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Learn Lynne Aspnes' tips for articulation.
How to play Marcel Grandjany's "Little Waltz," taught by master teacher Isabelle Perrin.
In this lesson Amanda Whiting shows how to play the major blues. (To get the most from this lesson, watch Amanda's lesson on Dominant 7th Chords in her HCA studio.)
Deborah Henson-Conant teaches how to add cookie cutter chords and patterns to improvise with the 1-5-10 chord. (Watch parts 1 and 2 in this series to learn how to build and use the 1-5-10 chord.)
In this lesson master teacher Lynne Aspnes teaches how to prepare "Procession" from Benjamin Britten's "A Ceremony of Carols" for harp and choir.
Sarah Bullen teaches the cadenza from "Tzigane," by Maurice Ravel, to harpist Catherine Litaker.
Sarah Bullen performs and teaches four harpists how to play the cadenza from "Swan Lake, by Tchaikovsky.
Isabelle Perrin teaches how to play "Lullaby for Violet, by Jane Weidensaul.
Members of the Dallas Harp Quartet perform and discuss the Andante-Allegro (mvt. 1) from Concerto in B-flat by G.F. Handel.
Jaymee Haefner teaches the technique for playing with a flat left hand, also known as "etoufée."
Listen to June's performance of "Chanson de Mai," by Alphonse Hasselmans, plus her tutorial on the opening section and middle "agitato" section.
Learn how to cross over with the second finger for quick descending scales.
In this tutorial Cindy shows how to create variety with melodies uses the tune "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."
Alice Giles teaches how to play "Berceuse de Noel," by Betty Paret.
Kim Robertson teaches how to create left-hand "drones" to embellish your own arrangements.
Alice Giles teaches how to play an eight-note scale with one hand.
Tristan Le Govic performs and teaches the traditional Breton air "An hini a garan" ("The One I Love").
Learn how to practice open and closed chord voicings and move quickly from one chord to the next.
In this lesson Amanda Whiting expands on learning to improvise using the key of C Major, along with how to identify chord tones and scale degrees.
Sunita Staneslow shows how to use arpeggios with the added 9th to embellish the classic Irish melody "Bridget Cruise."