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In this tutorial Cindy shows how to use and understand harmony to spice up your arrangements.
Learn how to add the "flat 9" to a dominant 7th chord.
Sarah Bullen teaches how to play the cadenza from "Swan Lake," by Tchaikovsky to harpist Katherine Ventura.
Learn Kim Robertson's technique for creating a "musical sandwich" to use for improvisation.
Learn how to use key signatures to find major and minor intervals.
Nicole Brady teaches a young student the motion for opening and closing fingers into the hand.
In this lesson Amanda Whiting explains why voicings are important, along with how to create smooth voicings.
Sarah Bullen teaches the cadenza from "Waltz of the Flowers," from "The Nutcracker" by Tchaikovsky, to harpist Ellie Kirk.
In this lesson on how to practice, expert Rachel Lee Hall explains how to polish a piece with perfection in mind.
Sarah Bullen teaches the cadenza from "Tzigane," by Maurice Ravel, to harpist Jordan Thomas.
Maeve Gilchrist teaches the folk tune "Hospitality of Jane" from her collection "Traditional Tune Arrangements and Original Compositions for the Lever Harp, Book 1."
Sunita Staneslow teaches how to go beyond the basics in the final installment of her arpeggio series.
Learn how to build minor triads and identify the sound between major and minor.
Learn Maria Luisa Rayan's tips for articulation.
Learn how to create the four possible alterations to a V7 chord.
Review note values and counting in 4/4.
Jaymee Haefner talks about the importance of bite size goals.
Sunita Staneslow teaches how to play "Angel's Hymn," by Rhett Barnwell.
Learn how to arrange introductions, interludes, and codas using Rhett's arrangement of "Balm in Gilead" as an example.
Indiana University harp professor Elzbieta Szmyt answers questions about practicing, playing scales, repertoire suggestions, and more.