Do You Want to Be a Better Harpist? Follow the 5 B’s!

Learning to play the harp can seem very complicated. The harp itself is complicated.  You have to learn how to move levers or pedals, change strings that break, play hands separately and hands together, figure out fingering, learn to count and use the metronome. There are lots of challenges, to be sure.

But becoming a better harpist isn’t really about those things. Those are skills we need to learn, but the real fundamentals we need to become better harpists are not so specific. It may surprise you to learn that they aren’t so difficult either.

Develop Your Listening Skills

Good musicians listen, not just to music , to everything. Here are some fun things to listen for this week:

• The sound of a car as it passes by outside?
• The pitch of the beep of your microwave oven?
• The rhythm of the raindrops?
• The pace of someone’s speech?
• The dynamics of a breeze?
• The silence of your room at night?

A Quick Video Tip from Candace

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