Lever Harp Toolkit: Chords, Keys and Patterns
6-Week Course from June 9 through August 25, 2021
Meets every 2nd and 4th Wednesdays for 3 months
75 minutes, 7:30-8:45 PM, Eastern Time Zone
7.5 hours zoom time, plus PDFs and relevant videos
Fee $112.50 (PAYABLE above)
Topics and Tunes MAY Include:
Major and Minor Chords and Inversions
Chord Substitution in arrangements
Modes/Scales/Keys
Left Hand Patterns
Chord Melodies in Right Hand
Playing from Lead Sheets
Minstrel Boy
Ellan Vannin
She Moved Through the Fair
Mo Ghile Mear (extended arrangement)
Dear Irish Boy
Culmination Project:
Create your own arrangement to a song taught in class and learn lots of options as the weeks proceed.
"Harp Toolkit"
Summer Workshop Series
June-August 2021
Workshops for Lever Harp
Choose from this selection or contact Lorinda to request a custom presentation.
- Traditional Irish Music: songs taught by ear
- Patterns for Left Hand Accompaniment
- Chords and Inversions
- Modes/Scales/Keys
- Learn how to put together "tune sets" by applying knowledge of modes
- Exercises in successfully putting the right and left hand together
- Harp Ensemble: play using multiple parts for an orchestral sound
- Lead Sheets: work from just melody and chord lines
- American Folk Music
- Arpeggios for calming, energizing, and improvising
- Learn the modes available on the diatonic harp
- Lullabies and Laments
- Music Around the World: international beauties
- Amplification: basics of setting up and running a small amp
- Harps in Healthcare
- Overview of Music Therapy
- Yoga for Musicians
- Appalachian tunes
- English Country Dance Tunes
- Warm-ups from well known tutorials
- Rounds
- History and Tunes of the Ancient Harpers
- Classical Themes arranged for the Lever harp
- Dance tunes: waltzes, polkas, reels
- Mindful Practice for an Enjoyable Performance
John C Campbell Harp Weekend with Lorinda Jones and Angi Bemiss 2015
John Campbell Beginning Harp Class 2015
John Campbell Folk School Beginning Harp Class 2012
John Campbell Folk School Beginning Class 2010
Continuing Harp Class, John Campbell Folk School 2013
Online Music Lessons & Video Tutorials
To help keep you making music, I am offering private & group lessons via Zoom.
You can learn
- beginning mountain dulcimer
- continuing mountain dulcimer
- folk harp
To sign up for a group or private lesson, contact Lorinda here.
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