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Learn how to create diminished scales for use in improvisation. (To get the most from this video, we suggest first watching Park's tutorial on Diminished 7th Chords.)
Alice Giles teaches how to play slowly and fill the space between notes.
Lynne Aspnes teaches how to prepare "Balulalow" from "A Ceremony of Carols," by Benjamin Britten.
In this lesson Amanda Whiting shows more ways to understand and play swing rhythm.
Isabelle Perrin teaches how to create contrast by building a "ladder" of dynamics.
Maria Luisa Rayan teaches different ways to come off the strings for a good sound.
Learn how to play "In the Bleak Midwinter," by Gustav Holst, arranged by Sunita Staneslow.
Sarah Bullen shares her thoughts on warming up and tuning for orchestral playing.
Members of the Dallas Harp Quartet perform and discuss First Arabesque, by Claude Debussy.
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.
Alice Giles teaches how to create a soft yet full sound.
Learn Maeve Gilchrist's "splat" improvisation technique.
Judy Loman answers questions about technique, repertoire, Carlos Salzedo, and more!
Learn how to build minor triads and identify the sound between major and minor.
Isabelle Perrin teaches how to play "Lullaby for Violet, by Jane Weidensaul.
Learn to play "Magyar Lament" from "The Magic Road," by Nancy Gustavson.
In this lesson Lynne Aspnes teaches to play "Moonlight" from Graded Recital Series, Vol. 1, by Susann McDonald.
In this lesson Amanda Whiting shows how make the basic chords found in C Major jazzier by adding the 7th.
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.
Lynne Aspnes teaches how and why to close fingers and hands.