[HTL-101]  Harp Time Live

Start with Harps Tuned in C  

[HTL-101-230525 – HARP TIME LIVE #101 – Thu. May 25, 2023]

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Comments from This Session of Harp Time Live

 

What we did:

DHC talked about special Concert next Wednesday May 31, 2023 you can register for 3 different times
7 AM EDT (NYC: 7am • London: noon • Hong Kong: 7pm • Sydney: 9pm • LA: 4am
3 PM EDT (NYC: 3pm • London: 8pm • Hong Kong: 3am • Sydney: 5am • LA: noon
7 PM EDT (NYC: 7pm • London: midnight • Hong Kong: 7am • Sydney: 9am • LA: 4pm

Countdown Concert link https://www.hipharp.com/blog/49423 
You can pick the music DHC plays or have a song dedicated.  Go to: https://forms.gle/C5VYfkvy3ETyrDBC7

Today we looked at Baroque Flamenco and the different structures/Melodies used.
We don’t have a live challenge going but you can sneak in the back door and access the Baroque Flamenco Challenge Here.

Also registration for the Academy is open go to Hip Harp Academy 

Harps in the Key of C

Baroque Queen (Melody)
[LH] A E
[LH] A E
[LH] A F
[LH] A E
Repeat
Improvise above this with your [RH]
[RH] B C
[LH] A E [RH] B C
[LH] A E [RH] B C
[LH] A F [RH] B C
[LH] A E [RH] B C
[LH] A E [RH] B C
[LH] A E[RH] B C
[LH] A F [RH] B C
[LH] A E [RH] B C A
Gliss

You can add to your [RH] above the BC
This is just the structure not absolute

Flamenco/Spanish Dancer (melody)
A E
Play with rhythms
Change the bass
G D
F C
E
Same shape just playing with the rhythms.

Go back to A
Then play with the first Baroque melody
Going between the two characters Baroque melody – Spanish (flamenco) melody.

Raise your G’s to G#
E open 5ths or Chords
F open 5ths or chords

E open 5ths or Chords & gestures
F open 5ths or chords & gestures

An option you can add in the middle of the cadenza
[LH] D F A C – Strum with your right hand
[LH] E G B D – Strum with [RH]

DHC also talked about the Academy is opening up again for Registration we are just finishing up with the Grounded Expansion Quarter and it’s a great time to join Hip Harp Academy.

Check it out at https://www.hipharp.com/academy/ 

 

 

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16:27:31 From dhc to Everyone:
https://www.hipharp.com/blog/49423 
16:30:59 From Tammy H to Everyone:
Countdown Concert link if you’ve just joined us https://www.hipharp.com/blog/49423 
16:31:16 From dhc to Everyone:
https://www.hipharp.com/blog/49423 
16:33:20 From dhc to Everyone:
https://forms.gle/C5VYfkvy3ETyrDBC7 
16:37:38 From dhc to Everyone:
https://www.hipharp.com/bfchallenge 
16:40:50 From Tammy H to Everyone:
Baroque Queen
[LH] A E
[LH] A E
[LH] A F
[LH] A E
Repeat
Improvise above this with your [RH]
[RH] B C
16:41:43 From Tammy H to Everyone:
[LH] A E [RH] B C
[LH] A E [RH] B C
[LH] A F [RH] B C
[LH] A E [RH] B C
[LH] A E [RH] B C
[LH] A E[RH] B C
[LH] A F [RH] B C
[LH] A E [RH] B C A
Gliss
16:43:21 From Tammy H to Everyone:
You can add to your [RH] above the BC
This is just the structure not absolute
16:49:14 From Tammy H to Everyone:
Flamenco Dancer
A E
Play with rhythms
16:50:56 From Tammy H to Everyone:
Change the bass
G D
F C
E
Same shape just playing with the rhythms.
16:55:54 From Tammy H to Everyone:
Go back to A
Then play with the first Baroque melody
Going between the two characters Baroque melody – Spanish (flamenco) melody.
16:56:56 From Susan B 831-238-6111’s iPhone (2) to Everyone:
Can you give us one simple rhythm to try
16:57:33 From Susan B 831-238-6111’s iPhone (2) to Everyone:
This is overwhelming without a flamenco sample
17:03:08 From Susan B 831-238-6111’s iPhone (2) to Everyone:
Again
17:04:14 From Pam Jurgens to Everyone:
Yes! Again please!, Thank you, Susan!,
17:04:18 From Susan B 831-238-6111’s iPhone (2) to Everyone:
Im visual so i want to see what note gets played in what beat
17:05:36 From Susan B 831-238-6111’s iPhone (2) to Everyone:
That so works!!! Thankyou
17:08:21 From Nancy C to Everyone:
There’s something very stable about the patterns.
17:10:16 From Susan B 831-238-6111’s iPhone (2) to Everyone:
When i just see and hear a bunch of notes without access to break it down to bits and pieces – my brain just gives up
17:10:35 From Pam Jurgens to Everyone:
So cool! Learned to be in the moment with the instrument and allowing it to sing to me… even if it is different!
17:10:37 From Cherie Maffey to Everyone:
Finding the rhythm was helpful. Seeing what you were doing and the counting were all helpful.
17:10:38 From Wendy Savage to Everyone:
That’s exactly what happened for me. Repetition and then I got so grounded and felt very comfortable as I played.
17:10:44 From Susan B 831-238-6111’s iPhone (2) to Everyone:
So this helped a ton!!
17:10:49 From Tara to Everyone:
Having the rhythm clarified helped make it more stable, so it then becomes easier to come back to no matter what the other hand is doing.
17:11:01 From Cathy Hornby to Everyone:
Nice to surrender to the repetition and the seeing you play up close I realised I could use my left hand to move above and below my right was fun
17:11:10 From Joke Verdoold to Everyone:
I experienced that, without your playing, it was impossible to play the intricate rhyme left and noodle over it right.
17:11:51 From sarah to Everyone:
to show the Rhythm slow was very helpfull to me.
17:17:50 From Laurie to Everyone:
The close-up view of your hands on the harp is so very helpful – like aural training – able to match sound with visual patterns
17:19:20 From Tara to Everyone:
Furious glisses
17:19:27 From Kimberly to Everyone:
Grand gestures
17:19:32 From Joke Verdoold to Everyone:
You made a show with character
17:19:34 From Elizabeth Murphy to Everyone:
Strumming with passion
17:19:47 From Kimberly to Everyone:
Intensity and emotion in your face
17:19:52 From Laurie to Everyone:
Much more energetic, bold, accentuated gestures – more emphatic rather than lyrical music
17:20:00 From Cathy Hornby to Everyone:
Bold, powerful, don’t-mess-with-me harping!
17:20:17 From Joan Davidson to Everyone:
Dramatic Flamenco – like
17:20:22 From Laurie to Everyone:
Reacted to “Bold, powerful, don’…” with 💜
17:23:02 From Tammy H to Everyone:
Raise your G’s to G#
E open 5ths or Chords
F open 5ths or chords

E open 5ths or Chords & gestures
F open 5ths or chords & gestures
17:25:41 From Laurie to Everyone:
You really have to ‘get into character’ to pull this off!
17:25:44 From Kimberly to Everyone:
It is freeing to come out of the rhythm and be so wild
17:25:47 From Tara to Everyone:
A single bombastic gliss is not enough. There need to be lots of them.
17:25:49 From Joke Verdoold to Everyone:
The repetition became mesmerising
17:25:49 From Cherie Maffey to Everyone:
It feels more dramatic with large arm movements.\
17:25:56 From Tammy H to Everyone:
It’s easier to do when you add the gestures without touching the harp get’s you into the character
17:26:25 From sarah to Everyone:
i wanne learn to strum, it is so cool together with the normal playing
17:26:26 From Joan Davidson to Everyone:
The gestures invigorate me and my playing
17:26:37 From Cathy Hornby to Everyone:
I discovered (though I kind of know it already) that this is so hard to do for an introvert 🫤. But I can let my hands at least have duende!
17:27:50 From Susan B 831-238-6111’s iPhone (2) to Everyone:
This is the rhythm and notes I’m playing to sound flamenco like

1-a 2 3 1-e 2 3
1-a 2 -3
1 e 2-f 3 -e
17:27:56 From Pam Jurgens to Everyone:
Brushing works. Even if you arenot playing a “”Chord
It’s all I.0in
The attitude
Noticing I do not let myself that!, inspired to do 29 minutes
17:28:13 From dhc to Everyone:
https://www.hipharp.com/bfchallenge
17:29:25 From Tammy H to Everyone:
[LH] D F A C – Strum with your right hand
17:30:01 From Tammy H to Everyone:
[LH] E G B D – Strum with [RH]
17:30:23 From Tammy H to Everyone:
Option you can add in the middle of the cadenza
17:30:45 From Tammy H to Everyone:
Baroque Flamenco Challenge Link https://www.hipharp.com/bfchallenge 
17:31:10 From dhc to Everyone:
https://www.hipharp.com/academy/ 
17:31:16 From dhc to Everyone:
Special Code HTL-2023-500
17:31:51 From dhc to Everyone:
https://www.hipharp.com/blog/49423 
17:32:05 From Tammy H to Everyone:
Code works
17:34:12 From Cherie Maffey to Everyone:
Rhythm and making big movements for effect.
17:34:12 From Wendy Savage to Everyone:
Easier to be expressive! Yay!
17:34:19 From Judi to Everyone:
flow, fun, liberating!
17:34:21 From Nancy C to Everyone:
Stability, rhythm, express yourself.
17:34:27 From Tara to Everyone:
emphasis on character
17:34:27 From Pam Jurgens to Everyone:
Spontaneous connection to instrument!
17:34:32 From Joke Verdoold to Everyone:
Working with different ryhtmes
17:34:40 From Mari to Everyone:
Timing is more mental than finger exercises
17:34:40 From Gretchen Weaver to Everyone:
To be Free with the music.
17:34:40 From Kimberly to Everyone:
Ground then be free then come home to ground
17:34:49 From Joan Davidson to Everyone:
The rhythm and gestures became easier for sure!
17:34:50 From Cathy Hornby to Everyone:
I discovered how relaxing into playing, through repetition, let’s me build rythms organically and with fun!
17:35:14 From Elizabeth Murphy to Everyone:
I learned even I can be fantastic at being bombastic!
17:35:15 From Susan B 831-238-6111’s iPhone (2) to Everyone:
Now that i have the basics solidly i can now do the expression of it
17:35:23 From sarah to Everyone:
I discover that sometimes I forgot to ground and that I was experimenting. Nice challence for me to try to ground more
17:36:47 From dhc to Everyone:
https://www.hipharp.com/blog/49423
17:39:28 From Kimberly to Everyone:
Thank you!

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