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Ep. 36: Memorizing music

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”.

Author adminPosted on June 19, 2016May 3, 2023Categories First Harp Book by Betty Paret, Getting started, Lever harp, Memorizing, Pedal Harp

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All Harp Tuesday episodes

  • Ep. 285 – Planning my European concert program
  • Ep. 284 – How to play left hand harmonics on the harp
  • Ep. 283 – How to play two handed trills on the harp
  • Ep. 282 – How to play “Le Roi a Fait Battre Tambour”
  • Ep. 281 – How to figure out pedal changes and fingerings featuring Schubert/Godefroid “Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt”
  • Ep. 280 – Using an iPad as a musician in 2024
  • Ep. 279 – How to play “The Jolly Peasant” from the First Harp Book
  • Ep. 278 – The new 13 inch iPad Air – what it means for musicians
  • Ep. 277 – how to organize a concert program
  • Ep. 276 – How to play double harmonics on the harp
  • Ep. 275 – How I prepare a concert program
  • Ep. 274 – A look at St. Columba’s Moon by Dorothy Cook
  • Ep. 273 – testing out Note Rush, a sight-reading app
  • Ep. 272 – How to play George Winston’s Carol of the Bells on lever harp
  • Ep. 271 – How to figure out pedal changes (featuring Carol of the Bells)
  • Ep. 270 – Pedal charts: what are they and how to use them? Pedal Harp basics.
  • Ep. 269 – Analyzing Hasselmans’ “Rouet”
  • Ep. 268 – Flying with a harp
  • Ep. 267 – How to play “Swinging” from the 1st Harp Book
  • Ep. 266 – Practicing Chopin’s “Raindrop Prelude”
  • Ep. 265 – Standard Interval Fingerings
  • Ep. 264 – Instrument pickups – what are they and do you need one?
  • Ep. 263 – Installing a pickup on my Camac Excalibur
  • Ep. 262 – How to play the introduction to Godefroid’s “Etude de Concert”
  • Ep. 261 – How to play “Deep in the Forest”
  • Ep. 260 – How high or low on the strings should you play?
  • Ep. 259 – How to play “Rondo” from The First Harp Book
  • Ep. 258 – Grossi/Pozzoli exercise no. 1
  • Ep. 257 – An in-depth look at the first movement from Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 11
  • Ep. 256 – Left handed/one handed exercises on the harp
  • Ep. 255 – 4 reasons I talk between pieces while performing
  • Ep. 254 – A fundamental finger exercise
  • Ep. 253 – A carbon fiber single action pedal harp: an interview with Andrea Pretzler
  • Ep. 252 – Practicing harmonics – a harmonic etude
  • Ep. 251 – Memorizing Zabel’s “The Fountain” (La Source/Am Springbrunnen)
  • Ep. 250 – How to play Carol of the Bells (easy arrangement)
  • Ep. 249 – Bach’s 1st Cello Prelude on the harp (special 12 years of Harp Tuesday episode)
  • Ep. 248 – Staccato notes on the harp, featuring Debussy’s “Girl with the Flaxen Hair”.
  • Ep. 247 – 4th finger muffling technique
  • Ep. 246 – Memorizing music – from frowned upon to required! A history of memorization in classical music.
  • Ep. 245 – Accent! A scale exercise
  • Ep. 244 – Harp Review! My thoughts on my Harp-E.
  • Ep. 243 – Four tips for using forScore (iPad+sheet music).
  • Ep. 242 – Building an electric harp (Harp-E)
  • Ep. 241 – An affordable, self-assembled, electric harp? A look at Harp-E
  • Ep. 240 – Musician’s Earplugs – do they work? Which ones should you get?
  • Ep. 239 – An in-depth look at Marcel Tournier’s Etude de Concert
  • Ep. 238 – Grip the strings – fundamental harp technique.
  • Ep. 237 – How to prepare an orchestral harp part , featuring “Capriccio Espagnol”.
  • Ep. 236 – creating a harp cart out of a golf cart
  • Ep. 235 – A simple placing exercise for the harp
  • Ep. 234 – 3 tips for memorizing music
  • Ep. 233 – Being open-minded: finding better solutions when playing music (featuring Jardin Mouillé)
  • Ep. 232 – An in-depth look at Au Bord Du Ruisseau by Henriette Renié
  • Ep. 231 – what is the difference between 3/4 and 6/8 time signatures?
  • Ep. 230 – Muffling and lever changes
  • Ep. 229 – Refining and shaping a piece of music (featuring Le Jardin Mouillé)
  • Ep. 228 – A 1 minute chord exercise!
  • Ep. 227 – Composing a harp duet
  • Ep. 226 – An in-depth look at Handel’s Chaconne in D minor, arr. for harp.
  • Ep. 225 – Finger independence featuring Nordic Spaces
  • Ep. 224 – how to play open thumb/“étouffé”
  • Ep. 223 – how to play Aurum Aqua
  • Ep. 222 – Recording harp outdoors, auto-syncing audio, plus bonus Skye Boat Song performance
  • Ep. 221 – Harp placement rules – only place in one direction
  • Ep. 220 – Harp fingering principles, featuring “The Wind that Shakes the Barley”
  • Ep. 219 – Muffling Technique on the harp (Featuring Bach’s C sharp minor Prelude)
  • Ep. 218 – An Arpeggio Drill
  • Ep. 217 – Deliberate practice! Featuring “Le Jardin Mouillé”.
  • Ep. 216 – A look at “Vanille” by Bernard Andres
  • Ep. 215 – How many strings should you get when buying a pedal harp?
  • Ep. 214 – Playing descending thirds with a thumb slide
  • Ep. 213 – Easy harp music – how to play “Night Song”.
  • Ep. 212 – Into the Archives! A look at Godefroid’s“Mystérieux Vallon”.
  • Ep. 211 – Playing fast and practicing Bach’s Toccata
  • Ep. 210 – Practicing “Le Jardin Mouillé”
  • Ep. 209 – How to create a virtual duet with DaVinci Resolve
  • Ep. 208 – A jumping exercise for the left hand
  • Ep. 207 – An in-depth look at Godefroid’s Fantasie on Schubert’s “Ständchen”
  • Ep. 206 – How to play “A Winter’s Day”
  • Ep. 205 – How to change pedal felts on a harp
  • Ep. 204 – What makes a chord major or minor on the harp?
  • Ep. 203 – Practicing Vivaldi’s Winter
  • Ep. 202 – Testing forScore’s “Face Gestures” to turn pages
  • Ep. 201 – A look at “Poor Wayfaring Stranger” on the harp
  • Ep. 200 – How I did I get started playing the harp? My harp origin story
  • Ep. 199 – A virtual duet! Renié’s “Les pins de Charlannes”
  • Ep. 198 – What iPad should you get for reading music?
  • Ep. 197 – Godefroid’s Etude in E minor arr. for lever harp
  • Ep. 196 – How to play “Good Morning, Little Yellow Bird”
  • Ep. 195 – Two common harp accompaniment patterns
  • Ep. 194 – How to play the ‘Aria’ from Bach’s Goldberg Variations – working with tricky rhythms.
  • Ep. 193 – My system for notating lever changes
  • Ep. 192 – Playing a left hand harmonic+chord (at the same time)
  • Ep. 191 – How to play Xylophonic sounds on the harp
  • Ep. 190 – How to play the opening Mordent from Bach’s Toccata and Fugue
  • Ep. 189 – Do new wire harp strings make a difference?
  • Ep. 188 – A look at “Farewell to Stromness”
  • Ep. 187 – A look at Hasselman’s “Chanson de Mai”
  • Ep. 186 – What is musical phrasing?
  • Ep. 185 – Rolled Chord Drills
  • Ep. 184 – Learning “Down by the Salley Gardens” by ear
  • Ep. 183 – Problem solving – a look at ‘Alla Turca Jazz’
  • Ep. 182 – How to teach Skype music lessons
  • Ep. 181 – An easy Bach “Chorale” – phrasing and dynamics
  • Ep. 180 – 8 note chord progressions
  • Ep. 179 – Two exercises for playing syncopation and offbeats
  • Ep. 178 – Composing a new piece
  • Ep. 177 – Learning new things – and why it can seem harder than it is!
  • Ep. 176 – A look at Salzedo’s “O Christmas Tree” variations
  • Ep. 175 – Playing a four finger chord – wrist and finger angle
  • Ep. 174 – Carlos Salzedo’s Fantasy on a Catalan Carol (Fum, Fum, Fum)
  • Ep. 173 – How to play Salzedo’s “Fraicheur”
  • Ep. 172 – Figuring out lever changes for a Handel “Chaconne”
  • Ep. 171 – From the archives – a look at Mozart’s Sonata No. 11 arr. for harp
  • Ep. 170 – Playing fast ornaments (featuring “The Nightingale”)
  • Ep. 169 – How to record on location with an electric harp
  • Ep. 168 – How to play Rousseau’s Minuet in G minor
  • Ep. 167 – A metronome rant! :)
  • Ep. 166 – Playing the harp without pain – a few thoughts
  • Ep. 165 – How to play “Petite Berceuse” by Hasselmans
  • Ep. 164 – How to play with two hands at the same time (featuring Skye Boat Song)
  • Ep. 163 – Practicing lever changes from “To Zanarkand”
  • Ep. 162 – Playing a smooth left hand pattern in Fauré’s Pavane
  • Ep. 161 – Relax! Staying relaxed while playing the harp
  • Ep. 160 – How to analyze music and find patterns (featuring “Primavera”)
  • Ep. 159 – Polyrhythm – playing 3 against 4
  • Ep. 158 – What Key Am I In?? (Music theory)
  • Ep. 157 – From the Harp Archives – “The Last Rose of Summer”
  • Ep. 156 – Musing on fingerings
  • Ep. 155 – Non-standard harmonics (extended technique)
  • Ep. 154 – Arranging “Skye Boat Song” part 3
  • Ep. 153 – Using a felt pick for glisses
  • Ep. 152 – Half Page Turns with forScore on the iPad
  • Ep. 149 – 151 in-depth look at Scheherazade on the lever harp (3 parts)
  • Ep. 148 – How to improvise on the harp: two suggestions
  • Ep. 147 – How to play the “Little Fountain” downwards arpeggios
  • Ep. 146 – Learn “Oh Come Emmanuel” on the harp
  • Ep. 145 – Learn “Deck the Halls” on the harp
  • Ep. 144 – How to play the opening of Handel’s Passacaille on the Harp
  • Ep. 143 – Avoiding buzzing in Debussy’s “Arabesque”
  • Ep. 142 – Playing a fast 123 pattern from Lapkon’s Spinning Wheel
  • Ep. 141 – Problem solving with “The Moldau”
  • Ep. 140 – My new harp – one year in!
  • Ep 139 – How to change 5th Octave guts strings
  • Ep 138 – Problem solving on the harp with Debussy’s Prelude
  • Ep 137 Composing for the harp – pedal markings and pedal charts
  • Ep 136 Arranging “Skye Boat Song” part 2
  • Ep 135 Open octave/muffle refresher course
  • Ep 134 Adapting Tournier’s “Noel” for lever harp
  • Ep 133 How to play Barbara Allen on the harp (patterns and shapes!)
  • Ep 132 Learning Labarre’s “Caprice”
  • Ep 131 How often do harp strings break? Do I need a replacement set?
  • Ep 130 – Turn your harp into a guitar – strumming techniques
  • Ep 129 How to play fast – Salzedo’s Seguidilla
  • Ep 128 Arranging “Skye Boat Song” part 1
  • Ep 127 practical tips on tuning your harp
  • Ep 126 How to regulate your harp
  • Ep 125 How to play lever harp in an orchestra
  • Ep. 124 Playing 2 vs 3 rhythms in Debussy’s 1st Arabesque
  • Ep. 123 Looking at the Butterfly jig
  • Ep. 122 Fundamental exercises on the harp – chord progressions
  • Ep. 121 Fundamental exercises on the harp – 4 finger exercise
  • Ep. 120 “Alfonso el Sabio” from Kim Robertson’s “Celtic Harp Solos”
  • Ep. 119 Software – the gear behind Harp Tuesday part 3
  • Ep. 117 & 118 “Soupir” on lever harp
  • Ep. 116 Recording Equipment – the gear behind Harp Tuesday part 2
  • Ep. 115 Cameras – the gear behind Harp Tuesday part 1
  • Ep. 114 A new Harp + improv!
  • Ep. 113 Sheet music on tablets (forScore/iPad)
  • Ep. 112 Looper pedals! Exploring electric harps part 2
  • Ep. 111 Exploring electric harps part 1
  • Ep. 110 Coordinating two hands, contrary motion, and practicing
  • Ep. 109 “Pistachio” by Bernard Andres
  • Ep. 108 Pedal slides
  • Ep. 106-107 An in-depth look at Songs of Nymphs by Marjan Mozetich
  • Ep. 100! A guide to buying a harp
  • Ep. 99, 101-105 A look at Fantasy on Greensleeves for lever harp Part 1
  • Ep. 98 A look at Anne Vanschothorst’s “I Feel Different”
  • Ep. 97 a look at the Rondo from Bochsa’s “Air and Rondo”
  • Ep. 96 Bochsa’s “Air” from “Air and Rondo”
  • Ep. 95 Looking at Prokofiev’s Prelude in C, Op12, No. 7
  • Ep. 94 Playing unbroken chords
  • Ep. 93 The Triple Harp with special guest Robin Ward
  • Ep. 92 Learning “En Roulant” on the lever harp
  • Ep. 91 Experimenting with phrasing in Grandjany’s “Rhapsodie”
  • Ep. 90 Slow motion scales and more!
  • Ep. 87-89 Ribambelle #1, 2, and 8 by Bernard Andrès
  • Ep. 83-86 A look at Handel’s “Harp Concerto”
  • Ep. 82 Playing an “Alberti Bass” pattern on the harp
  • Ep. 81 Playing with other people
  • Ep. 80 How to read music part 2 – Rhythm!
  • Ep. 79 Coordinating two hands while playing the harp
  • Ep. 74 – 78 Looking at “Variations on a theme by Mozart” (or is it?) Dalvimare variations
  • Ep. 73 A look at Godefroid’s “La Danse des Sylphes”
  • Ep. 72 Mozart’s Sonata No. 11 on the Harp
  • Ep. 71 Chord/jumping exercise
  • Ep. 70 Accompanying and improvising
  • Ep. 69 figuring out lever changes (Bach – Prelude No. 1)
  • Ep. 68 “Scary” sounds on the harp (extended technique)
  • Ep. 67 Bach’s Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
  • Ep. 66 Two Bagpipe Tunes on the harp
  • Ep. 65 La Source and Etude de Concert
  • Ep. 64 Bochsa etudes part 2
  • Ep. 63 Bochsa Etudes
  • Ep. 62 Avoiding buzzing and surface noise
  • Ep. 61 Beethoven, 3 pedals at once, and transcribing/pedaling
  • Ep. 60 Double harmonics and tremolos
  • Ep. 59 Dynamics and control
  • Ep. 58 Dealing with difficult sections
  • Ep. 57 What’s in my harp bag?
  • Ep. 56 Thoughts on practicing
  • Ep. 55 Pedal Changes!
  • Ep. 54 Scarborough Fair
  • Ep. 53 In depth look at “A Bird Came Flying”
  • Ep. 52 Ave Maria duet
  • Ep. 51 Back to basics
  • Ep. 49 Poem for solo harp
  • Ep. 48 and 50 Variations on a Welsh Carol
  • Ep. 47 Working on 4-finger trills
  • Ep. 46 Using a metronome
  • Ep. 45 Lever changes
  • Ep. 44 Tone
  • Ep. 42 Ornaments and grace notes
  • Ep. 40-41 An in-depth look at “Passage”
  • Ep. 39 Exercises – Arpeggios, scales, and more
  • Ep. 38 Fingering basics
  • Ep. 37 Dealing with tricky rhythms
  • Ep. 36: Memorizing music
  • Ep. 34: Chord basics
  • Ep. 31-33, 35, 43: Arranging Greensleeves project!
  • Ep. 30: Transcribing music
  • Ep. 29: Learning “Old English Country Dance”
  • Ep. 28: Nerves and performance anxiety – being at your best while performing
  • Ep. 27: Slides
  • Ep. 26, Playing Fast!
  • Ep. 24, muffling and dampening techniques
  • Ep. 23, 4-fingered chords and finger independence
  • Ep. 22 Learning O’Carolan’s Air
  • Ep. 21 Fingering – scales and crossing over/under
  • Ep. 19-20 – Salzedo’s Song in the Night
  • Ep. 18 Glisses
  • Ep. 13-17 Fauré’s Impromptu
  • Ep. 12 Trills
  • Ep. 11 Wrist and arm movement
  • Ep. 10 How to change a string
  • Ep. 9 Harmonics
  • Ep. 8 Broken/rolled chords
  • Ep. 7 Your second harp lesson!
  • Ep. 6 Pedal changes + changing two pedals with one foot
  • Ep. 5 How to tune your harp + How to read music
  • Ep. 4 Your first harp lesson!
  • Ep. 3 John Rutter’s Dancing Day – part 2
  • Ep. 2 John Rutter’s Dancing Day
  • Ep. 1 Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols

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