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Harp Tuesday

It’s Tuesday… It’s Harp Tuesday! (A YouTube show about the harp)

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Ep. 13-17 Fauré’s Impromptu

Over these five episodes I offer an in-depth look at Fauré’s Impromptu. I recorded the Impromptu on my 2013 release Passage: music for solo harp.




Author adminPosted on June 15, 2016August 3, 2017Categories Advanced music, Fauré, In-depth looks, Pedal Harp

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All Harp Tuesday episodes

  • Ep. 166 – Playing the harp without pain – a few thoughts
  • Ep. 165 – How to play “Petite Berceuse” by Hasselmans
  • Ep. 164 – How to play with two hands at the same time (featuring Skye Boat Song)
  • Ep. 163 – Practicing lever changes from “To Zanarkand”
  • Ep. 162 – Playing a smooth left hand pattern in Fauré’s Pavane
  • Ep. 161 – Relax! Staying relaxed while playing the harp
  • Ep. 160 – How to analyze music and find patterns (featuring “Primavera”)
  • Ep. 159 – Polyrhythm – playing 3 against 4
  • Ep. 158 – What Key Am I In?? (Music theory)
  • Ep. 157 – From the Harp Archives – “The Last Rose of Summer”
  • Ep. 156 – Musing on fingerings
  • Ep. 155 – Non-standard harmonics (extended technique)
  • Ep. 154 – Arranging “Skye Boat Song” part 3
  • Ep. 153 – Using a felt pick for glisses
  • Ep. 152 – Half Page Turns with forScore on the iPad
  • Ep. 149 – 151 in-depth look at Scheherazade on the lever harp (3 parts)
  • Ep. 148 – How to improvise on the harp: two suggestions Harp
  • Ep. 147 – How to play the “Little Fountain” downwards arpeggios
  • Ep. 146 – Learn “Oh Come Emmanuel” on the harp
  • Ep. 145 – Learn “Deck the Halls” on the harp
  • Ep. 144 – How to play the opening of Handel’s Passacaille on the Harp
  • Ep. 143 – Avoiding buzzing in Debussy’s “Arabesque”
  • Ep. 142 – Playing a fast 123 pattern from Lapkon’s Spinning Wheel
  • Ep. 141 – Problem solving with “The Moldau”
  • Ep. 140 – My new harp – one year in!
  • Ep 139 – How to change 5th Octave guts strings
  • Ep 138 – Problem solving on the harp with Debussy’s Prelude
  • Ep 137 Composing for the harp – pedal markings and pedal charts
  • Ep 136 Arranging “Skye Boat Song” part 2
  • Ep 135 Open octave/muffle refresher course
  • Ep 134 Adapting Tournier’s “Noel” for lever harp
  • Ep 133 How to play Barbara Allen on the harp (patterns and shapes!)
  • Ep 132 Learning Labarre’s “Caprice”
  • Ep 131 How often do harp strings break? Do I need a replacement set?
  • Ep 130 – Turn your harp into a guitar – strumming techniques
  • Ep 129 How to play fast – Salzedo’s Seguidilla
  • Ep 128 Arranging “Skye Boat Song” part 1
  • Ep 127 practical tips on tuning your harp
  • Ep 126 How to regulate your harp
  • Ep 125 How to play lever harp in an orchestra
  • Ep. 124 Playing 2 vs 3 rhythms in Debussy’s 1st Arabesque
  • Ep. 123 Looking at the Butterfly jig
  • Ep. 122 Fundamental exercises on the harp – chord progressions
  • Ep. 121 Fundamental exercises on the harp – 4 finger exercise
  • Ep. 120 “Alfonso el Sabio” from Kim Robertson’s “Celtic Harp Solos”
  • Ep. 119 Software – the gear behind Harp Tuesday part 3
  • Ep. 117 & 118 “Soupir” on lever harp
  • Ep. 116 Recording Equipment – the gear behind Harp Tuesday part 2
  • Ep. 115 Cameras – the gear behind Harp Tuesday part 1
  • Ep. 114 A new Harp + improv!
  • Ep. 113 Sheet music on tablets (forScore/iPad)
  • Ep. 112 Looper pedals! Exploring electric harps part 2
  • Ep. 111 Exploring electric harps part 1
  • Ep. 110 Coordinating two hands, contrary motion, and practicing
  • Ep. 109 “Pistachio” by Bernard Andres
  • Ep. 108 Pedal slides
  • Ep. 106-107 An in-depth look at Songs of Nymphs by Marjan Mozetich
  • Ep. 100! A guide to buying a harp
  • Ep. 99, 101-105 A look at Fantasy on Greensleeves for lever harp Part 1
  • Ep. 98 A look at Anne Vanschothorst’s “I Feel Different”
  • Ep. 97 a look at the Rondo from Bochsa’s “Air and Rondo”
  • Ep. 96 Bochsa’s “Air” from “Air and Rondo”
  • Ep. 95 Looking at Prokofiev’s Prelude in C, Op12, No. 7
  • Ep. 94 Playing unbroken chords
  • Ep. 93 The Triple Harp with special guest Robin Ward
  • Ep. 92 Learning “En Roulant” on the lever harp
  • Ep. 91 Experimenting with phrasing in Grandjany’s “Rhapsodie”
  • Ep. 90 Slow motion scales and more!
  • Ep. 87-89 Ribambelle #1, 2, and 8 by Bernard Andrès
  • Ep. 83-86 A look at Handel’s “Harp Concerto”
  • Ep. 82 Playing an “Alberti Bass” pattern on the harp
  • Ep. 81 Playing with other people
  • Ep. 80 How to read music part 2 – Rhythm!
  • Ep. 79 Coordinating two hands while playing the harp
  • Ep. 74 – 78 Looking at “Variations on a theme by Mozart” (or is it?)
  • Ep. 73 A look at Godefroid’s “La Danse des Sylphes”
  • Ep. 72 Mozart’s Sonata No. 11 on the Harp
  • Ep. 71 Chord/jumping exercise
  • Ep. 70 Accompanying and improvising
  • Ep. 69 figuring out lever changes (Bach – Prelude No. 1)
  • Ep. 68 “Scary” sounds on the harp (extended technique)
  • Ep. 67 Bach’s Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
  • Ep. 66 Two Bagpipe Tunes on the harp
  • Ep. 65 La Source and Etude de Concert
  • Ep. 64 Bochsa etudes part 2
  • Ep. 63 Bochsa Etudes
  • Ep. 62 Avoiding buzzing and surface noise
  • Ep. 61 Beethoven, 3 pedals at once, and transcribing/pedaling
  • Ep. 60 Double harmonics and tremolos
  • Ep. 59 Dynamics and control
  • Ep. 58 Dealing with difficult sections
  • Ep. 57 What’s in my harp bag?
  • Ep. 56 Thoughts on practicing
  • Ep. 55 Pedal Changes!
  • Ep. 54 Scarborough Fair
  • Ep. 53 In depth look at “A Bird Came Flying”
  • Ep. 52 Ave Maria duet
  • Ep. 51 Back to basics
  • Ep. 49 Poem for solo harp
  • Ep. 48 and 50 Variations on a Welsh Carol
  • Ep. 47 Working on 4-finger trills
  • Ep. 46 Using a metronome
  • Ep. 45 Lever changes
  • Ep. 44 Tone
  • Ep. 42 Ornaments and grace notes
  • Ep. 40-41 An in-depth look at “Passage”
  • Ep. 39 Exercises – Arpeggios, scales, and more
  • Ep. 38 Fingering basics
  • Ep. 37 Dealing with tricky rhythms
  • Ep. 36: Memorizing music
  • Ep. 34: Chord basics
  • Ep. 31-33, 35, 43: Arranging Greensleeves project!
  • Ep. 30: Transcribing music
  • Ep. 29: Learning “Old English Country Dance”
  • Ep. 28: Nerves and performance anxiety – being at your best while performing
  • Ep. 27: Slides
  • Ep. 26, Playing Fast!
  • Ep. 24, muffling and dampening techniques
  • Ep. 23, 4-fingered chords and finger independence
  • Ep. 22 Learning O’Carolan’s Air
  • Ep. 21 Fingering – scales and crossing over/under
  • Ep. 19-20 – Salzedo’s Song in the Night
  • Ep. 18 Glisses
  • Ep. 13-17 Fauré’s Impromptu
  • Ep. 12 Trills
  • Ep. 11 Wrist and arm movement
  • Ep. 10 How to change a string
  • Ep. 9 Harmonics
  • Ep. 8 Broken/rolled chords
  • Ep. 7 Your second harp lesson!
  • Ep. 6 Pedal changes + changing two pedals with one foot
  • Ep. 5 How to tune your harp + How to read music
  • Ep. 4 Your first harp lesson!
  • Ep. 3 John Rutter’s Dancing Day – part 2
  • Ep. 2 John Rutter’s Dancing Day
  • Ep. 1 Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols

Categories

  • Accompanying (2)
  • Advanced music (21)
  • Anne Vanschothorst (3)
  • Arpeggios (3)
  • Arranging (9)
  • Beethoven (1)
  • Benjamin Britten (1)
  • Bernard Andrès (2)
  • Bochsa (2)
  • Broken Chords (1)
  • Buying a harp (2)
  • Buzzing (1)
  • Carlos Salzedo (2)
  • Chords (4)
  • Composing (2)
  • Creativity (9)
  • Dancing Day (2)
  • Duets (1)
  • Dynamics (2)
  • Easy songs (13)
  • Electric Harps (2)
  • Etudes (3)
  • Extended Technique (8)
  • Fauré (2)
  • Finger Independence (3)
  • Fingering (9)
  • Free sheet music (12)
  • Getting started (35)
  • Gliss (5)
  • Godefroid (2)
  • Grandjany (2)
  • Handel (1)
  • Harmonics (3)
  • Harp Maintenance (5)
  • Hasselmans (1)
  • How to read music (2)
  • How to tune your harp (2)
  • Improvising (3)
  • In-depth looks (30)
  • Interview (1)
  • J.S. Bach (3)
  • John Rutter (2)
  • Lever changes (4)
  • Lever harp (101)
  • Looper pedal (1)
  • Marjan Mozetich (1)
  • Memorizing (1)
  • Miscellaneous (30)
  • Mozart (2)
  • Muffling (4)
  • Pedal changes (5)
  • Pedal Harp (117)
  • Pedal Slides (1)
  • Performing (2)
  • Practicing (14)
  • Prokofiev (1)
  • Recording (3)
  • Rhythm (9)
  • Robin Ward (1)
  • Scales (3)
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  • Technique (43)
  • Theory (5)
  • Tone (3)
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  • Triple Harp (1)
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