{"id":231878,"date":"2020-12-09T12:52:23","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T17:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/?page_id=231878"},"modified":"2026-11-09T14:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T19:03:13","slug":"daily-tips","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/daily-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_pb_fullwidth_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_image_0 et_pb_fullwidth_image et_pb_module\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/Dream-Big.png\" width=\"1920\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/Dream-Big.png 1920w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/Dream-Big-1280x533.png 1280w, 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et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_menu__wrap\"><div class=\"et_pb_menu__menu\"><nav class=\"et-menu-nav\"><ul id=\"menu-practice-challenge\" class=\"et-menu nav downwards\"><li id=\"menu-item-231719\" class=\"et_pb_menu_page_id-231603 menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-231719\"><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/30-day-practice-challenge-2021\/\">Challenge Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-231908\" class=\"et_pb_menu_page_id-231878 menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-231908\"><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/daily-tips\/\">Daily Tips<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-231720\" class=\"et_pb_menu_page_id-231707 menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-231720\"><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/?page_id=231707\">Challenge Chats<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-232765\" class=\"et_pb_menu_page_id-232750 menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page 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et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_1_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_1 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/daily-tips\/\" data-icon=\"$\"><span class=\"et-pb-parallax-content\">Daily Tips<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_4 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_2_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_2 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/?page_id=231707\" data-icon=\"$\"><span class=\"et-pb-parallax-content\">Challenge Chats<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_3_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_3 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/?page_id=231617\" data-icon=\"$\"><span class=\"et-pb-parallax-content\">Join a Practice Pod!<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_section_2 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section section_has_divider et_pb_bottom_divider\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center\">30 Day Practice Challenge Daily Tips<\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">We'll be posting tips right here every day in January to help you achieve your goals!<br \/> (Sign up to receive the tips in a daily email and also be enrolled to win <a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/30-day-practice-challenge-2021\/#prizes\">prizes<\/a>!<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><em>We challenge you to DREAM BIG!<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_4_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_4 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/challenge.harpcolumn.com\/2021\"><span class=\"et-pb-parallax-content\">Sign up now<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_bottom_inside_divider et-no-transition\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 30<\/h1>\n<h3>\u201cThe true beauty of music is that it connects people. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers.\u201d<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Roy Ayers<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_7  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today\u2019s focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Don\u2019t overdo it!\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Practice is your musical hydration. Get enough of it daily, but don\u2019t overdo it!&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:769,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0}\">\u201cPractice is your musical hydration. Get enough of it daily, but don\u2019t overdo it!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Elzbieta Szmyt<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_8  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Elzbieta-Szmyt.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Elzbieta Szmyt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Elzbieta-Szmyt.jpg 300w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Elzbieta-Szmyt-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Elzbieta-Szmyt-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Elzbieta-Szmyt-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-232109\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_9  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_3  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Tune in for a challenge chat with Elzbieta Szmyt January 30 at 10:00 a.m. ET.<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_5_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_5 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/challenge-chats\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_10  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_4  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today\u2019s tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Learn how to make final decisions.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>Elzbieta Szmyt discusses the importance of making final decisions in practicing. She says that \u201cobserving somebody else\u2019s hand playing your version is the best test to see what would really work. There are so many ways to arrange the pieces, so the process of making the final decision is the hardest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more about Szmyt in her Q and A at harpcolumn.com!\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_6_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_6 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/blog\/q-and-a-with-elzbieta-szmyt\/\">read now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_11  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_7  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_12  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_5  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>(Reminder: you\u2019ll need to be a member of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\"><em>Harp Column Academy<\/em><\/a><span> to watch today\u2019s Challenge Chat and you\u2019ll need to subscribe to <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/subscribe\/\">Harp Column magazine<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><span>to read our featured article.) \u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_8  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_13  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_6  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 29<\/h1>\n<h3>\u201cYou just never give up. You do a task to the best of your abilities and beyond.\u201d<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Debbie Reynolds<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_9  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_14  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_7  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today\u2019s focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Hear the progress you want to create!<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cYour ears should always hear what you want to specifically change in your daily practice. That gap between where we want to be and where we currently are should be your practice motivation. If you can hear the progress you want to make, then you can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Jaymee Haefner<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_15  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"574\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Jaymee-Haefner-square.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Jaymee Haefner-square\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Jaymee-Haefner-square.jpg 574w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Jaymee-Haefner-square-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 574px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-24613\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_10  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_16  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_8  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Tune in for a challenge chat with Jaymee Haefner January 29 at 10:00 a.m. ET.<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_7_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_7 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/challenge-chats\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_11  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_17  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_9  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today\u2019s tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Learn how to play glissandos.<\/h4>\n<p><span>Harp Column Academy teacher Jaymee Haefner tells us that \u201ca harp glissando seems to be everybody\u2019s favorite harp technique. The important thing with glisses is that you maintain the pressure against the strings. You also want to be careful not to speed up at the very top or at the lowest part of the gliss. You want to keep an even speed throughout as much as you possibly can.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Learn more from Jaymee Haefner in her studio at Harp Column Academy!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_8_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_8 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/courses\/technique-with-jaymee-haefner\/lessons\/glissandos\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_18  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Glissandos.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Glissandos\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Glissandos.png 1280w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Glissandos-980x551.png 980w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Glissandos-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1280px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-224864\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_12  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_19  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_10  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>(Reminder: you\u2019ll need to be a member of Harp Column Academy to watch today\u2019s Challenge Chat and featured lesson. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\">Join HCA now<\/a><span>.)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_11  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3><strong>This week\u2019s winners\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Grand Prize Winner:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Rebecca Walker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Harp Column blanket:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Isabel Tu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Harp Column Academy one-year membership:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Kyla Egli<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Harp Column magazine one-year subscription:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Connie Wang<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>\u00a0$10 Harp Column Music gift card:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Eleanor Dundson<\/li>\n<li>Mirta Lice<\/li>\n<li>Katherine Burmeister<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span> (Are you a winner? We\u2019ll be contacting you with details on how to claim your prize!)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_13  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_20  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_12  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 28<\/h1>\n<h3>\u201cCharacter consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.\u201d<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014James A. Michener<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_14  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_21  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_13  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today\u2019s focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Make sure your voice is heard.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>\u201c<span>In everything that you do and every note that you play, find a way to make it uniquely yours.\u00a0 Make sure that your voice is heard.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Brandee Younger<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_22  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_3\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Brandee-Younger.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Brandee Younger\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Brandee-Younger.png 300w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Brandee-Younger-150x138.png 150w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Brandee-Younger-250x230.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-232110\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_15  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_23  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_14  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Tune in for a challenge chat with Brandee Younger January 28 at 10:00 a.m. ET.<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_9_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_9 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/challenge-chats\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_16  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_24  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_15  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today\u2019s tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Don't be afraid to be your authentic self.<\/h4>\n<p>Brandee Younger shares that when it comes to playing the harp, \u201cmentorship is huge.\u201d As important as that mentorship is, Younger also believes it is crucial for harpists to find their own style. She shares: \u201cDon't be afraid to be yourself. If you feel like you don't fit into a box, that's probably a good thing. I wish I had figured that out sooner.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more about Brandee Younger in the January-February 2021 issue of\u00a0<em>Harp Column\u00a0<\/em>magazine!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_10_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_10 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/blog\/being-brandee\/\">read now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_25  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_4\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/January-February-2021-cover-248x300-1.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"January-February-2021-cover-248x300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/January-February-2021-cover-248x300-1.png 248w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/January-February-2021-cover-248x300-1-150x181.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" class=\"wp-image-232623\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_17  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_26  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_16  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>(Reminder: you\u2019ll need to be a member of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\"><em>Harp Column Academy<\/em><\/a><span> to watch today\u2019s Challenge Chat and you\u2019ll need to subscribe to <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/subscribe\/\">Harp Column magazine<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><span>to read our featured article.) \u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_18  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_27  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_17  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 27<\/h1>\n<h3>\u201cIt always seems impossible until it\u2019s done.\u201d<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Nelson Mandela<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_19  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_28  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_18  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today\u2019s focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Find harmony in your warmup routine!\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cAs you warm up, are you listening to your sound, intonation, and rhythm? Is your mind settling in the moment or are you miles away, thinking about other things you\u2019re going to do later?\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Felice Pomeranz<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_29  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_5\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"621\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Felice-Pomeranz.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Felice Pomeranz\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Felice-Pomeranz.jpg 621w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Felice-Pomeranz-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 621px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-28793\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_20  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_30  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_19  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Tune in for a challenge chat with Felice Pomeranz January 27 at 10:00 a.m. ET.<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_11_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_11 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/challenge-chats\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_21  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_31  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_20  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today\u2019s tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Learn how to play lever and pedal slides.<\/h4>\n<p>Harp Column Academy teacher Felice Pomeranz shares some tips on how to play lever and pedal slides. She asks: \u201chave you ever really looked down at the bottom of the pedal harp? Notice that they have little notches so you can push [the pedal] down and you can notch it. But you can also just push it down and let it back up. So after a pedal slide, hold the pedal down, but don\u2019t put it into the notch. For lever slides, you have to really give it some gas. Pluck a little bit harder when you pull the lever up for lever slides.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Learn more from Felice Pomeranz in her studio at Harp Column Academy!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_12_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_12 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/courses\/music-theory-with-felice-pomeranz\/lessons\/pedal-and-lever-slides\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_32  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_6\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/04\/Pedal-Lever-Slides.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Pedal &amp; Lever Slides\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/04\/Pedal-Lever-Slides.png 1280w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/04\/Pedal-Lever-Slides-980x551.png 980w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/04\/Pedal-Lever-Slides-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1280px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-224688\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_22  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_33  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_21  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>(Reminder: you\u2019ll need to be a member of Harp Column Academy to watch today\u2019s Challenge Chat and featured lesson. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\">Join HCA now<\/a><span>.)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_7  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_23  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_34  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_22  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 26<\/h1>\n<h3>\u201cDo not only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets. Art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the divine.\u201d<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Ludwig van Beethoven<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_24  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_35  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_23  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today\u2019s focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Maintain steady practice habits!<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cWhen it comes to practicing, unfortunately we can\u2019t pay it forward. Cramming one week and skipping the next won\u2019t really increase our progress. Practicing for hours before a performance or a lesson generally doesn\u2019t produce good results. Playing harp is a physical skill which needs to be maintained on a daily basis.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Kim Robertson<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_36  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_7\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"662\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Kim-Robertson-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Kim Robertson-1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Kim-Robertson-1.jpg 662w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Kim-Robertson-1-480x479.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 662px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-27906\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_25  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_37  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_24  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Tune in for a challenge chat with Kim Robertson January 26 at 10:00 a.m. ET.\u00a0<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_13_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_13 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/challenge-chats\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_26  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_38  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_25  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today\u2019s tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Learn how to play large intervals.<\/h4>\n<p>Harp Column Academy teacher Kim Robertson teaches us how to play large intervals. She suggests to \u201cstart with the interval of a fifth with your third finger and thumb. Squeeze strings, pull fingers into the palm, and relax the hand. The goal is to learn how different intervals feel in the hand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Learn more from Kim Robertson in her studio at Harp Column Academy!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_14_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_14 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/courses\/technique-with-kim-robertson\/lessons\/playing-large-intervals\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_39  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_8\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Playing-Large-Intervals.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Playing Large Intervals\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Playing-Large-Intervals.png 1280w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Playing-Large-Intervals-980x551.png 980w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Playing-Large-Intervals-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1280px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-224964\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_27  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_40  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_26  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>(Reminder: you\u2019ll need to be a member of Harp Column Academy to watch today\u2019s Challenge Chat and featured lesson. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\">Join HCA now<\/a><span>.)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_8  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_28  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_41  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_27  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 25<\/h1>\n<h3>\u201cTake chances. Make mistakes. That\u2019s how you grow.\u201d<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Mary Tyler Moore<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_29  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_42  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_28  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today\u2019s focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Put focus and love into practice!<\/h4>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Remember that all the focus and love that we put into our practice, will be be shared and felt by our audiences&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:769,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0}\">\u201cRemember that all the focus and love that we put into our practice, will be be shared and felt by our audiences.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Anneleen Lenaerts<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_43  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_9\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Anneleen-Lenaerts.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Anneleen-Lenaerts\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Anneleen-Lenaerts.jpg 200w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Anneleen-Lenaerts-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Anneleen-Lenaerts-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" class=\"wp-image-232077\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_30  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_44  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_29  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Tune in for a Challenge Chat with Anneleen Lenaerts January 25 at 10:00 a.m. ET.\u00a0<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_15_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_15 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/challenge-chats\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_31  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_45  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_30  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today\u2019s tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Learn how to work well with others.<\/h4>\n<p>We caught up with Anneleen Lenaerts to learn how to \u201clive the dream.\u201d She tells us she is very grateful for the opportunity to perform with other musicians. \u201cSome things you don\u2019t get in touch with when you only play the harp alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Anneleen in the May-June 2015 issue of\u00a0<em>Harp Column\u00a0<\/em>magazine.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_16_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_16 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/blog\/living-the-dream\/\">read now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_46  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_10\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/may-june-2015.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"may-june 2015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/may-june-2015.png 249w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/may-june-2015-150x181.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" class=\"wp-image-232129\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_32  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_47  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_31  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>(Reminder: you\u2019ll need to be a member of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\"><em>Harp Column Academy<\/em><\/a><span> to watch today\u2019s Challenge Chat and you\u2019ll need to subscribe to <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/subscribe\/\">Harp Column magazine<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><span>to read our featured article.) \u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_9  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_33  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_48  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_32  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 24<\/h1>\n<h3>\u201cPractice creates confidence. Confidence empowers you.\u201d<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Simone Biles<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_34  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_49  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_33  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today\u2019s focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Find your voice!\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cI wish that I practiced more, because I love how it feels when I do practice.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Deborah Henson-Conant<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_50  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_11\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Deborah-Henson-Conant.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Deborah Henson-Conant\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Deborah-Henson-Conant.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Deborah-Henson-Conant-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Deborah-Henson-Conant-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1200px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-28791\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_35  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_51  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_34  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Read more about Deborah Henson Conant in the July\u2013August 2006 issue of\u00a0<em>Harp Column\u00a0<\/em>magazine.\u00a0<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_17_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_17 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/July-August-2006.pdf\">read now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_36  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_52  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_35  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today\u2019s tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Learn how to expand your creative voice on the harp.<\/h4>\n<p>We caught up with Deborah Henson- Conant to learn how to improvise on the harp. She tells us that knowing how to build chords is an important first step. \u201cOne of the most useful chord shapes you can learn is called the 1\u20135\u201310 chord. It gives us all three notes of the chord but in a way that is very resonant for the harp.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Learn more from Deborah in her studio at Harp Column Academy.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_18_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_18 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/courses\/improvisation-with-deborah-henson-conant\/lessons\/how-to-improvise-part-1\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_53  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_12\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/How-to-Improvise-Part-1.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"How to Improvise - Part 1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/How-to-Improvise-Part-1.png 1280w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/How-to-Improvise-Part-1-980x551.png 980w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/How-to-Improvise-Part-1-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1280px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-224671\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_37  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_54  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_36  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>(Reminder: you\u2019ll need to be a member of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\"><em>Harp Column Academy<\/em><\/a><span> to watch today\u2019s Challenge Chat and you\u2019ll need to subscribe to <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/subscribe\/\">Harp Column magazine<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><span>to read our featured article.) \u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_10  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_38  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_55  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_37  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 23<\/h1>\n<h3>\u201cNever miss an opportunity to teach. When you teach others, you teach yourself.\u201d<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Itzhak Perlman<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_39  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_56  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_38  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today\u2019s focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Interact with other musicians!<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cTo find a way to interact with other musicians and composers and still ground myself in my own voice, that all plays heavily into how I work as a leader.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Maeve Gilchrist<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_57  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_13\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Maeve-square.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Maeve-square\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Maeve-square.jpg 600w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Maeve-square-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 600px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-28639\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_40  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_58  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_39  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Read more about Maeve Gilchrist in the May\u2013June 2017 issue of\u00a0<em>Harp Column\u00a0<\/em>magazine.\u00a0<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_19_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_19 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/blog\/music-maeven\/\">read now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_41  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_59  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_40  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today\u2019s tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Get creative with your practicing!<\/h4>\n<p>Harp Column Academy teacher Maeve Gilchrist shares tips on how to get creative with your practicing. \u201cLoop melodic phrases you are working on,\u201d she says. \u201cStart at a slow tempo and increase your speed. When that feels fluid, move into different registers of the harp. That way, you are comfortable with the melodic material.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>Learn more from Gilchrist in her studio at Harp Column Academy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_20_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_20 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/courses\/technique-with-maeve-gilchrist\/lessons\/creative-practice-techniques\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_60  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_14\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Creative-Practice-Techniques.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Creative Practice Techniques\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Creative-Practice-Techniques.png 1280w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Creative-Practice-Techniques-980x551.png 980w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Creative-Practice-Techniques-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1280px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-224997\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_42  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_61  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_41  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>(Reminder: you\u2019ll need to be a member of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\"><em>Harp Column Academy<\/em><\/a><span> to watch today\u2019s Challenge Chat and you\u2019ll need to subscribe to <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/subscribe\/\">Harp Column magazine<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><span>to read our featured article.) \u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_11  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_43  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_62  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_42  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 22<\/h1>\n<h3>\u201cThe challenge is not so much to change the sound. The challenge is to connect and create something special.\u201d<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Gustavo Dudamel\u00a0<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_44  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_63  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_43  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today\u2019s focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Take baby steps!<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cProgress doesn\u2019t require big leaps or aha moments. It needs small, deliberate steps in the right direction, repeated constantly.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Anne Sullivan, HCA guest presenter<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_64  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_15\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Anne-Sullivan.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Anne Sullivan\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Anne-Sullivan.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Anne-Sullivan-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Anne-Sullivan-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1200px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-231777\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_45  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_65  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_44  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Tune in for a Challenge Chat with Anne Sullivan January 22 at 10:00 a.m. ET.\u00a0<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_21_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_21 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/challenge-chats\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_46  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_66  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_45  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today\u2019s tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Learn how to become independent of your teacher.<\/h4>\n<p>Anne Sullivan discusses the importance of teaching students to become independent in their practicing and performing. She shares that \u201cmuch like good parenting, good teaching means training our students to be independent of us. Our main responsibility is to teach our students how to practice, play, and understand the craft and the art of music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read Anne\u2019s article in the November-December 2018 issue of\u00a0<em>Harp Column\u00a0<\/em>magazine!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_22_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_22 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/blog\/finding-common-ground\/\">read now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_67  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_16\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Nov-Dec-2018-cover-246x300-1.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Nov-Dec-2018-cover-246x300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Nov-Dec-2018-cover-246x300-1.png 246w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Nov-Dec-2018-cover-246x300-1-150x183.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" class=\"wp-image-232597\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_47  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_68  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_46  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>(Reminder: you\u2019ll need to be a member of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\"><em>Harp Column Academy<\/em><\/a><span> to watch today\u2019s Challenge Chat and you\u2019ll need to subscribe to <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/subscribe\/\">Harp Column magazine<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><span>to read our featured article.) \u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_47  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3><strong>This week\u2019s winners\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Harp Column Academy one-year membership:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Annalynn Waddy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Harp Column magazine one-year subscription:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Barbara Chapman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>\u00a0$10 Harp Column Music gift card:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Andrew Rinehart<\/li>\n<li>Sophia Benitez<\/li>\n<li>Dilys Williams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span> (Are you a winner? We\u2019ll be contacting you with details on how to claim your prize!)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_12  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_48  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_69  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_48  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 21<\/h1>\n<h3>\u201cArt is about building a new foundation, not just laying something on top of what\u2019s already there.\u201d<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Prince<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_49  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_70  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_49  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today\u2019s focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Plan today to be better than yesterday!<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cWhat can I do in today\u2019s practice to make it better than yesterday\u2019s practice?\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Isabelle Perrin<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_71  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_17\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Isabelle-Perrin-square.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Isabelle Perrin-square\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Isabelle-Perrin-square.jpg 800w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Isabelle-Perrin-square-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 800px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-28708\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_50  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_72  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_50  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Tune in for a Challenge Chat with Isabelle Perrin January 21 at 10:00 a.m. ET.<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_23_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_23 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/challenge-chats\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_51  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_73  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_51  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today\u2019s tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Learn how to breathe.<\/h4>\n<p>Harp Column Academy teacher Isabelle Perrin discusses the importance of breathing as a musician. She tells us that \u201cbreathing is essential for both physical and musical reasons. Physically, when we breathe, we take in oxygen and oxygen is essential for our muscles. When we do not breathe, we have less and less oxygen, and then our muscles become tense. Musically, breathing helps shape our phrasing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Learn more from Perrin in her studio at Harp Column Academy!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_24_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_24 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/courses\/technique-with-isabelle-perrin\/lessons\/breathing\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_74  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_18\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Breathing.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Breathing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Breathing.png 1280w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Breathing-980x551.png 980w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Breathing-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1280px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-224835\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_52  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_75  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_52  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>(Reminder: you\u2019ll need to be a member of Harp Column Academy to watch today\u2019s Challenge Chat and featured lesson. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\">Join HCA now<\/a><span>.)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_13  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_53  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_76  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_53  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 20<\/h1>\n<h3>\u201cI embrace mistakes. They make you who you are.\u201d<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Beyonc\u00e9<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_54  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_77  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_54  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today\u2019s focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Dream big!<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cWhen you imagine the sound of music you want to create, you are well on your way to playing beautiful music. Dream big. You deserve it!\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Sunita Staneslow<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_78  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_19\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Sunita-Staneslow.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Sunita Staneslow\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Sunita-Staneslow.jpg 400w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Sunita-Staneslow-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Sunita-Staneslow-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Sunita-Staneslow-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Sunita-Staneslow-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Sunita-Staneslow-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-28794\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_55  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_79  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_55  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Tune in for a Challenge Chat with Sunita Staneslow January 20 at 10:00 a.m. ET.<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_25_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_25 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/challenge-chats\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_56  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_80  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_56  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today\u2019s tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Learn how to play in a therapeutic style.<\/h4>\n<p>Harp Column Academy teacher Sunita Staneslow teaches us how to play the harp in a therapeutic style. She says \u201ctone and tempo are key to playing more therapeutically, to playing with a sense of openness, space, and breath. Breath is soothing and calm. Simple arpeggios are calming when played slowly, with a bit more consciousness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Learn more from Staneslow in her studio at Harp Column Academy!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_26_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_26 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/courses\/technique-with-sunita-staneslow\/lessons\/how-to-play-in-a-therapeutic-style-part-1\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_81  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_20\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/How-to-Play-in-a-Therapeutic-Style-Part-1.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"How to Play in a Therapeutic Style - Part 1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/How-to-Play-in-a-Therapeutic-Style-Part-1.png 1280w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/How-to-Play-in-a-Therapeutic-Style-Part-1-980x551.png 980w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/How-to-Play-in-a-Therapeutic-Style-Part-1-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1280px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-225114\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_57  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_82  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_57  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>(Reminder: you\u2019ll need to be a member of Harp Column Academy to watch today\u2019s Challenge Chat and featured lesson. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\">Join HCA now<\/a><span>.)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_14  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_58  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_83  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_58  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 19<\/h1>\n<h3>\u201cDon\u2019t let yesterday take up too much of today.\u201d\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Will Rogers<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_59  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_84  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_59  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today\u2019s focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Stop comparing!<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cWhat could you accomplish today if you weren\u2019t using that energy to compare yourself to others?\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Katherine Siochi, HCA guest presenter<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_85  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_21\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"931\" height=\"931\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Katherine-Siochi.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Katherine-Siochi\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Katherine-Siochi.png 931w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Katherine-Siochi-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 931px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-232014\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_60  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_86  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_60  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Tune in for a Challenge Chat with Katherine Siochi January 19 at 10:00 a.m. ET.<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_27_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_27 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/challenge-chats\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_61  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_87  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_61  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today\u2019s tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Enhance your musicality.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>Katherine Siochi discusses the importance of musicality and phrasing in performance. She believes that over practicing can lead to rote sounding performances. She tells us: \u201cPerfection is something I strive for during practice, but if that\u2019s my focus in performance, it\u2019s detrimental to really creating music.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more about Siochi in <em>Harp Column\u00a0<\/em>magazine\u2019s September-October 2016 issue.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_28_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_28 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/blog\/golden-girl\/\">read now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_88  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_22\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/September-October-2016-248x300-1.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"September-October-2016-248x300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/September-October-2016-248x300-1.png 248w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/September-October-2016-248x300-1-150x181.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" class=\"wp-image-232127\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_62  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_89  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_62  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>(Reminder: you\u2019ll need to be a member of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\"><em>Harp Column Academy<\/em><\/a><span> to watch today\u2019s Challenge Chat and you\u2019ll need to subscribe to <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/subscribe\/\">Harp Column magazine<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><span>to read our featured article.) \u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_15  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_63  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_90  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_63  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 18<\/h1>\n<h3>\u201cThe secret to finding the right community is to choose one with the right balance of affirmation and expectation.\u201d<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Rachel Lee Hall<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_64  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_91  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_64  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today\u2019s focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Channel your unique voice!<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0\u201c<span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;In performance practice, learning to \u2018go for it\u2019 requires as much as courage as it does vulnerability. As artists, we must commit to channeling our own unique inner voice no matter what, while letting go of the inner critic and expectations of others.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:769,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0}\">In performance practice, learning to \u2018go for it\u2019 requires as much as courage as it does vulnerability. As artists, we must commit to channeling our own unique inner voice no matter what, while letting go of the inner critic and expectations of others.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Grace Browning<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_92  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_23\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"674\" height=\"674\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Grace-Browning-2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Grace-Browning-2020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Grace-Browning-2020.jpg 674w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Grace-Browning-2020-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 674px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-28803\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_65  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_93  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_65  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Tune in for a Challenge Chat with Grace Browning January 18 at 10:00 a.m. ET.\u00a0<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_29_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_29 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/challenge-chats\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_66  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_94  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_66  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today\u2019s tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Develop visual techniques to learn a new piece of music.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p><span>Grace Browning goes inside the practice room at Harp Column Academy to perform and discuss Debussy\u2019s <\/span><i><span>First Arabesque. <\/span><\/i><span>She discusses visuals that helped her learn this piece. She tells us that she tends to be a very visual person. \"An arabesque is a visual design consisting of rhythmic, linear patterns. That sort of visual component is so much in my mind when I\u2019m playing this. It\u2019s really fascinating to visualize how all the lines stack up.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Learn more from Browning inside the practice room at Harp Column Academy!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_30_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_30 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/courses\/first-arabesque-by-claude-debussy\/lessons\/discussing-first-arabesque\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_95  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_24\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/first-arabesque.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"first arabesque\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/first-arabesque.png 768w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/first-arabesque-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 768px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-232062\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_67  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_96  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_67  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>(Reminder: you\u2019ll need to be a member of Harp Column Academy to watch today\u2019s Challenge Chat and featured lesson. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\">Join HCA now<\/a><span>.)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_16  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_68  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_97  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_68  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 17<\/h1>\n<h3>\u201cWherever you are, know that you have so much to offer this world, whether it\u2019s through your music making or by simply being you.\u201d<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Grace Browning<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_69  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_98  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_69  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today\u2019s focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Head outside!<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just an artificial construct to play music outside. There is a different connection that happens internally, within yourself, when you are outside that we could maybe consider more in music.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Alice Giles<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_99  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_25\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Alice-Giles-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Alice Giles-3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Alice-Giles-3.jpg 400w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Alice-Giles-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Alice-Giles-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Alice-Giles-3-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Alice-Giles-3-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Alice-Giles-3-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-28770\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_70  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_100  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_70  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Read more about Alice Giles in\u00a0<em>Harp Column\u00a0<\/em>magazine\u2019s November-December 2011 issue.\u00a0<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_31_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_31 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/HarpColumn_NovDec11.pdf\">read more<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_71  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_101  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_71  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today\u2019s tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Learn how to play loudly.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p><span>Harp Column Academy teacher Alice GIles discusses how to make a beautiful loud sound! She tells us \u201cyour sound needs the support of your whole body. Keep your knuckles rounded and close into the palm of your hand. Control of the knuckles creates volume. It\u2019s about weight and movement with a follow through rather than pressure and strength.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Learn more from Giles in her studio at Harp Column Academy!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_32_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_32 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/courses\/technique-with-alice-giles\/lessons\/playing-loudly\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_102  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_26\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/Playing-Loudly.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Playing Loudly\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/Playing-Loudly.png 1280w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/Playing-Loudly-980x551.png 980w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/Playing-Loudly-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1280px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-224375\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_72  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_103  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_72  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>(Reminder: you\u2019ll need to be a member of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\"><em>Harp Column Academy<\/em><\/a><span> to watch today\u2019s lesson and you\u2019ll need to subscribe to <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/subscribe\/\">Harp Column magazine<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><span>to read our featured article.)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_17  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_73  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_104  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_73  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 16<\/h1>\n<h3>\"Love the harp and work hard.\"\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Susann McDonald<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_74  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_105  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_74  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Relax!<\/h4>\n<p>\"Good technique requires effortless technical ability. The challenge for harpists is to work relaxation methods into actual playing.\"<\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Sarah Bullen<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_106  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_27\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"404\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Sarah-Bullen.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Sarah Bullen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Sarah-Bullen.jpg 404w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Sarah-Bullen-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Sarah-Bullen-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Sarah-Bullen-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Sarah-Bullen-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Sarah-Bullen-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" class=\"wp-image-28768\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_75  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_107  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_75  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Read our classic 1997 interview with Sarah Bullen on Harp Column.<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_33_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_33 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/magazine-2\/july-august-1997-issue\/.\">read now <\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_76  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_108  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_76  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Learn how to warm up and tune.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>Harp Column Academy teacher Sarah Bullen discusses warming up and tuning in an orchestra setting. She tells us to \"always warm up not just to warm up, but for your tuning. Always tune quietly. Warm up to limber up for yourself, not for others.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Learn more from Bullen in her studio at Harp Column Academy!\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_34_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_34 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/courses\/orchestra-tips-with-sarah-bullen\/lessons\/warming-up-and-tuning\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_109  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_28\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Warming-Up-and-Tuning.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Warming Up and Tuning\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Warming-Up-and-Tuning.png 1280w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Warming-Up-and-Tuning-980x551.png 980w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Warming-Up-and-Tuning-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1280px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-225022\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_77  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_110  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_77  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>(Reminder: you'll need to be a member of <a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\"><em>Harp Column Academy<\/em><\/a> to watch today's lesson and you'll need to subscribe to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/subscribe\/\">Harp Column magazine<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>to read our featured article.)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_18  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_78  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_111  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_78  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 15<\/h1>\n<h3>\"It's not just a question of conquering a summit previously unknown, but of tracing, step by step, a new path to it.\"<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Gustav Mahler<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_79  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_112  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_79  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Discover who you want to be!<\/h4>\n<p>\"In every minute you practice, you choose the harpist you want to become. It all starts with just showing up.\"<\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Anne Sullivan<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_113  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_29\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Anne-Sullivan.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Anne Sullivan\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Anne-Sullivan.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Anne-Sullivan-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Anne-Sullivan-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1200px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-231777\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_80  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_114  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_80  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Tune in for a Challenge Chat with Anne Sullivan January 15 at 10:00 a.m. ET.<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_35_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_35 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/?page_id=231707\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_81  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_115  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_81  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Organize your time.<\/h4>\n<p>\"Perhaps the biggest hurdle for any working harpist is being the performer, the manager, the roadie, the bookkeeper, and the administrative assistant all rolled into one,\" says Anne Sullivan. \"Choices made in support of your personal priorities and career goals will lead to deep satisfaction; choices made in contrary to your priorities will likely frustrate you.\"<\/p>\n<p>Read Anne's article from the July-August 2019 issue of\u00a0<em>Harp Column\u00a0<\/em>today!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_36_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_36 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/courses\/technique-with-isabelle-perrin\/lessons\/harmonics-3\/\">read now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_116  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_30\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"351\" height=\"185\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/All-the-time-in-the-world-351x185-1.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"All-the-time-in-the-world-351x185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/All-the-time-in-the-world-351x185-1.png 351w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/All-the-time-in-the-world-351x185-1-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/All-the-time-in-the-world-351x185-1-150x79.png 150w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/All-the-time-in-the-world-351x185-1-250x132.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" class=\"wp-image-232125\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_82  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_117  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_82  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>(Reminder: you\u2019ll need to be a member of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\"><em>Harp Column Academy<\/em><\/a><span> to watch today\u2019s lesson and you\u2019ll need to subscribe to <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/subscribe\/\">Harp Column magazine<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><span>to read our featured article.)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_83  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3><strong>This week\u2019s winners\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Harp Column Academy one-year membership:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Mary Loielo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Harp Column magazine one-year subscription:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Janet Jones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>\u00a0$10 Harp Column Music gift card:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Vanessa Hodge<\/li>\n<li>Pat Henry<\/li>\n<li>Tiziana Todoroff<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span> (Are you a winner? We\u2019ll be contacting you with details on how to claim your prize!)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_19  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_83  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_118  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_84  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 14<\/h1>\n<h3>\"Know that you can start late, look different, be uncertain, and still succeed.\"<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Misty Copeland<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_84  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_119  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_85  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Practice like you love it!<\/h4>\n<p>\"If you play the harp, this is quite surely\u00a0<em>your<\/em> choice! So always remember it: you practice because you <em>love<\/em> your harp!\"<\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Isabelle Perrin<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_120  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_31\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Isabelle-Perrin-square.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Isabelle Perrin-square\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Isabelle-Perrin-square.jpg 800w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Isabelle-Perrin-square-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 800px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-28708\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_85  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_121  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_86  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Tune in for a Challenge Chat with Isabelle Perrin January 14 at 10:00 a.m. ET.<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_37_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_37 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/?page_id=231707\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_86  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_122  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_87  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Learn to play harmonics.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>\"Harmonics: even the name of it sounds magical\" says Harp Column Academy teacher Isabelle Perrin. \"I think this is one of the most specific technical elements of our instrument. How can we be sure to have beautiful harmonics? Know whether the string is flat, natural, or sharp, because you don't play the harmonic in the same position for each string. To play a harmonic, you split the string in two and only play half of the string.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about harmonics in Perrin's studio at Harp Column Academy!\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_38_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_38 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/courses\/technique-with-isabelle-perrin\/lessons\/harmonics-3\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_123  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_32\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Harmonics.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Harmonics\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Harmonics.png 1280w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Harmonics-980x551.png 980w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Harmonics-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1280px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-224841\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_87  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_124  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_88  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>(Reminder: you'll need to be a member of Harp Column Academy to watch today's Challenge Chat and featured lesson. <a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\">Join HCA now<\/a>.)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_20  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_88  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_125  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_89  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 13<\/h1>\n<h3>\"Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.\"<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Pablo Casals<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_89  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_126  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_90  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Keep your ultimate goal in mind!<\/h4>\n<p>\"Anything we practice, from technique to pedaling to memorization, is simply to serve the music. We must keep in mind our ultimate goal of the shaping of the phrase, the arc of the piece, the statement of the music; and use the technical exercises, memory work, and all the drills and repetitions as a means to get to that goal.\"<\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Cheryl Losey Feder<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_127  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_33\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Cheryl-Losey-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Cheryl Losey-2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Cheryl-Losey-2.jpg 594w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Cheryl-Losey-2-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 594px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-28805\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_90  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_128  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_91  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Tune in for a Challenge Chat with Cheryl Losey Feder January 13 at 10:00 a.m. ET.<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_39_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_39 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/challenge-chats\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_91  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_129  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_92  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Don't skip slow practice!\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>Cheryl Losey Feder discusses the importance of practicing slowly. As she performs the Salzedo Variations on Harp Column Academy, she says: \u201cI find I can never skip the slow practicing. If I make myself do that first, I usually have an easier time speeding it up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Learn more from Cheryl inside the practice room at Harp Column Academy!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_40_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_40 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/courses\/variations-on-a-theme-in-ancient-style-by-carlos-salzedo\/lessons\/cheryl-losey-feder-plays-the-salzedo-variations\/\">watch now <\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_130  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_34\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/blog\/calling-in-sick\/\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Cheryl-Salzedo.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Cheryl Salzedo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Cheryl-Salzedo.png 751w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Cheryl-Salzedo-480x215.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 751px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-232515\" \/><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_92  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_131  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_93  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>(Reminder: you'll need to be a member of Harp Column Academy to watch today's Challenge Chat and featured lesson. <a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\">Join HCA now<\/a>.)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_21  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_93  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_132  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_94  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 12<\/h1>\n<h3>\"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.\"<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Vincent van Gogh<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_94  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_133  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_95  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Keep an open mind!<\/h4>\n<p>\"With a good technique, open ears, and willingness to try, anything is possible. Music is a conversation that should make you smile.\"<\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Amanda Whiting<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_134  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_35\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Amanda-Whiting-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Amanda Whiting-2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Amanda-Whiting-2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Amanda-Whiting-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Amanda-Whiting-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Amanda-Whiting-2-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Amanda-Whiting-2-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Amanda-Whiting-2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-28797\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_95  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_135  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_96  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Tune in for a Challenge Chat with Amanda Whiting January 12 at 10:00 a.m. ET.<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_41_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_41 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/?page_id=231707\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_96  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_136  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_97  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Learn to improvise and find your sound.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>\"What's your sound? Have you ever just sat there and played some chords to see what sound you like?\" asks Harp Column Academy teacher Amanda Whiting. \"Be aware. In order to find our sound, we're going to free ourselves and put the harp into any random combination of levers or pedals. Start by playing one finger at a time. Listen to it, let the decay happen. Listen to the quality of the note. When you have experimented with that, add more fingers to facilitate better phrases. Let's be free. Let's find our sound.\"<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Learn more from Whiting in her studio at Harp Column Academy!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_42_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_42 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/courses\/beginning-jazz-and-improvisation\/lessons\/find-your-sound\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_137  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_36\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/Amanda-Whiting-Improvisation-.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Amanda Whiting Improvisation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/Amanda-Whiting-Improvisation-.png 616w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/Amanda-Whiting-Improvisation--480x272.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 616px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-232031\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_97  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_138  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_98  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>(Reminder: you'll need to be a member of Harp Column Academy to watch today's Challenge Chat and featured lesson. <a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\">Join HCA now<\/a>.)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_22  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_98  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_139  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_99  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 11<\/h1>\n<h3>\"A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.\"<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Leopold Stokowski<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_99  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_140  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_100  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Stay humble!<\/h4>\n<p>\"Learning is exploration, experimentation, humility, and retrieval. Be a detective in your learning: experiment, explore, embrace the challenges, and always stay humble. In this way you will learn what the music is asking you and your harp will sing!\"<\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Lynne Aspnes<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_141  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_37\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Lynne-Aspnes-300-2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Lynne Aspnes-300-2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Lynne-Aspnes-300-2-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Lynne-Aspnes-300-2-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Lynne-Aspnes-300-2-2-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Lynne-Aspnes-300-2-2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-28041\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_100  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_142  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_101  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Tune in for a Challenge Chat with Lynne Aspnes January 11 at 10:00 a.m. ET.<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_43_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_43 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/?page_id=231707\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_101  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_143  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_102  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Develop a beautiful sound.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>Harp Column Academy teacher Lynne Aspnes shares that \"there is a responsibility to produce a beautful sound. Basic, beautiful, even tone becomes the foundation for your color palette of the harp.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about sound production in Lynne's studio at Harp Column Academy!\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_44_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_44 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/courses\/technique-with-lynne-aspnes\/lessons\/sound-production\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_144  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_38\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Sound-Production.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Sound Production\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Sound-Production.png 1280w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Sound-Production-980x551.png 980w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Sound-Production-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1280px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-224980\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_102  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_145  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_103  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>(Reminder: you'll need to be a member of Harp Column Academy to watch today's Challenge Chat and featured lesson. <a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\">Join HCA now<\/a>.)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_23  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_103  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_146  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_104  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 10<\/h1>\n<h3>\"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.\"\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014John Cage\u00a0<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_104  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_147  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_105  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Prepare in advance!<\/h4>\n<p>\"The work you do in advance of rehearsal will ensure you never feel lost.\"<\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Bridget Kibbey\u00a0<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_148  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_39\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Bridget-Kibbey-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Grainne Hambly-2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Bridget-Kibbey-2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Bridget-Kibbey-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Bridget-Kibbey-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Bridget-Kibbey-2-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Bridget-Kibbey-2-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Bridget-Kibbey-2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-28784\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_105  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_149  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_106  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Read more about Bridget Kibbey in\u00a0<em>Harp Column\u00a0<\/em>magazine's January-February 2018 issue.<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_45_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_45 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/blog\/not-get-lost-long-tacet-sections\/\">read now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_106  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_150  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_107  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Learn how to tune using the circle of fifths.<\/h4>\n<p>Harpist and teacher Bridget Kibbey tells us that \"it's really important for all of us to learn to tune by ear and to be comfortable tuning in fourths and fifths. This is really tuning by relative pitch. Always listen for squiggles in the sound and then adjust until you have a laser perfect note.\"<\/p>\n<p>Tune in to Kibbey's technique and sound lesson at Harp Column Academy!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_46_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_46 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/courses\/technique-and-sound-with-bridget-kibbey\/lessons\/advanced-tuning-using-circle-of-fifths\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_151  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_40\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Advanced-Tuning.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Advanced Tuning\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Advanced-Tuning.png 1280w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Advanced-Tuning-980x551.png 980w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Advanced-Tuning-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1280px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-224743\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_107  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_152  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_108  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>(Reminder: you'll need to be a member of <a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\"><em>Harp Column Academy<\/em><\/a> to watch today's lesson and you'll need to subscribe to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/subscribe\/\">Harp Column magazine<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>to read our featured article.)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_24  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_108  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_153  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_109  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 9<\/h1>\n<h3>\"Nothing is impossible. The word itself says I'm possible!\"<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Audrey Hepburn<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_109  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_154  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_110  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Step outside your comfort zone!<\/h4>\n<p>\"I'm 100 percent appreciative and I'm learning all the time. Really, the minute you feel like you are settled and comfortable, you are regressing.\"<\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014June Han<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_155  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_41\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/June-Han-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Grainne Hambly-2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/June-Han-4.jpg 400w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/June-Han-4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/June-Han-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/June-Han-4-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/June-Han-4-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/June-Han-4-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-28771\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_110  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_156  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_111  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Read more about June Han in\u00a0<em>Harp Column\u00a0<\/em>magazine's July- August 2019 issue.\u00a0<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_47_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_47 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/blog\/the-many-languages-of-june-han\/\">read now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_111  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_157  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_112  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Develop clean playing without buzzing.<\/h4>\n<p>Harp Column Academy teacher June Han tells us that she finds\u00a0that \"practicing without buzzing is relatively easy when you realize you are doing it. Sometimes we are in denial about our own buzzing. Anything that is not part of good tone is a buzz. Reach fingers out to quickly grab strings, thinking of a snake's tongue grabbing a fly.\"<\/p>\n<p>Learn more from Han in her studio at Harp Column Academy!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_48_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_48 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/courses\/technique-with-june-han\/lessons\/how-to-avoid-buzzing-chords\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_158  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_42\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/How-to-Avoid-Buzzing-Chords.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"How to Avoid Buzzing Chords\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/How-to-Avoid-Buzzing-Chords.png 1280w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/How-to-Avoid-Buzzing-Chords-980x551.png 980w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/How-to-Avoid-Buzzing-Chords-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1280px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-224904\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_112  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_159  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_113  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>(Reminder: you'll need to be a member of <a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\"><em>Harp Column Academy<\/em><\/a> to watch today's lesson and you'll need to subscribe to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/subscribe\/\">Harp Column magazine<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>to read our featured article.)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_25  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_113  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_160  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_114  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 8<\/h1>\n<h3>\"The successful warrior is the average man with laser-like focus.\"<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Bruce Lee<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_114  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_161  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_115  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Practice at a manageable pace!<\/h4>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;I find it is better to practice slowly and steadily, at whatever pace you can manage the trickiest part of the piece, rather than going too fast! That way you can gradually build up the tempo, but the tune will already be flowing well.  If you find that the right hand fingering gets mixed up when you add the left hand, then it is worth practising them separately for a while longer. Mostly though, try to enjoy your harp playing and don't get frustrated if things take longer to perfect than you would like them to!&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:771,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:&#091;null,2,16777215&#093;,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0}\">\"I find it is better to practice slowly and steadily, at whatever pace you can manage the trickiest part of the piece, rather than going too fast! That way you can gradually build up the tempo, but the tune will already be flowing well. If you find that the right hand fingering gets mixed up when you add the left hand, then it is worth practicing them separately for a while longer. Mostly though, try to enjoy your harp playing and don't get frustrated if things take longer to perfect than you would like them to!\"<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Gr\u00e1inne Hambly<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_162  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_43\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Grainne-Hambly-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Grainne Hambly-2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Grainne-Hambly-2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Grainne-Hambly-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Grainne-Hambly-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Grainne-Hambly-2-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Grainne-Hambly-2-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Grainne-Hambly-2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-28792\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_115  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_163  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_116  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Tune in for a Challenge Chat with Gr\u00e1inne Hambly January 8 at 10:00 a.m. ET.<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_49_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_49 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/?page_id=231707\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_116  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_164  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_117  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Learn to play slides.<\/h4>\n<p>We caught up with Harp Column Academy teacher Gr\u00e1inne Hambly to learn more about slides. She shares: \"a trick I find really useful when playing fast songs is to slide either with the thumb or with the third or fourth fingers depending on what's happening. Like everything else, the key is to feel relaxed when you're doing that. Slides can help connect melody notes at fast speeds.\"<\/p>\n<p>Keep up to date with all of Hambly's lessons at Harp Column Academy!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_50_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_50 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/courses\/technique-with-grainne-hambly\/lessons\/slides\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_165  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_44\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Slides.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Slides\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Slides.png 1280w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Slides-980x551.png 980w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Slides-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1280px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-224773\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_117  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_166  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_118  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>(Reminder: you'll need to be a member of Harp Column Academy to watch today's Challenge Chat and featured lesson. <a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\">Join HCA now<\/a>.)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_119  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3><strong>This week\u2019s winners\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Harp Column Academy one-year membership:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Kaynel Germain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Harp Column magazine one-year subscription:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Brian Swager<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>\u00a0$10 Harp Column Music gift card:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Omkara P.<\/li>\n<li>Amaris Dumitrescu<\/li>\n<li>Bernadette O'Rourke<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"> (Are you a winner? We\u2019ll be contacting you with details on how to claim your prize!)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_26  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_118  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_167  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_120  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 7<\/h1>\n<h3>\"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing. That's why we recommend it daily.\"<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Zig Ziglar<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_119  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_168  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_121  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Set a timer!<\/h4>\n<p>\"Don't feel like practicing? Try setting a timer for 15 minutes. You'll be 15 minutes better than you were before.\"<\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Emily Levin<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_169  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_45\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Levin-Emily-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Levin-Emily-3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Levin-Emily-3.jpg 400w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Levin-Emily-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Levin-Emily-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Levin-Emily-3-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Levin-Emily-3-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Levin-Emily-3-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-28808\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_120  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_170  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_122  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Tune in for a Challenge Chat with Emily Levin January 7 at 10:00 a.m. ET.<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_51_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_51 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/?page_id=231707\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_121  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_171  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_123  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Learn how to play cleanly.<\/h4>\n<p>Harpist Emily Levin discusses the importance of playing cleanly in the Handel harp concerto. \"One of the challenges with this type of music is that the harp just rings and rings,\" she says. \"Especially in this early music, you really need clarity. Each voice has to be clear. Otherwise, you lose the intention.\"<\/p>\n<p>Listen to Levin's performance of Handel's harp concerto at Harp Column Academy!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_52_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_52 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/courses\/andante-allegro-from-concerto-in-b-flat-by-g-f-handel\/lessons\/discussing-handel-part-1\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_172  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_46\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Emily-Levin-Performs-Handel.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Emily Levin Performs Handel\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Emily-Levin-Performs-Handel.png 1280w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Emily-Levin-Performs-Handel-980x551.png 980w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Emily-Levin-Performs-Handel-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1280px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-224803\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_122  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_173  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_124  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>(Reminder: you'll need to be a member of Harp Column Academy to watch today's Challenge Chat and featured lesson. <a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\">Join HCA now<\/a>.)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_27  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_123  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_174  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_125  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 6<\/h1>\n<h3>\"All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.\"<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Michael John Bobak<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_124  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_175  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_126  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Become an extraordinary thinker!<\/h4>\n<p>\"Legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz gave us these great words to live by: 'The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is practice.'\"<\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Nicole Brady<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_176  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_47\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Nicole-Brady-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Nicole Brady-3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Nicole-Brady-3.jpg 400w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Nicole-Brady-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Nicole-Brady-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Nicole-Brady-3-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Nicole-Brady-3-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Nicole-Brady-3-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" class=\"wp-image-41806\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_125  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_177  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_127  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Tune in for a Challenge Chat with Nicole Brady January 6 at 10:00 a.m. ET.<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_53_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_53 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/?page_id=231707\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_126  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_178  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_128  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Learn to play without tension.<\/h4>\n<p>Harp Column Academy teacher Nicole Brady points out that playing without tension is something every harpist has to pay attention to and work on regularly. \"Use the hot touch,\"she suggests. \"It's when you close your fingers into your palm pretending that your palm is hot and you touch it and you want to release away from it. That release is when your fingers relax completely after plucking the strings.\"<\/p>\n<p>Keep up to date with all of Brady's technique tips in her studio at Harp Column Academy!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_54_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_54 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/courses\/technique-with-nicole-brady\/lessons\/playing-without-tension\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_179  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_48\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Playing-Without-Tension.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Playing Without Tension\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Playing-Without-Tension.png 1280w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Playing-Without-Tension-980x551.png 980w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Playing-Without-Tension-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1280px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-225069\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_127  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_180  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_129  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>(Reminder: you'll need to be a member of Harp Column Academy to watch today's Challenge Chat and featured lesson. <a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\">Join HCA now<\/a>.)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_28  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_128  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_181  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_130  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 5<\/h1>\n<h3>\"Do one thing every day that scares you.\"<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Anonymous<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_129  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_182  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_131  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Think outside the notes!\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>\"There's a lot more to practice than just learning the notes. Discover the art of making a piece your own!\"<\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Rhett Barnwell<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_183  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_49\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"424\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Rhett-Barnwell-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Rhett Barnwell-2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Rhett-Barnwell-2.jpg 424w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Rhett-Barnwell-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Rhett-Barnwell-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Rhett-Barnwell-2-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Rhett-Barnwell-2-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Rhett-Barnwell-2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" class=\"wp-image-28804\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_130  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_184  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_132  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Tune in for a Challenge Chat with Rhett Barnwell January 5 at 10:00 a.m. ET.<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_55_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_55 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/?page_id=231707\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_131  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_185  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_133  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Learn how to arrange music.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>Harp Column Academy teacher Rhett Barnwell tells us: \"Once I've figured out what I want to arrange, I sit down at the harp and start playing until I come up with something that sounds good to me. I quickly write it down before I forget it! There really is no method to my own madness.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about arranging in Barnwell's studio at Harp Column Academy!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_56_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_56 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/courses\/arranging-with-rhett-barnwell\/lessons\/introductions-interludes-and-codas\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_186  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_50\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/arranging-barnwell.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"arranging barnwell\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/arranging-barnwell.png 768w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/arranging-barnwell-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 768px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-232028\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_132  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_187  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_134  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>(Reminder: you'll need to be a member of Harp Column Academy to watch today's Challenge Chat and featured lesson. <a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\">Join HCA now<\/a>.)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_29  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_133  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_188  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_135  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 4<\/h1>\n<h3>\"Success is walking from failure to failure with lots of enthusiasm.\"<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Winston Churchill<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_134  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_189  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_136  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Practice deliberately!<\/h4>\n<p>\"Looking for a new year's resolution? I've got one for you: DELIBERATE PRACTICE! Practice with a plan, intention, discipline, audible results, and fun. Let's get started!\"<\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Maria Luisa Rayan<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_190  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_51\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"428\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Maria-Luisa-Rayan.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Maria-Luisa-Rayan\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Maria-Luisa-Rayan.jpg 428w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Maria-Luisa-Rayan-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Maria-Luisa-Rayan-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Maria-Luisa-Rayan-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Maria-Luisa-Rayan-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Maria-Luisa-Rayan-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" class=\"wp-image-28786\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_135  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_191  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_137  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Tune in for a Challenge Chat with Maria Luisa Rayan January 4 at 10:00 a.m. ET.<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_57_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_57 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/?page_id=231707\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_136  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_192  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_138  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Learn how to articulate.<\/h4>\n<p>\"What is articulation in general?\" asks Harp Column Academy master teacher Maria Luisa Rayan. \"Articulation is the clarity with which we speak and enunciate words. Applied to music, articulation is the same concept. It's the clarity in our playing. it's the clarity in production of notes.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about articulation in Rayan's studio at Harp Column Academy!\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_58_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_58 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/courses\/technique-with-maria-luisa-rayan\/lessons\/articulation-2\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_193  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_52\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Articulation-Maria-Luisa-Rayan.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Articulation - Maria Luisa Rayan\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Articulation-Maria-Luisa-Rayan.png 1280w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Articulation-Maria-Luisa-Rayan-980x551.png 980w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Articulation-Maria-Luisa-Rayan-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1280px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-225043\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_137  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_194  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_139  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>(Reminder: you'll need to be a member of Harp Column Academy to watch today's Challenge Chat and featured lesson. <a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\">Join HCA now<\/a>.)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_30  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_138  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_195  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_140  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 3<\/h1>\n<h3>\"All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.\"<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Walt Disney\u00a0<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_139  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_196  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_141  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Find structure!<\/h4>\n<p>\"When we structure our practice time it is often surprising how much we can accomplish in such a small amount of time.\"<\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Angela Schwarzkopf, HCA guest presenter<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_197  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_53\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Angela.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Angela\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Angela.png 300w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Angela-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Angela-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Angela-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-231776\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_140  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_198  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_142  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Tune in for a Challenge Chat with Angela Schwarzkopf January 3 at 10:00 a.m. ET.<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_59_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_59 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/?page_id=231707\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_141  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_199  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_143  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Practice slowly.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>Angela Schwarzkopf gave us some great advice when we interviewed her for the September-October 2020 issue of\u00a0<em>Harp Column\u00a0<\/em>magazine: \"When I started my master's degree, I spent months only being allowed to play things very slowly so I could be thoughtful and mindful about how I was moving my hands and body. We all have things in our practice to keep working on to be the best we can be.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read this article now to find out more about Angela!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_60_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_60 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/blog\/creatively-canadian\/\">read now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_200  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_54\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/SeptOct-2020-cover-248x300-1.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"SeptOct-2020-cover-248x300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/SeptOct-2020-cover-248x300-1.png 248w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/SeptOct-2020-cover-248x300-1-150x181.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" class=\"wp-image-232123\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_142  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_201  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_144  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>(Reminder: you'll need to be a member of <a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\"><em>Harp Column Academy<\/em><\/a> to watch today's Challenge Chat and you'll need to subscribe to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/subscribe\/\">Harp Column magazine<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>to read our featured article.) \u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_31  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_143  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_202  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_145  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Day 2<\/h1>\n<h3>\"I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. <br \/>It's something we are all touched by. \"<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Billy Joel<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_144  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_203  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_146  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's focus\u00a0<\/h2>\n<h4>Expect more of yourself in the practice room!<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\"You are your own biggest critic. In other words, of all the people in the world, you are the biggest expert on yourself! Expecting more of yourself in the practice room will grow you in unimaginable ways.\"<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Rachel Lee Hall\u00a0<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_204  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_55\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"749\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Rachel-Lee-Hall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Rachel Lee Hall\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Rachel-Lee-Hall.jpg 750w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Rachel-Lee-Hall-480x479.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 750px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-28809\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_145  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_205  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_147  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Tune in for a Challenge Chat with Rachel Lee Hall January 2 at 10:00 a.m. ET.<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_61_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_61 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/?page_id=231707\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_146  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_206  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_148  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Put purpose into your practice.<\/h4>\n<p>\"If you want to have a successful practice session, you need to first set your harp down and think big picture,\" suggests Harp Column Academy contributor Rachel Lee Hall. \"What's your purpose? Why do you pursue music? If you know your purpose and it's something you really believe in, you're going to want to do whatever it takes to fulfill that and it will fill you with energy and motivation.\"<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_62_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_62 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/courses\/how-to-practice\/lessons\/practice-tip-1-put-purpose-into-your-practice\/\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_207  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_56\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/1-put-purpose-into-your-practice.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"1-put purpose into your practice\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/1-put-purpose-into-your-practice.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/1-put-purpose-into-your-practice-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/1-put-purpose-into-your-practice-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1280px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-230186\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_147  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_208  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_149  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>(Reminder: you'll need to be a member of Harp Column Academy to watch today's Challenge Chat and featured lesson. <a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/get-started\/\">Join HCA now<\/a>.)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_32  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_148  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_209  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_150  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Day 1<\/h2>\n<h3><span>\"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.\"<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Plato<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_149  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_210  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_151  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's focus<\/h2>\n<h4>Get moving!<\/h4>\n<p>\"'Nothing happens until something moves,' said Albert Einstein. Let\u2019s get that music moved from our wish list to our fingers! Join me at the starting line and get ready to move!\"<\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2014Robbin Gordon Cartier, HCA guest presenter<\/em><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_211  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_57\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"658\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Robbin-Gordon-Cartier.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Robbin Gordon-Cartier\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Robbin-Gordon-Cartier.png 658w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Robbin-Gordon-Cartier-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 658px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-231733\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_150  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_212  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_152  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Tune in for a Challenge Chat with Robbin Gordon Cartier January 1 at 10:00 a.m. ET. This Challenge Chat is FREE to watch!<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_63_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_63 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/?page_id=231707\">watch now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_151  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_213  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_153  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Today's tip<\/h2>\n<h4>Re-energize your practice sessions!<\/h4>\n<p>To help you get started, we're sharing great 30 Day Practice Tips from our challenge a few years back. We've got tips to help you with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Time management<\/li>\n<li>Maximizing efficiency<\/li>\n<li>Working with your external environment<\/li>\n<li>Mind and body focus<\/li>\n<li>Gaining perspective<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read this article from the March-April 2017 issue of <em>Harp Column\u00a0<\/em> FREE today!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_64_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_64 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/blog\/30-day-practice-tips\/\">read now<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_214  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_58\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"475\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-11-at-10.01.10-AM.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Screen Shot 2020-12-11 at 10.01.10 AM\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-11-at-10.01.10-AM.png 475w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-11-at-10.01.10-AM-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-11-at-10.01.10-AM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-11-at-10.01.10-AM-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-11-at-10.01.10-AM-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-11-at-10.01.10-AM-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" class=\"wp-image-231934\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_152  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_215  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_cta_0 et_pb_promo  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_promo_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Join a Practice Pod! <\/h2><div><p>Want to get even more out of this year's 30 Day Practice Challenge? 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