PLEASE NOTE: date change for class 6 - will be Aug 10
(class 5 is Aug 3)
Welcome to your course page. You are hear because you registered and have the password. You can check here for any materials posted prior to the lessons, and to ask questions if something stikes you after the class.
If you have any of the following books you might like to assemble them, but they are not necessary for the class:
Salzedo Conditioning Exersizes
Harpstart bk 1
Harp start bk 2
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PLEASE NOTE: date change for class 6 - will be Aug 12 (class 5 is Aug 3)
class 5 - aug 3
arpeggios
grossi study
Scarborough Fair arpeggios
build up triads
solids for accuracy
a little gross (altered) study
Class 4 - July 20
folding the hand
review - I dream of whales
sensitivity of the fingers
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1 5 1 3 5 1
all the flavours -
1 - 5 - 10
1- 5 - 8 - 9 - 10
with descending bass
sheet to download for the class - daily double -
Class 3 - July 6
review of scales
little review of triads leading to:
4 note chords
dims and doms
Jazz chord study
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next class - I dream of whales reporting in...
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class 2
triads and inversions THE NAMES OR THE NOTES 1 -3 - 5
The numbers of the chords - the I chord, the ii chord, iii, IV, V, vi, vii
folding hands to close - where do we fold
3 flavours - choc, vanilla, strawberry or broken, solid, spidered
folding hands on the arm - didn't do
study challenge - I dream of whales - what am I doing here? (the chord theory portion of your homework)
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check class 1 for a scale study
Class 1
a million different scales
2 hand descending scale
2 hand ascending scale
bell scales
harp arm shoulder back
4 and 1 all over the
4 and 1 in scale positions
la riviere's ever-descending scales
ascending
remember the counting
for more fun and challenge - offset by 2 beats
study challenge - Cowichan river
some sheets to download - no guarantee we will get to all of this, but you'll have the sheets for future reference
4 and 1 all over the harp
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Some videos about tuning and key signatures. If you've never done music, or worked by ear mostly, you may have some questions about how we tune, sharps and flats, and all the rest. In gory detail, even though it was late at night.
part 1 - tuning in Eb - what that means and how to do it