A little Bach for Friday :)
A small section from Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor – enjoy :)
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Fast pedal changes on the harp – Slow Motion Monday ep. 33
This Slow Motion Monday video has my feet dancing around in a section from “Into Mischief” from Grandjany’s “Children’s Hour Suite”
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Harp Tuesday ep 138 is up!
In this episode of Harp Tuesday I talk about problem solving as I try to make a section easier at the end of Debussy’s “Prelude” (from his Suite Bergamasque).
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Harp Tuesday ep. 137 – composing for the harp
In this composer-centric episode I talk about pedal change, pedal markings, and pedal charts. As a composer, should you include these in your scores/parts? Answer – it depends :) Hopefully helpful and interesting to composers and non-composers alike! Questions? Email me at info@joshlayne.com I use my arrangement of Bach’s Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring as
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Music video – Bach’s Gavotte en Rondeau
Excited to share this with you: Bach’s “Gavotte and Rondeau”, from his Violin Partita No. 3, is a wonderful, joyful piece! This is my transcription for lever harp, available as part of my “Five Solos for Lever Harp” book. It’s a bit of a workout with a bunch of lever changes (though of course it
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1 Million Views celebration event!
On March 27th, 2018 (fittingly enough on a Tuesday!) my YouTube channel reached 1 million total views! To celebrate, I did a livestream event on April 21st, 2018 where I released a number of new music videos, as well as reminiscing about some of my favourite moment from my years on YouTube. You can watch
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April 15 concert in Victoria, BC
Excited to be back at St. Luke’s Anglican Church to perform a concert of French and German music in April! 2:30 pm, Sunday, April 15th, 2018 More info on St. Luke’s website A nice write up in the Oak Bay News about the concert Here’s what I’m playing: Handel – Concerto for Harp J.S. Bach
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Patreon, Recent Videos, Spring concert program
Hi all, I’ve been pretty busy recently and wanted to share what I’ve been doing. I’m now on Patreon – if you’d like to financially support what I do with Harp Tuesday and my other YouTube videos you can be my patron by pledging $1 or more a month. (The most important thing you or
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