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Listen to Bridget Kibbey discuss articulation and phrasing using the third movement of Mozart's Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra as an example.
Amanda Whiting teaches how to find your personal sound and begin improvising on a lever or pedal harp.
Sarah Bullen performs and teaches four harpists how to play the cadenza from "Swan Lake, by Tchaikovsky.
Listen to June's performance, and advice for playing the opening melody of Alphonse Hasselmans' "Petite Valse."
Tristan Le Govic gives an introduction to Breton music and how to learn from his tutorials on Harp Column Academy.
Learn how to build a root position major triad plus first and second inversions in the key of C Major.
Tristan Le Govic performs and teaches the traditional Breton danse " Tri c’hemener" ("The Three Tailors").
Practice playing major triads and their inversions around the circle of fifths. (You'll need to know major key signatures to enjoy this lesson.)
Learn Kim Robertson's technique for adding chord vamps.
In this lesson Amanda Whiting shows how to create the blues scale and use it for improvisation over the blues chord progression.
Learn how to count in 4/4 time.
In this lesson on how to practice, expert Rachel Lee Hall explains how the "3 Times Perfectly Game" can help you practice more efficiently.
Learn how to create and improvise with minor modes.
Members of the Dallas Harp Quartet perform and discuss Au Matin, by Marcel Tournier.
Nicole Brady teaches how to cross under and over to play an 8-note scale.
HCA master teacher Amanda Whiting answers questions about learning to play jazz, playing evenly, shoes for the harp, and more!
Kim Robertson teaches how to strengthen multiple fingers on the harp.
Lynne Aspnes teaches how to prepare "This Little Babe," from "A Ceremony of Carols," by Benjamin Britten.
In this lesson Amanda Whiting shows how to create and practice the dominant 7th chord.
Learn to play the traditional Irish reel "Mountain Lark."