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Learn how to improvise using the Lydian mode.
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 the Andante-Allegro (mvt. 1) from Concerto in B-flat by G.F. Handel.
Members of the Dallas Harp Quartet perform and discuss Danses Sacrée and Profane, by Claude Debussy.
Learn how to play the 17th century love song "Eibhlà Gheal Chiúin" ("Fair, Gentle Eily").
Bridget Kibbey teaches how to create phrasing through Bach's "Largo" from Harpsichord concerto in F Minor.
June Han teaches how to play the cadenza from Maurice Ravel's "Introduction and Allegro." (Part 2 focuses on the second page.)
Deborah Henson-Conant teaches how to start improvising using the 1-5-10 chord. (Watch Part 1 of this series to learn how to build the 1-5-10 chord.)
Learn to play the Irish slip jig "A Fig for a Kiss."
In this lesson Kim Robertson teaches how to create etudes based on her "musical sandwich" technique.
Learn how to cross over with the second finger for quick descending scales.
Learn how to play Kim Robertson's arrangement of the folk tune "Vals," by Vidar Skrede.
Sunita Staneslow teaches how and why to place fingers onto a group of strings at the same time.
In this lesson Amanda Whiting shows how to identify chords that are found in the key of C Major, along with how to improvise with those chords.
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!
Learn how to play Maeve Gilchrist's original composition "Fin and Sarah's Wedding Waltz."
Learn to play Maeve Gilchrist's original composition "Catriona's Jig."
Learn how the circle of fifths works.
Deborah Henson-Conant teaches how to play the tapping effects found in the cadenza section of "Baroque Flamenco."
Elzbieta Szmyt performs and teaches "Two Guitars" from Graded Recital Series Volume Four by Susann McDonald and Linda Wood Rollo.