- 13 lessons teaching how to play 13 very popular Irish tunes.
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Harp Technique is designed as a continuation course to Harp Basics. So if you can’t already play Harp you are recommended to complete the Basics course first, before proceeding with this one.
By the end of the course, you will have a broader reportoire of tunes that sit well on the harp, improved technique that will ultimately help you to play with greater speed, stronger tone and clearer ornamentation. The course comprises 13 lessons, each with 3 to 4 tutorials.
Course Structure
In Harp Technique thirteen tunes have been specifically chosen to help improve and master different techniques on the harp. Techniques such as placing, fingering and hand position; through to more complex techniques such as ornamentation, variation and the dampening of the strings are all examined and demonstrated. Jigs, Reels, Waltz, Slip Jigs, Barndances, Flings, Polkas and one ‘Air’ are all included, thus covering a wide spectrum of tune types that are appropriate to various levels of playing and that cover a wide variety of techniques. In each lesson, the tutor typically teaches the tune phrase by phrase, the right hand on its own, followed by the left hand accompaniment, before playing through the tune slowly with both hands together.
Here are the popular Irish traditional tunes that are taught in this course:
The Ballydesmond Polka
Chimes
Lucy Farr’s Barndance
Frank Thornton’s
Going To The Well For Water
Tyrell’s Pass
The Humours Of Ballymaunus
An Válsa Snamh
The Ships Are Sailing
Cití Na GCumann
O’ Carolan’s Draught
Gan Ainm
Sheet Music and Mp3s available to Download for each Tune
Sample Sheet Music
Download The Ballydesmond Polka ABC Sheet Music.
Download The Ballydesmond Polka Standard Notation Sheet Music.
Sample mp3 of The Ballydesmond Polka
Your Tutor
Lisa Canny is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and composer hailing from Co. Mayo. At five, she began learning tenor banjo, by ten, the harp and piano. She went on to win 7 All-Ireland Fleadh Ceoil titles throughout her competing years, including the Senior Harp title. In her capacity as teacher, 9 of her students have also won All-Ireland medals. She holds a first class honours degree in Irish Music and Dance from the University of Limerick and has a first class honours Masters degree in Ethnomusicology from the University College Cork. Read more.Detailed questions and discussion on the course can be found in the Community Forum, available to paying members only.
