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Learn Park's technique for the "triple pedal slide" to aid in playing chromatic scales.
Learn how to build major and minor triads using intervals.
Sarah Bullen performs and teaches four harpists how to play the cadenza from "Swan Lake, by Tchaikovsky.
Rochester Philharmonic principal harp Grace Browning answers questions about practicing and maintaining a positive attitude.
Learn how to practice open and closed chord voicings and move quickly from one chord to the next.
Tristan Le Govic gives an introduction to Breton music and how to learn from his tutorials on Harp Column Academy.
June Han teaches how to place 8-note arpeggios using Etude #20 from "Studi di Media Difficultá," by Ettore Pozzoli.
Bridget Kibbey teaches how to build a relaxed and steady hand position for creating facility and sound.
Sarah Bullen teaches the cadenza from "Waltz of the Flowers," from "The Nutcracker" by Tchaikovsky, to harpist Katherine Ventura.
Elzbieta Szmyt performs and teaches "Russian Lullaby" from "Graded Recital Series Volume Three," by Susann McDonald and Linda Wood.
Learn the strumming technique Deborah Henson-Conant uses in "Baroque Flamenco" and other pieces.
"Tone and tempo are key to playing more therapeutically," says Sunita Staneslow in this lesson on how to play in a therapeutic style.
Lynne Aspnes teaches how to play "Spanish Dance" from the opera "Carmen," by George Bizet, arranged by Sam Milligan.
In this lesson Lynne Aspnes teaches how to sit at the harp for ergonomic playing.
In this lesson on how to practice, expert Rachel Lee Hall delves deeper into the "Boot Camp" method of slow and loud practice.
Jaymee Haefner shows her tricks for using Post-it notes and highlighter tape to practice more efficiently.
Members of the Dallas Harp Quartet perform and discuss the Andante-Allegro (mvt. 1) from Concerto in B-flat by G.F. Handel.
Members of the Dallas Harp Quartet perform and discuss Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra, K. 299 by W. A. Mozart.
Learn how to play "Lullaby for Violet" from "First Grade Pieces for the Harp," by Jane Weidensaul.
Learn how to play the "cut," one of the most basic Irish ornaments.