Today’s Office Hour
//Snippet – DHC //
Final-Beginning Projects Joyce, Fern //
Recap: A coaching session led by DHC where Joyce shared her plans for a Christmas story performance about the wise men, while Fern discussed her first experience playing with other harpists in a park setting.
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“Creative Resonance” – (Week-9) #groups, #water, #smooth playing, #harp raincoats.-[Both chats] Snippet – Mixolydian Mode
/ AM CHAT / Betty, Jolijne, Bonnie, Carol H, Cherrie M, Christina
/ PM CHAT / Sharing – Tammy, Julia, Cherie M, Sarah L.
Recap: This meeting was a Final Beginning Project Week session where Deborah Henson-Conant and the academy community reviewed student submissions. The session began with a musical snippet demonstration focusing on rhythmic patterns using 1-5-10 in Mixolydian mode, followed by a profound metaphor about beaver ponds to explain how the academy functions as an ecosystem in which different members (observers, explorers, experimenters, and builders) contribute to the community’s richness.
The Final Beginning Project for “Creative Resonance” was to use the principles from the class to create something and share it.
Today’s Office Hour
Snippet – .DHC then demonstrated Phrygian and Lydian modal improvisation, showing how to create camel sounds in Phrygian and lush chords in Lydian, while also discussing how different modes have different chord structures./
The meeting focused on finding resources within the Hip Harp Toolkit and demonstrating modal improvisation techniques
\Half Bake Project from Laure
Today for Catch-Up Coaching.
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Techie Tidbits
This meeting focused on two main topics: final beginning project submissions and Joyce’s work on cataloging harp snippets.
This session was for members who’ve been in the Academy for more than one year.
//The Elite Chat focused on melodic improvisation and complex rhythms, specifically addressing requests for 7-8 and 5-4 time signatures. The session included practical exercises in call and response melody playing and introduced a new Jazz Harp Starter Book containing warm-ups, chord progressions, and lead sheets in various keys.
“Creative Resonance” – (Week-8) -[Both chats] [RH] Melodic Patterns in C
/ AM CHAT / Half-Bake Projects Sharing – Mona, Rebekah, Lynne L, DHC
/ PM CHAT / Half-Bake Projects Sharing – Midyne Teresa B,
Recap: DHC taught right-hand harp techniques, particularly emphasizing the importance of thinking in shapes rather than specific notes. The session began with a discussion about melodic improvisation and the concept of thinking in patterns and shapes.