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June Han teaches how to play the cadenza from Maurice Ravel's "Introduction and Allegro." (Part 2 focuses on the second page.)
Sarah Bullen teaches how to play the cadenza from "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra," by Britten to harpist Ellie Kirk.
Learn how to pinpoint what causes nervousness so you can take the steps to address it.
Learn how to play the Double Grace Note, a basic Irish ornament.
Learn Kim Robertson's technique for adding chord vamps.
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.)
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.
Tristan Le Govic gives an introduction to Breton music and how to learn from his tutorials on Harp Column Academy.
Learn to play "Arpa Nova," an original composition by Felice Pomeranz playable on both lever and pedal harp. Plus, download a FREE lead sheet!
Learn two of June's exercises for practicing one-hand arpeggios.
Isabelle Perrin teaches how to play "Processional," from Graded Recital Pieces, Vol. 2, by Linda Wood.
Jaymee Haefner shows her tricks for using Post-it notes and highlighter tape to practice more efficiently.
Lynne Aspnes teaches how to play scales with two hands.
June Han teaches how to play the final section of "Esquisse," from "Feuillets d'Album," by Henriette Renié.
Learn the difference between an air, a jig, a hornpipe, and a reel as Kim Robertson describes basic Celtic rhythms.
Sarah Bullen teaches the cadenza from "Waltz of the Flowers," from "The Nutcracker" by Tchaikovsky, to harpist Katherine Ventura.
Isabelle Perrin shows how breathing and phrasing shape Marcel Grandjany's "Nocturne," from "Trois Pieces Faciles."
Jaymee Haefner teaches how to play "Petite Berceuse," by Alphonse Hasselmans.
Lynne Aspnes talks about how to approach learning "A Ceremony of Carols," by Benjamin Britten.