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# A Part (Repeat x2) C"B"A"G' / F' E' D' C' 👉 scale down of C # B part (Repeat x2) C"..A".. / F' ..D' .. 👉 2-scales down of C ..B"..G' / ..E' ..C' 👉 2-scales down of B # C part (Repeat x2) C"B"A"G' / F' E' D' C' 👉 scale down of C" G' F' E' D' / C' B' A' G' 👉 scale down of G' E' D' C' B / A G F E 👉 scale down of E' C' B A G / F E D C 👉 scale down of C' # Part D (Repeat x2) C"B"A"G' / F' E' D' C' 👉 scale down of C" C' B' A' G / F E D C 👉 scale down of C' # Part E E F G A' / B' C' D' E' 👉 scale up of E F' G' A" B" / C" 👉 scale up of F'
Glad you liked it Dawn, Harp Basics is a great course to get you started. There are some more free lessons on the OAIM website here - www.oaim.ie/harp/harp-basics/
Thank you so much!! I have a small lap harp - I bought it a few weeks back so i could learn a new skill and do something constructive on my night off. I am just learning the Chimes - I need to get my muscle memory a bit better but it's coming!! Thank you for the link too :) @@onlineacademyofirishmusic
Thank you so much! Yes I wouldn't say I'd mastered it, it could be a bit quicker, but I'm ready to move on to next lesson and learn a tune! Tomorrow is my night off so I always do harp lesson on a Tuesday ! I look forward tot he next lesson :) @@onlineacademyofirishmusic
Hello, I started learning with you and it is great. Thank you so much!!! But after lesson 2 ... where is lesson 3? Please don’t tell me there is none! Waiting here in Austria for your answer. Thank you, Stephanie
Hello! Can you tell me a good celtic harp for beginners? Specially one that is portable, maybe a lap harp. Thank you and congrats! Your lessons are amazing! :)
Question: I come to harp after years of playing bass. I'm curious about the shifting. For example, I figured out the first part of "chimes" by myself, but I fingered the bit after the scale as 1-3-1-3-2-4-2-4- rather than 1-3 1-3 then shifting to get 1-3 again. In bass, we shift as infrequently as possible. That doesn't seem to be the case with the harp. I'm guessing there's a reason for this - can you enlighten me?
Hi I’m a beginner and there’s this one song that I would love to learn but I can’t find any harp arrangement for it so I bought the solo piano arrangement for it. Is it possible to play the harp using a piano sheet? The whole piece is just on a key of E flat. Thanks!
Hi Geanne, If you're a beginner you can work on that piece later. For now I'd suggest following Lisa's Harp basics course on OAIM - oaim.ie/course/52/harp_basics The first 5 lessons are free.
If you can find an “Easy” piano sheet music arrangement, those usually work pretty well on the harp. When they arrange for beginner piano students they simplify the notes and take out any unnecessary accidentals. If you want to use a complicated piano arrangement as a beginner I suggest playing the melody in the right hand and playing a drone in the left hand. For a drone, if they give you the chord symbols, just play a single note that is the name of the chord. So if the chord is C, play the note C in the bass with your left hand. Then play the single note for each chord as they are listed at the top of the staff. If there are no chord names printed above the staff, just play the first left hand note of each measure and don’t play the rest of the bass/left hand for that measure. A drone sounds better if you follow the chord symbols, but if you don’t have them, the first note of each measure works. For your piece specifically, unless your harp is tuned to E flat, you will have to retune your harp or transpose the sheet music to another key. I buy my sheet music from MusicNotes because they often have transpositions already available, especially for the easy piano pieces. My harp is tuned in C and I have levers that don’t work though, so it’s necessary for me.
Hi Elisabeth, Apologies that Lisa does not say it in the video, it never crossed our mind at the time. We have credited Janet in our description "Chimes is written by Janet Harbison, Irish harper, composer, teacher and director of the Irish Harp Orchestra".
You can find Janet Harbison's full book of chimes sheet music here: www.janetharbisonharp.com/shop/The-book-of%20-chimes-vol1 - + there is also a smaller free complementary download here: www.janetharbisonharp.com/shop/complementary-chimes-exercise - Happy Harping!!
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Do you give harp lessons and if so how may I contact you. Dr. C.
I love your lessons. Thanks 😊
00:38~01:22 Demonstration
01:50~02:50 Part A 📚
02:50~03:20 Part A (practice)
03:20~04:56 Part B 📚
04:57~05:20 Part B (practice)
05:38~06:50 Part ABAB
06:50~08:10 Part C 📚
08:10~10:20 Part C (practice)
10:20~11:32 Part D 📚
11:32~11:07 Part D 📚 (practice)
12:07~13:06 Part E 📚
13:06~13:27 Part E (practice)
13:27~14:00 Part ABABCDE
# A Part (Repeat x2)
C"B"A"G' / F' E' D' C' 👉 scale down of C
# B part (Repeat x2)
C"..A".. / F' ..D' .. 👉 2-scales down of C
..B"..G' / ..E' ..C' 👉 2-scales down of B
# C part (Repeat x2)
C"B"A"G' / F' E' D' C' 👉 scale down of C"
G' F' E' D' / C' B' A' G' 👉 scale down of G'
E' D' C' B / A G F E 👉 scale down of E'
C' B A G / F E D C 👉 scale down of C'
# Part D (Repeat x2)
C"B"A"G' / F' E' D' C' 👉 scale down of C"
C' B' A' G / F E D C 👉 scale down of C'
# Part E
E F G A' / B' C' D' E' 👉 scale up of E
F' G' A" B" / C" 👉 scale up of F'
I enjoy your lessons very much thank you ,you really transmit so much Energy 🍀💖💓🍀
Thank you so much ! You really transmit so much Energy,It keeps me wanting to practice till l get It right thank you 🍀💖🍀🙏🌟🌟🌟
🎼Excellent 👌❤ for beginner. Thank you very much
Lot's more from Lisa on the site - www.oaim.ie/harp/harp-basics/
Love it. I think, I learned that, too, at my beginnings!
finger placement is my hardest part because sometimes I get crosseyed looking at the strings!
Keep practicing and it all come good :)
These are excellent videos thank you so much!
Glad you liked it Dawn, Harp Basics is a great course to get you started. There are some more free lessons on the OAIM website here - www.oaim.ie/harp/harp-basics/
Thank you so much!! I have a small lap harp - I bought it a few weeks back so i could learn a new skill and do something constructive on my night off. I am just learning the Chimes - I need to get my muscle memory a bit better but it's coming!! Thank you for the link too :) @@onlineacademyofirishmusic
Hi Dawn, how is the Chimes exercise working out for you? Have you mastered it or started learning a tune?
Thank you so much! Yes I wouldn't say I'd mastered it, it could be a bit quicker, but I'm ready to move on to next lesson and learn a tune! Tomorrow is my night off so I always do harp lesson on a Tuesday ! I look forward tot he next lesson :) @@onlineacademyofirishmusic
I can't find lesson 3? is there a lesson 3? I can find a Polka but that is a bit to advanced for me at the moment!
@@onlineacademyofirishmusic
Super in this Coronatime .... I can do it , thanks
I loved this video, would like information on on-line video lessons thank you.
Hi Susan, you can visit the site www.oaim.ie and get all the info there..
Ty❤
You’re welcome ! There’s lot’s more lessons on the site from Lisa - www.oaim.ie/harp/harp-basics/
Hello, I started learning with you and it is great. Thank you so much!!! But after lesson 2 ... where is lesson 3? Please don’t tell me there is none! Waiting here in Austria for your answer. Thank you, Stephanie
Hi Stephanie, You can find that free lesson on the www.oaim.ie website. Let me know how you get along.
Oh, I´m so glad! Thank you! On I go :-) I got a harp last week for my birthday and just love it. And I love you as my teacher :-)
Hi Stephanie, Good luck with your harp !!
Hello! Can you tell me a good celtic harp for beginners? Specially one that is portable, maybe a lap harp. Thank you and congrats! Your lessons are amazing! :)
Hi Luiza, glad you like the lessons! Lot's of great info here including advice on a beginner harp - www.oaim.ie/harp/harp-basics/
Question: I come to harp after years of playing bass. I'm curious about the shifting. For example, I figured out the first part of "chimes" by myself, but I fingered the bit after the scale as 1-3-1-3-2-4-2-4- rather than 1-3 1-3 then shifting to get 1-3 again. In bass, we shift as infrequently as possible. That doesn't seem to be the case with the harp. I'm guessing there's a reason for this - can you enlighten me?
Hi I’m a beginner and there’s this one song that I would love to learn but I can’t find any harp arrangement for it so I bought the solo piano arrangement for it. Is it possible to play the harp using a piano sheet? The whole piece is just on a key of E flat. Thanks!
Hi Geanne, If you're a beginner you can work on that piece later. For now I'd suggest following Lisa's Harp basics course on OAIM - oaim.ie/course/52/harp_basics The first 5 lessons are free.
If you can find an “Easy” piano sheet music arrangement, those usually work pretty well on the harp. When they arrange for beginner piano students they simplify the notes and take out any unnecessary accidentals. If you want to use a complicated piano arrangement as a beginner I suggest playing the melody in the right hand and playing a drone in the left hand. For a drone, if they give you the chord symbols, just play a single note that is the name of the chord. So if the chord is C, play the note C in the bass with your left hand. Then play the single note for each chord as they are listed at the top of the staff. If there are no chord names printed above the staff, just play the first left hand note of each measure and don’t play the rest of the bass/left hand for that measure. A drone sounds better if you follow the chord symbols, but if you don’t have them, the first note of each measure works.
For your piece specifically, unless your harp is tuned to E flat, you will have to retune your harp or transpose the sheet music to another key. I buy my sheet music from MusicNotes because they often have transpositions already available, especially for the easy piano pieces. My harp is tuned in C and I have levers that don’t work though, so it’s necessary for me.
thanks
Hi Brid, You're very welcome ! Are you learning Chimes now ?
Just dropped by to watch and listen to Lisa. Yipes she's attractive!
There are no more classes? Can I use this to practice lyre harp?
There are lot's more classes on the site www.oaim.ie/harp/ - how do you tune your lyre harp?
Fine but you don.t mention that the Chimes is the Janet Harbison.s method....
Hi Elisabeth, Apologies that Lisa does not say it in the video, it never crossed our mind at the time. We have credited Janet in our description "Chimes is written by Janet Harbison, Irish harper, composer, teacher and director of the Irish Harp Orchestra".
Is there sheet music for Chimes?
You can find Janet Harbison's full book of chimes sheet music here: www.janetharbisonharp.com/shop/The-book-of%20-chimes-vol1 - + there is also a smaller free complementary download here: www.janetharbisonharp.com/shop/complementary-chimes-exercise - Happy Harping!!
can i play a hrpe with 14 Strings?
I'm not sure, have you tried to follow this lesson? (melody only).
Where can I find lesson 3 of 5 please?
You can find that on the www.oaim.ie website :)
Once I log on, I don't get 4 more free harp basic lessons. The rest of 3 to 5 of 5 would have to pay right?
You can access lessons 3-5 with a free account. Let me know if that works.
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From the moment I saw your image I was spell bound,.. your eyes sparkling like crushed diamonds, your hair so rich and fiery honey red, your gentle but lively features, those lips, all looking so beautiful,... For sixty years I've searched and at last I can say I found you,... If I died this day it would be a grand day for my eyes finally have graced the most beautiful Irish rose I've ever had the chance to behold,... Happy days,...
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