Category: Harp Tuesday
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Celebrating a year of Harp Tuesday episodes
Happy New Year! It’s January 1st, 2024, and I thought I’d take a moment to look back at all the videos I posted on YouTube in 2023. It can be nice to take that moment to look back and be reminded of what one has achieved during the past year, as well as looking ahead…
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New Music Video (Baroque Flamenco) plus a Harp Tuesday episode on a self assembled electric harp!
A live performance of Deborah Henson- Conant’s wild and wonderful Baroque Flamenco! Recorded July 16th, 2022 in Wickham Market, UK. Want to play Baroque Flamenco? Buy the sheet music at Deborah’s website (includes versions for small, medium, and large sized harps!) Joris Beets was kind enough to take some time to chat with me at…
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Music video – Tournier’s “Etude de Concert”, plus catching up on Harp Tuesday
Marcel Tournier’s Etude de Concert (Au Matin) is beautifully expressive piece that’s also lots of fun to play. As well as this performance, I just posted a Harp Tuesday episode on it: And speaking of Harp Tuesday, lets catch up with some other recent episodes:
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3 tips for memorizing music
This week’s Harp Tuesday episode: Practice in sections Analyze the piece Test yourself
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Two new Harp Tuesday episodes (and a music video!)
First, a music video: Here’s the accompanying Harp Tuesday episode on “Au Bord de Ruisseau”: And this week’s episode:
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This week’s Harp Tuesday episode – what is the difference between 3/4 and 6/8 time signatures?
The time signatures of 3/4 and 6/8 both contain a total of six 8th notes. So what is the difference between them?? This is a question I’ve often been asked by students, and in this video I attempt to answer. (Quick answer – 3/4 has 3 beats or pulses per bar, and 6/8 only has…
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Two new Harp Tuesday episodes
First, a look at the process of recording yourself, listening back, and refining and shaping a piece of music: And then a look at the technique of muffling a string before changing a lever:
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Happy New Year! My 2022 New Year’s Improv, plus a new Harp Tuesday episode and a conversation with Victoria@Talking Harps
Since 2016 I’ve been welcoming in the new year with a short improvisation on Jan. 1. Here’s 2022’s: And I published the first Harp Tuesday episode of 2022 last Tuesday: And finally, I loved getting a chance to sit down and have a conversation with Victoria@Talking Harps about goals, learning, process, and more!