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Here is a page to help organize your lessons. I'll post your video links here, and in the section and comments below I can add notes from your lessons and you can ask questions.

https://vimeo.com/878783867/47def5e39d?share=copylesson clair de lune

     

Lesson 2021 - 2022  10  am pacific time - yes thank Karan for the time change

Sept 10 

sept 24 

oct 1 

cot 22 

nov 5 

nov 19 

dec 3 

dec 17 

jan

Lesson 2020-2021  11 am pacific time

Sept 11

https://vimeo.com/457103357/f1f3f1a2dc

mini recording of prospect

goals - the beauty of it all - music trherapy

pentatonic scales. and the scale of F.   ---   F G A Bb C D E F

fingering for prospect, and playing on beat 2.

Pick a tune from your list to work on - M

 

 

sept 18

prospect - rh melody where it is written and left wherever. doesn't matter for the F'\s explor

new second verse   - rh up octave and lh rolled chords starting middle C

send prospect

practice whales from technique class

prospect

recording

 

 

oct 10

Prospect - all the verses.  Fantastic work today - but try to do this ASZP so you don't forget - we went over a LOT of new stuff!

recording

 

Oct 23

recording

 

Nov 6

metronomes and scales

metronomes and prospect

prospect verse 3

Mary did you know

recording

 

Nov 20

la riviere scales - start slow,

Prospect -  all three verses

lesson

 

Dec 4

prospect for the concert!

mary did you know

christ child's lullaby

ribambelle kings

 

Dec 18

 

Jan 8

 

Jan 22

Feb 5

 

Feb 19

Dice game - start to use a different key each day - use your dice A=1

Sue Gan -  -  metronome at 58 for verse 1

play the harp as if it was performance at carnagie hall -

 hp 2 - connect the left hand notes 3 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 3

recording-

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Mar 5

Mar 19  recording

April 9 recording

April 23 recording

May 7

May 27 recording

 

  

Here are the links to last year's summer classes 

https://harpcanadastudio.com/2020-music-from-taize 

https://harpcanadastudio.com/2020-technique-workout-summer-2020

Lesson Schedule & Videos  2019 - 2020

 

Sept 13. 

  • folding hands to close
  • the scale!! well done - keep going, but start ever so slow
  • Welsh Jigs top 2 lines 
  • Pwt-ar-a-bys

Oct. 4

  • scale ever upwards, and ever down. On the down the the hand moves forward on 3 as the thumb goes over,  and then back towards you as the the thmb goes up a 7th
  • Welsh Jigs with Pwt-ar-a -bys
  • Welsh Jigs alberti bass (2nd set) Do as written and then flip right and left hands, so rh plays the solid chords
  • away in a manger - as wit, then with rolled welsh jug shaped chords, then change octaves,

oct 25

Nov 13,

  • welsh jigs
  • away vs connect lh for each line
  • roll welsh chords
  • we three kings of ribambelle
  • camels naver hop - slow careful footing with advance placing

Nov 22

  • ribambelle kings -  fingering fix  - smooth technique - passing the yarn
  • away - adding alberti bass in 3/4 time
  • start of Christ Child's lullaby

 

Dec. 13

  • silent night - use video
  • ribambelle

Jan 10,

rib 3 and finish

rib 1 - counting carefully to feel the beat 2 in LH

  • notice it changes in last 2 bars
  • hear the fancy changes in the B section

Canon in D

  • study the study sheets, know your progression of chords, and listen to a few recordings!

rib 1

 

Jan 24

canon

  • left go straight out for lower pitches, not down
  • new patterns include 151 lh rolled
  • 151 with 351 in hr rolled
  • 1351 in left hand (like 151 but with the 3rd added back in)
  • 1-5-10-5  in lh
  • these will see you through the whole piece!

here's a copy to read from.

Do any section you like, leave out what you don't (we'll get to them eventually)

send certificate

Ribambell #1 connecting rh for smooth action

 

 

Feb14

rib 1

learn 8 note arpeggiao

plus  A B C D  of printed sheet which is the part we did today

 

 

 

Mar 6,

Rib 1

  • speed of the squeeze governs softness of left hand. Land early to squeeze and release a bit slowly

 

Canon in D -

  • new plan -
  • metronome at 82 for eighth notes

 

Mar 20

abcdeb  *at B we do2 quarters low F #4 and high F #1

g with rolled root posiyion triad high-ish

h add 151 rolled if you're on big harp

i leave out all but the fi\\quarter notes except for the first D

 

April 3,

new version of the Canon

April 24

canon for a wedding

letter c - left down the octave

slim down the lh whenever you need to -

 

 

May 8,

 

future work

  • spiders
  • Arrane ghelbee  (fall)
  • brian boru
  • amazing grace
  • the world is waiting - fall

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5 verses of amazing grace

harmonic

unison

1-5-1 instead of beat 2  drone

as in book

left hand harmonies based on the G chord

 

 

May 22

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a repertoire playlist

arrane

 

May 2019 lesson notes 

may 17

  • water is wide - terrific!!!
  • adding 1-5 - 1 9-10
  • scarborough fair -  download here

 

May 4

what to practise:

water is wide 

  • echo version  try left hand leading
  • all chords but sing
  • rolled chords in left
  • rolled chords in rh  (left plays tune
  • 1-5-1 chords in left hand
  • elbow moving the hand (look at your video near the end)

plan for a performance

  • (end of the video)  
  • 2 hand chords to start - 6 beats  (slowly, the same speed as you;l play the tune)
  • left h tune ; rh echo
  • right tune, lh rolled chords
  • rh tune lh 151
  • lh tune - rh chords
  • if it is not done yet, then start at the chords and play through the list again, or just watch the video.