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“Creative Resonance” – (Week-10) -[Both chats] Snippet –
/ AM CHAT / Final-Beginning Projects – Laure P, Helen, Melenda
/ PM CHAT / Final-Beginning Projects – Suma, Carol B, Rebekah B, Teresa, Vera
Recap:
Today for Catch-Up Coaching. – #4finger arpeggios #2,5,1,6
| This was a Catch-Up Coaching session focused on four-finger arpeggios and harp techniques, led by Sally with assistance from Helen and Elizabeth. The main discussion centered on demonstrating fourth-finger arpeggios using the “don’t get caught anywhere” mnemonic pattern, |
Questions from Ina, Elizabeth
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.
“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.
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.
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