If you don't mind me saying, you are a very good instructor and just precious! I am just starting to learn and your very clear and articulate descriptions are giving the core reasons for these basic steps. Great. Thank you.
Thank you, Hannah, for this excellent instructional video. I am a pianist, and this brings me back to my college days of hours of daily arpeggio practice using rhythms and blocking. Your series is helpful in reminding myself when my technique starts getting sloppy.
Hannah - thanks for this! It's always wonderful to get different perspectives on how to play arpeggios - your lesson was well-thought out and executed and I enjoyed and learned from it...and thanks for the Elbow reminder too! =]
You have great presentation. Really enjoyed this video. Makes me want to spend more time on arpeggios. They are deceptively simple--but really quite complex.
Hannah DeLadurantey I am taking lessons... kind of! :) It's a side hobby of mine and I don't practice nearly as much as I should. My harp is a Stoney End Lorraine-- folk harp, 29 strings. What kind of harps do you have?
emily taege good to hear back from you! I have a Lyon and Healy Style 17 and I love it. I also own a Blevins Encore. I started out with a 22 string harp and slowly upgraded. Have you always been self taught or have you taken lessons in the past?
Hannah DeLadurantey I do take lessons from a harpist friend of mine-- lately it's been off and on though. She's been working hard on hand position and trying to fix all my bad habits! :) Do you have any CDs of you on the blevins or your L&H? I've been putting together this buyer's resource for new harps, and I'd love to link your CD to it if you have one.
I have a question: I have this bad habit on my right hand, where I lean my wrist on the soundboard. Do you know how I can prevent that? PS: I really enjoy your videos! :)
Hannah DeLadurantey Yes, I have played the Celtic harp for 6years and I do have lessons and attend workshops. Your tips on arpeggios are first rate and have sent me back to my arps with renewed interest!
Love it! Very useful for technique - thank you!! Just a suggestion that if you can put the mic a bit physically closer to you it will make the voice sound a bit clearer - you'd be amazed how that will help the sound!
Mark, Thank you, I am glad you benefited from the video! It's an internal camera mic, so I'd have to move the camera closer. Thanks for the input, I'll have to experiment. I checked out some of your videos; lovely playing. All the best, Hannah
Hannah DeLadurantey Thanks, Hannah. I have no technique whatsoever, which is why I try to keep the camera off my fingers!! Agree you can't change it if it's an internal camera mic, so maybe a few more soft furnishings in the room to deaden the sound will do the trick. Only notice as broadcast audio was my day job for many years. And thank you again - particularly the tip about leading with the elbows is a really useful one.
I am trying to learn how to make overtones on the harp, but I cannot find videos about this techniques:( would you mind making a video on overtones? It will be so awesome if I got to learn it~
Thanks for watching my video! Would you happen to be talking about harmonics? Overtones are something within an already given note. Here is the definition of an overtone: " a musical tone that is a part of the harmonic series above a fundamental note and may be heard with it." So it's almost like the given fundamental note contains within it other sympathetic tones that are innate. You don't actually play the overtone, as its contained within the note.
+Hannah White And you are right. I'm not a guitar player, but there is this technique called artificial harmonics ( squalies ). Dont know if its exclusive of the instrument or if it needs to be electronic or even if it is useful for an harp player, but I just meant to share. I think it just plays the fundamental but its kind of related I guess Edit: Typos
+Sail Boat thanks for commenting. Yes, there is such a thing called an " artificial harmonic" but, the harp doesn't have these. Other stringed instruments such as the violin and cello do have this ability though.
Harpo Marx plays harmonics in every filmed performance I've ever seen. Sometimes he obtains the harmonic with just one hand, sometimes with both. ...Say, I just did it myself with my toy Mexican Jarocha harp! ...er, with both hands, fumbling, but still.
Hey Hannah, do you have any tips for the Roosebeck 22 string lute harp? There are barely any videos that show instruction and I'm becoming very confused with hand positioning. When I attempt to do arpeggios, the harp moves towards me with the resistance of my finger playing the string. Have you ever played one of these harps before?
Excellent clear, step by step teaching. Thank you. ❤
If you don't mind me saying, you are a very good instructor and just precious! I am just starting to learn and your very clear and articulate descriptions are giving the core reasons for these basic steps. Great. Thank you.
Thank you, Hannah, for this excellent instructional video. I am a pianist, and this brings me back to my college days of hours of daily arpeggio practice using rhythms and blocking. Your series is helpful in reminding myself when my technique starts getting sloppy.
Monica Hemenway glad to hear it's been helpful!
Omg, you are reminding me of all my lessons with my Salzedo teachers and the way I teach my students today. Proud to the Salzedo heritage!
Glad to know there are other proud Salzedo harpists out there! Where do you teach? Who did you study with?
Kevin, thanks! Glad it was useful to you.
Really clear explanation and presentation. Thanks a lot
Hannah - thanks for this! It's always wonderful to get different perspectives on how to play arpeggios - your lesson was well-thought out and executed and I enjoyed and learned from it...and thanks for the Elbow reminder too! =]
Great! Very clear and easy to follow
Thanks Hannah, you are so young do but such a wonderful teacher, the best I found on the net
carina lambrechts thanks! I'm so glad they have been useful to you.
You have great presentation. Really enjoyed this video. Makes me want to spend more time on arpeggios. They are deceptively simple--but really quite complex.
Thank you for sharing my video! I am glad you enjoyed it and learned something in the process.
Emily,
Are you currently taking harp lessons? What kind of harp do you have?
Hannah DeLadurantey I am taking lessons... kind of! :) It's a side hobby of mine and I don't practice nearly as much as I should. My harp is a Stoney End Lorraine-- folk harp, 29 strings. What kind of harps do you have?
emily taege good to hear back from you! I have a Lyon and Healy Style 17 and I love it. I also own a Blevins Encore. I started out with a 22 string harp and slowly upgraded. Have you always been self taught or have you taken lessons in the past?
Hannah DeLadurantey I do take lessons from a harpist friend of mine-- lately it's been off and on though. She's been working hard on hand position and trying to fix all my bad habits! :) Do you have any CDs of you on the blevins or your L&H? I've been putting together this buyer's resource for new harps, and I'd love to link your CD to it if you have one.
I have a question: I have this bad habit on my right hand, where I lean my wrist on the soundboard. Do you know how I can prevent that?
PS: I really enjoy your videos! :)
Great video and excellent teaching. Thank you.
Sara,
Thank you!
Do you play the harp? Are you taking lessons?
Glad you were able to benefit from the video!
Hannah DeLadurantey Yes, I have played the Celtic harp for 6years and I do have lessons and attend workshops. Your tips on arpeggios are first rate and have sent me back to my arps with renewed interest!
Sara R I am glad to hear that you're taking lessons! Keep working on those arpeggios.
Love it! Very useful for technique - thank you!! Just a suggestion that if you can put the mic a bit physically closer to you it will make the voice sound a bit clearer - you'd be amazed how that will help the sound!
Mark,
Thank you, I am glad you benefited from the video!
It's an internal camera mic, so I'd have to move the camera closer. Thanks for the input, I'll have to experiment.
I checked out some of your videos; lovely playing.
All the best,
Hannah
Hannah DeLadurantey
Thanks, Hannah. I have no technique whatsoever, which is why I try to keep the camera off my fingers!! Agree you can't change it if it's an internal camera mic, so maybe a few more soft furnishings in the room to deaden the sound will do the trick. Only notice as broadcast audio was my day job for many years. And thank you again - particularly the tip about leading with the elbows is a really useful one.
***** you might want to check out a few of my other harp technique videos if you're looking for technique helps.
Thanks for your expert sound advice!
Thank you, Hannah!
Are you still playing? I love the way you teach!
I am! Uploaded a few new videos today. Thanks for watching!
I am trying to learn how to make overtones on the harp, but I cannot find videos about this techniques:( would you mind making a video on overtones? It will be so awesome if I got to learn it~
Thanks for watching my video! Would you happen to be talking about harmonics? Overtones are something within an already given note. Here is the definition of an overtone: " a musical tone that is a part of the harmonic series above a fundamental note and may be heard with it." So it's almost like the given fundamental note contains within it other sympathetic tones that are innate. You don't actually play the overtone, as its contained within the note.
+Hannah White I don't really knowit's English exactly so I may mixed up the name of it😆😆 nevermind though, thx for letting me know😁
+Hannah White And you are right. I'm not a guitar player, but there is this technique called artificial harmonics ( squalies ). Dont know if its exclusive of the instrument or if it needs to be electronic or even if it is useful for an harp player, but I just meant to share. I think it just plays the fundamental but its kind of related I guess
Edit: Typos
+Sail Boat thanks for commenting. Yes, there is such a thing called an " artificial harmonic" but, the harp doesn't have these. Other stringed instruments such as the violin and cello do have this ability though.
Harpo Marx plays harmonics in every filmed performance I've ever seen. Sometimes he obtains the harmonic with just one hand, sometimes with both. ...Say, I just did it myself with my toy Mexican Jarocha harp! ...er, with both hands, fumbling, but still.
Hello Hanna, do you teach privately online?
red strings are C and black strings are F
Hey Hannah, do you have any tips for the Roosebeck 22 string lute harp? There are barely any videos that show instruction and I'm becoming very confused with hand positioning. When I attempt to do arpeggios, the harp moves towards me with the resistance of my finger playing the string. Have you ever played one of these harps before?
Nicolas Bruno I am not familiar with that brand of harp. Sorry!
What kind of harp do you have?
+Yoonai Forest Lyon and Healy Style 17.
Hannah White thank youu~
your gorgeous
Why are female harp players sooooooo beautiful???