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• 240321 [HTL- 111] Harp Time Live-111-Creative-Resonance-Mar-21-2024
  Harp Time Live - 111th Episode With our Harps tuned to the Key of C - Baroque Flamenco
• 240215 [HTL- 110] Harp Time Live-110-Creative-Resonance-Feb-15-2024
  Harp Time Live - 110th Episode With our Harps tuned to the Key of C - Califypso Game
• 240118 [HTL- 109] Harp Time Live-109-Creative-Resonance-Jan-18-2024
  Harp Time Live - 109th Episode With our Harps tuned to the Key of C - modulating to G 5 Day Action-to-Vision Challenge - Creative Resonance
• 231214 [HTL- 108] Harp Time Live-108-Video Greeting Cards-Dec-14-2023
  Harp Time Live - 108th Episode With our Harps tuned to the Key of C - Looking at a holiday song and creating a Video Greeting Card with our Harps
• 231116 [HTL- 107] Harp Time Live-107-Structure-is-Freedom-Nov-16-2023
  Harp Time Live - 107th Episode With our Harps tuned to the Key of C - Modulating to G and back to C Telling stories with our harps
• 231019 [HTL- 106]Special Harp Time 106 Live-“MODULATION WARMUPS” Kickstart- Oct 19 at 4 pm-HHA-2023
  Harp Time Live - 106th Episode DHC gave an overview of the Hip Harp Academy "MODULATION WARMUPS" KICKSTART Class
• 230921 [HTL- 105] Harp Time Live-105-Power-of-Pattern-Sep-21-2023
  Harp Time Live - 105th Episode With our Harps tuned to the Key of C - DHC went over 3 chords you can sing on top of
• 230824 [HTL- 104] Harp Time Live-104-Bossa Nova-Power-of-Pattern-Aug-24-2023
  Harp Time Live - 104th Episode With our Harps tuned to the Key of C - DHC went over a Bossa Nova pattern - breaking down the rhythm.
• 230727 [HTL- 103] Harp Time Live-103-Kickstart-Vamps-Power-of-Pattern-Jul 27-2023
  Harp Time Live - 103rd Episode With our Harps tuned to the Key of C - DHC introduced Vamp Patterns in this special Kickstart introduction to the Academy.
• 230622 [HTL- 102] Harp Time Live-102-session-Power-of-Pattern-Jun 22-2023 (230622)
  Harp Time Live - 102nd Episode With our Harps tuned to the Key of C we played around with the Blues using a pentatonic scale and 4 different patterns =>Talked about what is coming up in the next quarter of the Academy "Power of Pattern" starting Jul, 10, 2023 => 3 Summer Classes give YOU the Power of Pattern =>Modulating Warmups - build your technical creative and mental skills and sound beautiful =>Blues Harp-Style - Blues is a pattern powerhouse that lets you learn while you play =>Nataliana - a beautiful piece built on patterns you can use over and over once you learn the piece
• 230525 [HTL- 101] Harp Time Live-101st-session-Creative-Resonance-May 25-2023 (230525)
  Harp Time Live - 101st Episode With our Harps tuned to the Key of C =>Looked at Baroque Flamenco and it's different sections.
• 230323 [HTL- 100] Harp Time Live-100th-session-Creative-Resonance-Mar 23-2023 (230223)
  Harp Time Live - 100th Episode With our Harps tuned to the Key of C =>We did a 2 part Snippet
• [HTL-99] Harp Time Live-Modes- Creative-Resonance-Feb 23-2023 (230223)
  Harp Time Live - With our Harps tuned to the Key of C =>We are looking at Modes - Mixolydian Mode foundation of G. =>DHC demonstrated and broke down how to do embellishments on the harp.
• [HTL-98] Harp Time Live-Modes- Creative-Resonance-2023 (230126)
  Harp Time Live - With our Harps tuned to the Key of C We are looking at Modes
• [HTL-97] Harp Time Live-Holiday Special-Video-Greeting-Cards-2022 (221215)
  Harp Time Live - With our Harps tuned to the Key of Eb. We are looking at Creating Holiday Greeting Cards
• [HTL-96] Harp Time Live-Holiday Special-HHT-JFH-HHA-2022 (221208)
  Harp Time Live - With our Harps tuned to the Key of C. We are looking at improvising with the song Joy to the World using simple chords.
• [HTL-95] Harp Time Live-Structure Is Freedom-HHT-JFH-HHA-2022 (221027)
  Harp Time Live - With our Harps tuned to the Key of C. We are looking at a Calypso rhythm using 3 simple chords
• [HTL-94] Harp Improv Challenge-SOI-BHS-HHA-2022 (220922)
  Harp Time Live - We're getting ready for the 5-Day Harp Improv Challenge starting Sep 26, 2022. With our Harps tuned to the Key of C. Today we had a sneak peak and looked at a Power Progression of 1 - 6 - 4 - 2 - 5 adding shapes, patterns and rhythms.
• [HTL-93] Summer-of-Improve-Blues-Harp-Style-Harp-Time-Live-HHA-2022 (220825)
  Summer of Improve Harp Time Live - BLUES JAM SESSION It’s all about repetition, patterns and most of all having FUN! Your harp is tuned in C major - we are playing in D Dorian using a Pentatonic Scale starting on D We are doing a call and response - DHC will play something and you will play it back
• [HTL-92] Summer-of-Improve-Blues-Harp-Style-Harp-Time-Live-HHA-2022 (220728)
  Summer of Improve Blues Harp Time Live It’s all about repetition, patterns and most of all having FUN! Your harp is tuned in C major - we are playing in D Dorian using a Pentatonic Scale starting on D We are doing a call and response - DHC will play something and you will play it back
• [HTL-91] Special-Bluesy-Harp-Time-Live-HHA-2022 (220707)
  Special Bluesy Harp Time Live It’s all about repetition, patterns and most of all having FUN! Hip Harp Academy has a brand new BLUES JAM HARP Camp that started Tue. Jul 5, 2022.
• [HTL-90] Harp-Time-Live-HHA-2022 (220623)
  In Harp Time Live today we're going to play the Blues.
• [HTL-89] Harp-Time-Live-HHA-2022 (220526)
  In Harp Time Live today we did a Musical Game with the Baroque Flamenco melody
• [HTL-88] Harp-Time-Live-HHA-2022 (220324)
  Harp-Time-Live-HHA-2022 (220324)
• [HTL-87] Harp-Time-Live-HHA-2022 (220224)
  Harp-Time-Live-HHA-2022 (220224)
• [HTL-86] Blues-Meets-You-Are-My-Sunshine-with-Shapes-HHA-2022 (220127)
  In Harp Time Live today we did a Mash up of a D Blues and “You Are My Sunshine”
• [HTL-85] G-Bass-Downwards-FanFare-with-6th&3rd-chord-HHA-2021(211216)
  In which we created a kind of Holiday Intro / Cascading-Downwards Fanfare
• [HTL-84] Sit-on-G-Intro-Angels-on-High-HHA-2021 (211118)
  In which we play Angels on High
• [HTL-83] 1251-inCMaj-then-in-Amin (211021)
  In which we play 1251 in C Maj then in A min.
• [HTL-82] 2516-2511-in-different-rhythms (210923)
  In which we play 2516-2511 in different rhythms.
• [HTL-81] 1625-3625 (210701)
  In which we play 1625-3625.
• [HTL-80] 1625-3625-14-2of6-5of6-6-5sus (210624)
  In which play the modulating progression: 1625-3625-14-2of6-5of6-6-5sus or ... C-Am-Dm-G Em-Am-Em-G C-F-Bm7 (b5) - E7(95) - Am - G sus
• [HTL-79] Califypso (210617)
  In which play Califypso again!
• [HTL-78] Dm9 – Am9 Bluesy (210610)
  In which create a simple Bluesy vamp from two chords (Dm9 - Am9 no 3) and then apply the basic patterns of Bluesy melodic improvisation: pentatonic scale, bending the 4 of the key we're playing in, raising the 4)
• [HTL-77] You Are My Sunshine – Play by Numbers – with Interludes (210603)
  In which we play "You are my Sunshine" by numbers - and then, on the fly - create spontaneous improvised interludes between each verse, playing it all completely by numbers!
• [HTL-76] Cielito Lindo – Play by Numbers – in C & G (210527)
  In which we play (and sing very badly) Cielito Lindo - playing by the numbers - first in the key of C and then in the key of G.
• [HTL-75] 2516 Bossa Modulating from C-G-C (210520)
  In which we play the progression- 2-5-1-6 as a Bossa Modulating from C-G-C
• [HTL-74] Baroque Flamenco Bellica-Bellica-Belly-Belly-Belly Soundboard Percussion (210513)
  In which we use the words "Bellica-Bellica-Belly-Belly-Belly" to internalize the rhythm of the Baroque Flamenco variations, the Cadenza and the soundboard slaps
• [HTL-73] Modulate from C to G with 2516-2511 (210506)
  In which we modulate back and forth between the key of C Major and the key of G Major using the progression 2516-2511 (the "Power Progression" from the Harp Improv Challenge)
• [HTL-72] Modulate from C to F with 2516-2511 (210429)
  In which we modulate back and forth between the key of C Major and the key of G Major using the progression 2516-2511 (the "Power Progression" from the Harp Improv Challenge)
• [HTL-71] Descending Basslines: A minor // C9 and F9 (210422)
  In which we develop a new sequence as we go along! It started as the Am-Gmaj-Fmaj-Esus4 blowing sequence from "Baroque Flamenco" but when I decided to shift it into the major mode, something completely different happened! We ended up with a beautiful descending bassline sequence with a C9 chord, then shifted it up to F9, then back to C9, then back to A minor and suddenly it wasn't just a chord progression, it was MUSIC!
• [HTL-70] Baroque Flamenco RUNTHROUGHS (A BF5DC Challenge Event) (210415)
  In which we worked on "Runthroughs" of Baroque Flamenco, focusing on SOLIDIFYING the SEQUENCE - and TWEAKING the TRANSITIONS
• [HTL-69] Baroque Flamenco RHYTHM at Somerset Square Field Trip (210408)
  In which we went on another field trip to Somerset Square virtual festival site and learned to play the Mexican Triple-Waltz RHYTHM of Baroque Flamenco.
• [HTL-68] Baroque Flamenco FORM at Somerset Square Field Trip (210401)
  In which we went on a field trip to Somerset Square virtual festival site and learned to play through the form of Baroque Flamenco.
• [HTL-67] Drunken Sailor Rondo & Somerset Square Field Trip Promo (210325)
  In which we learn to play a Celtic-Inspired Rondo based on "Drunken Sailor" - with a funky improv section.
• [HTL-66] Califypso (210318)
  In which we learn to play "Califypso" (aka "California Calypso"), a Calypso in Rondo Form, including learning the melody, the blowing section and how to to 'strum' a chord using the autoharp technique
• [HTL-65] Bossa Nova Drill with 2-5-1-6 (210311)
  In which we play a Bossa Nova drill over and over and over and over on the chord progression 2-5-1-6 (from "5-Day Improv Challenge")
• [HTL-64A&B] Meet My TEDx Coach Kevin Cummiskey & Play You Are my Sunshine (210304)
  In which we meet my TEDx Coach, Kevin Cummiskey for an impromptu Q&A - and then play a Latin Rhythm version of "You Are my Sunshine"
• [HTL-63] Dmin Pentatonic Improv (210225)
  In which we play a D min Pentatonic Improv - with the Harps tuned in C
• [HTL-62] Baroque Flamenco (210218)
  In which we learn the BASICS of creating "Baroque Flamenco"
• [HTL-61] Video Valentine with a Bluesy Twist (210211)
  In which we learn the BASICS of creating a Video Valentine with the Tunes "Love Me Tender" and "Those Were the Days, My Friend".
• [HTL-60] Video Valentine Basics (210204)
  In which we learn the BASICS of creating a Video Valentine with the Tunes "Love Me Tender" and "Those Were the Days, My Friend".
• [HTL-59] You Are My Sunshine Video Valentine with a Vamp (210128)
  In which we learn to create a video valenine that uses the tune "You Are My Sunshine" and a vamp.  
• [HTL-58] Strings of Passion Applied to A Mixolydian Vamp (210121)
  In which we start from two chords, spelled just below middle C: GAD and FGC - and we start building out an arrangement, first adding a bass (just a G), then adding melodies, then creating a kind of musical form/game with a 4-Bar chorus and alternate sections where we play just bass, then just melody, then melody and accompaniment, then just melody and bass -- and all along, we're going through the 7 strings of passion  (Impulse, Structure, Character, Roles, Practice(s), Deconstruction & Lift Off) to apply the principles to what we're playing.
• [HTL-57] Calypso 1415 & 4151 (210114)
   In which we learn to play 3-note 'smooth move' chords (from "Sing & Play Harp") on C, F & G, then change their inversion, then add Calypso bassline & rhythm and play, play, play.
• [HTL-56] Vision Music Suite (210107)
  In which we go through all the motifs in the "Vision Music" project (from the Vision-to-Action Challenge) and play them one after another, as a suite.
• [HTL-55] Auld Lang Syne – by the numbers (2012131)
  In which we learn to play Auld Lang Syne by the numbers.
• [HTL-54] Silent Night Glissandos and Angels on High (2012124)
  In which we learn the all-glissando version of Silent Night from DHC's "15 Days of Silent Night" project and how to play "Angels We have Heard on High" from "Lead Sheet Bootcamp"
• [HTL-53] Happy Birthday! (201217)
  In which we learn to play Happy Birthday for someone we love ... and make a big deal out of it!
• [HTL-52] Video Hanukkah Card & Fanfare Intro (201210)
  In which we learn to play the song Dreidel Dreidel and create a Video Hanukkah Card with it. We also learn to play a "Fanfare" intro (even though it's probably not an effective intro for this song)
• [HTL-51] Holiday Video Greeting Cards (201203)
  In which we learn to make Holiday Video Greeting Cards
• [HTL-50] God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Meditation (201119)
  In which we learn to create a minor meditation on the tune "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
• [HTL-49] Silent Night Jazz Waltz (201112)
  In which we learn to create a Jazz Waltz vamp on the first two chords of "Silent Night" (C & F), building them as 1-5-7 chords and adding the jazz-waltz rhythm. Then playing the tune as a jazz-waltz and using the vamp as an improv section.  
• [HTL-48] Jingle Bells Samba – As a Holiday Video Greeting (201106)
  In which we learn to "Jingle Bells" as a (slowed-down) Samba, then put it into an arrangement that we can use as a Personalized Video Greeting Card 
• [HTL-47] Love Gone Bad (201029)
  In which we learn to play the vamp and song form of “Love Gone Bad”.
• [HTL-46] Angels We Have Heard on High (201022)
  In which we learn to play “Angels We Have Heard on High”.
• [HTL-45] Congratulations, You Made it This Far (201015)
  In which we learn to play "Congratulations, You Made it This Far" - the Birthday Song for the Birthdays you don't always want to have!
• [HTL-44] Rhythm Changes Prep for YouTube Playalongs (201008)
  In which we learn to play "Rhythm Changes" well enough to be able to play with YouTube backing tracks.
• [HTL-43] D7#9Groove-inEb-raiseF-belowMidC-and-fills (201001)
  In which we work on a one-chord groove: D7#9 Groove with our harps in Eb, raising the F# below middle C and working on fills
• [HTL-42] Tango in A minor (200924)
  In which we play Deborah Henson-Conant's Tango in A minor from the "Blueprint for Improv" Playsheet. Tuning: Put your harp in C major / A minor. You'll need to raise at least one of your G's to G# for this tune (you'll find out which one in the video!)
• [HTL-41] Bossa Dmin-Gsus Workout (2009117)
  In which we do a workout with a Bossa Nova progression on ||: D min - G sus :||where th RH stays on the same notes and the LH changes LH: D-A RH: F-A-C-E // LH: G-D RH: F-A-C-E
• [HTL-40] La Bamba Progression Modulate C > G (200910)
  In which we play the "La Bamba" Progression in C (CFG) and then modulate to G (GCD) and then back, adding a little physical workout at the end of each phrase
• [HTL-39] Power Progression (2-5-1) in C (200903)
  In which we play with the Power Progression (Don’t Get Caught …) including making melodies with a Bossa version
• [HTL-38] Shaping & Timing Glisses with Shifting Basslines (200827)
  In which we shape glisses - so they're 'timed' to fit in one measure, or two, or four - and also change the bass note to change the harmonic reference.
• [HTL-37] AGFE-SlapBass-Bassline-with-Blues-Melodic-Riffs (200820)
  In which learn to play a slap-bass bassline of A-G-F-E. Then we ALTERNATE it with playing Blues-type riffs in this order - and in between each experiment, we played the bassline twice. 1. Pentatonic Scale (From top down: DCAGFD). 2. Bend the D to D# 3. Bend the D to D# with a G above it 4. Set D's to D# and play D# E G
• [HTL-36] Sing Amazing Grace in C with a Picking Pattern (200813)
  In which learn a picking pattern (arpeggiated accompaniment pattern) and play Amazing Grace in the key of C.
• [HTL-35] Scales & Pivots over a Harmonic Sequence (200806)
  In which learn to create melodies 'mechanically' from scales and pivots, and then we build a harmonic sequence to support that melodic noodling. This 'sequence' is longer and more complex than just a vamp. It combines a vamp - the part that gets repeated - with a kind of 'break'  Gsus (Intro) ||: C (EAD). F (ADG) :||  Am. Am/G.   F.   Dm  Gsus
• [HTL-34] Looped Arpeggiated Vamp (200730)
  In which we create a vamp from two arpeggiated chords. Each had a bass note, 3 notes in the RH and then the LH jumps up to play a note above the RH: #1: LH:A   RH:DEA    LH: D (above) #2: LH:A    RH:CDG   LH:B (above) We looped this and then improvised melodically over it.
• [HTL-33B] Bossa F & C (200723)
  In which we learn a 2-Chord Bossa Nova progression: LH: F-C RH: A-C-E // LH: C-G RH: F#-Bb-E
• [HTL-33A] No-Wrong-Note Gliss (200715)
  In which we learn a 2-Chord Bossa Nova progression: LH: F-C RH: A-C-E // LH: C-G RH: F#-Bb-E
• [HTL-32] Power Progression: 2-5-1 in the full progression 2-5-1-6  2-5-1-1 (200716)
  In which we learn to build the power progression that will help us modulate from any key to any other key.
• [HTL-31] Low Stress No Wrong Note Gliss Improv (200714)
  ln which we create a gliss by raising the G & D Levers and then toggle the C lever to get an alternating gliss we can improvise freely with
• [HTL-30] Build a Song: Sail Me Away! (200702)
  In which we create a song – and an arrangement of that song using an intro, melody, instrumental improv and ending.
• [HTL-29] Build-a-Song: Sun Shiny Day (200630)
  In which we create a song – and an arrangement of that song using an intro, melody, instrumental improv and ending. Watch it to see how we built it and what arrangement we finally used.
• [HTL-28B] How to Build a Solo Line (200625)
  We reviewed the ‘ingredients’ for an improv ‘solo’ line and then had fun ‘shaping’ those into an arc.
• [HTL-28A] ZOOM Games (200625)
  At the request of Somerset Harp Festival, we created a fun introduction to how to use Zoom, and then followed it with some Zoom Video Games.
• [HTL-27] Summertime! (200623)
  We learned how to play and sing “Summertime” – it took a few tries to find the right chords! We learned it’s a 16-Bar Blues – and not a 12-Bar Blues!
• [HTL-26] Sequences (200618)
  How the same 3 notes used in sequences can be very different with different grooves like Rock Me Baby and the Nightingale
• [HTL-25] Heartbeat (200616)
  We took one chord (Dm7) and focused on the heartbeat of the rhythm when we play it as a slap bass, a comping chord or melodically.
• [HTL-24] Califypso (200611)
  This tune alternates a calypso melody with a fun chord progression and even some strumming techniques
• [HTL-23] Rock Me Baby – with a Break (1 Bar Blues) (200609)
  This classic Blues groove is only one bar long - it's great for learning melodic soloing
• [HTL-22] CFCG from Mellow to Calypso (200604)
  This classic Blues groove is only one bar long - it's great for learning melodic soloing
• [HTL-21] Fever-Like Groove (200602)
  There's a groove and chord progression used in the tune "Fever" that's used with other pieces as well.  In this session we play the groove and then create a musical form around it.
• [HTL-20]-200528-A Min Samba with D7-E7 Release HHA-2020
  First we learned the basic vamp structure (Am - Am/G# - Am/G - Am/G#) Then we added a samba feel and a 'release' section (||: D7 - E7 :||) with a count-in to get back to the vamp. And a kerfuffle at the end. We did call-and-response during the vamp section, over the looped accompaniment. For the release sections, I comped for everyone.
• [HTL-19] Extending Chords and Altering the Dominant(200526)
  Extending chords (I, vi, ii, etc) & Altering the Dominant
• [HTL-18]-200521-5/4 Meter in E minor Getting the Feel & Improvising HHA-2020
  5/4 Meter in E minor Getting the Feel & Improvising
• [HTL-17]-200519-Nightingale vs Blues-May 19, 2020-HHA-2020
  Nightingale vs Blues
• [HTL-16]-200514-Blues in D Dorian with Call & Response Melodies May 14, 2020-HHA-2020
  Blues in D Dorian with Call & Response Melodies (to a pre-recorded groove)
• [HTL-15]-200512-Stride Left Hand- May 12, 2020-HHA-2020
  Nightingale vs BluesStride Left Hand (Bass & Comp in one hand) with Melodic Noodling – in a meditative style, and then more upbeat
• [HTL-13/14]-200505 or 07-Blues in D Workout​ Tue. May 5 OR Thu. May 7, 2020-HHA-2020
  Blues in D Workout​ (We lost either #13 or #14 – we don’t know which) Tue. May 5 OR Thu. May 7, 2020 ~ 4:30 pm EDT

[12] “Baroque Flamenco Simple-Form Improv & Workout”

Thu. Apr. 30, 2020 ~ 4:30 pm EDT

[10] G Blues Groove Workout – Bass-Comp-Melody

Thu. Apr. 23, 2020 ~ 4:30 pm EDT

[08] 1-4-1-5 Funky Groove Playalong in C

Thu. Apr. 16, 2020 ~ 4:30 pm EDT

[06] Califypso

Thu. Apr. 9, 2020 ~ 4:30 pm EDT

[04] “2514736” Bossa

Thu. Apr. 2, 2020 ~ 4:30 pm EDT

[02] “2516” Modulating (C&G)

Thu. Mar. 26, 2020 ~ 4:30 pm EDT