A look at the “Shepherd’s Cradle Song” from Betty Paret’s “First Harp Book”. This beautiful minor key melody is fun to play and offers some good practice for coordinating both hands.
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Here’s an in-depth look at a lovely little piece called “A Riddle” from Betty Paret’s First Harp Book. The piece is great practice for smoothly playing intervals – plus a fun thumb slide spot, and some nice opportunities for dynamics!
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In this episode I take a look at the Jolly Peasant from Betty Paret’s First Harp Book and talk about why the rhythm of the piece and coordinating both hands is so tricky!
A patron mentioned that in fact the dance is probably a “Furiant” and that the first 2 bars should likely be 3 bars of 2/4, in which case the LH rhythm for those two bars is the odd one out. Still hard to play it (as written), regardless of emphasis, since either the right or left hand will feel a bit weird!
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I talk about learning En Roulant from Betty Paret’s First Harp Book.
Among other things I discuss counting/clapping a 6/8 rhythm and looking for patterns when learning a new piece!
I talk about looking at patterns as a way to help memorize music, and demonstrate by memorizing “Flowers in the Valley” from Betty Paret’s “First Harp Book”.
In this episode of Harp Tuesday I talk about learning “O’Carolan’s Air” from Betty Paret’s First Harp Book.
