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HCA master teacher Amanda Whiting answers questions about learning to play jazz, playing evenly, shoes for the harp, and more!
Learn how to play hand-over-hand arpeggios with Lynne Aspnes.
Elzbieta Szmyt performs and teaches "Concert Etude" from "Graded Recital Series Volume One," by Susann McDonald and Linda Wood.
Elzbieta Szmyt performs and teaches "Two Guitars" from Graded Recital Series Volume Four by Susann McDonald and Linda Wood Rollo.
In this lesson on how to practice, expert Rachel Lee Hall gives tips for developing an even sound during practice.
Maria Luisa Rayan teaches how to play the rhythms found in the Argentinean tango.
Sarah Bullen teaches the cadenza from "Waltz of the Flowers," from "The Nutcracker" by Tchaikovsky, to harpist Catherine Litaker.
Elzbieta Szmyt performs and teaches "Two Guitars" from Graded Recital Series Volume Four by Susann McDonald and Linda Wood Rollo.
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.)
Lynne Aspnes teaches how to play scales with two hands.
Sunita Staneslow teaches how to play basic arpeggios.
Members of the Dallas Harp Quartet perform and discuss Au Matin, by Marcel Tournier.
Learn to play the Irish slip jig "A Fig for a Kiss."
Learn how to practice open and closed chord voicings and move quickly from one chord to the next.
Nicole Brady teaches the folk song "Lightly Row" from Suzuki Harp School, Vol. 1.
Vienna Philharmonic principal harp Anneleen Leanarts answers questions about hand position, repertoire, teaching beginners, and lots more!
Elzbieta Szmyt performs and teaches "Processional" from "Graded Recital Series Volume Two," by Susann McDonald and Linda Wood.
Amanda Whiting teaches how to start improvising using the key of C Major.
Listen to June's performance of "Chanson de Mai," by Alphonse Hasselmans, plus her tutorial on the opening section and middle "agitato" section.
Isabelle Perrin teaches how to play "Merry-Go-Round," by Marcel Grandjany.