gavotte" from Petite Suite Classique, by Marcel Grandjany.
Nicole Brady teaches how to play even arpeggios and turn-arounds.
Learn to play "Summertime" from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, part 1.
Learn how to improvise on the 12-bar blues form, along with how to create the blues scale. (To get the most from this tutorial, watch Part 1 of this series in Park's HCA studio.)
Sunita Staneslow teaches how to quickly and easily move levers up and down on a lever harp.
Listen to Lynne Aspnes perform the solo "Interlude" movement from "A Ceremony of Carols," by Benjamin Britten.
In this tutorial Cindy shows how to use chord substitutions in your arrangements.
Understand how to play a jig rhythm.
Lynne Aspnes teaches how to prepare "Deo Gracias" from "A Ceremony of Carols," by Benjamin Britten.
Jaymee Haefner teaches how to play crossovers, an important skill for playing scales on the harp.
Learn about the seasons of the church Liturgical Calendar.
Lynne Aspnes teaches how to muffle at the harp.
Tristan Le Govic performs and teaches the traditional Breton air "An hini a garan" ("The One I Love").
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.
Learn how to cross over with the second finger for quick descending scales.