Deborah Henson-Conant and HipHarpAcademy.com present
NEW BLUES: Beyond the Page!
“NEW BLUES: Beyond the Page” is an online course I created especially for YOU, the impassioned harp player.
In this short, 3-module class I’ll show you how to play my popular piece “New Blues.” This class is specially crafted for non-advanced players to learn bite by bite AND with suggestions for advanced players to accelerate and embellish.
It has 15 sections which you can divide and tackle anyway you wish. For some folks it might be a 3-hour review. For others it might be a 3 week, once a day class.
Read on to learn more or register right now
Do you want to EXPRESS yourself in your playing?
Did you ever long to play one piece of music that you KNEW would stir your audience? Maybe you heard someone else play and felt your passion ignite. What if YOU could play that?
Did you stop yourself because you figured it was too hard? Were you afraid you’d do it wrong? Or did you buy the music – and then just never got around to it? Or you tried but when you opened it, it just looked too complicated?
What if the COMPOSER could break it down for you?
What if you could talk to the composer? What if she broke it all down for you, so you understood how it works — so you could play it with confidence, passion and self-expression – at your level of technical ability – and with an IMPACT that rivals any player on the planet – because it’s custom-designed for you … by you … with the help of the creative mind that composed it.
Play the blues with confidence – like you own it!
Why take New Blues: Beyond the Page
instead of just buying the Sheet Music
Appreciating the piece ‘New Blues’ by Deborah Henson-Conant is one thing but knowing the structure, the variations, the techniques, and the composer’s insights beyond the piece’s music sheet is another level.
You can learn all of that in New Blues: Beyond the Page. Deborah will break down her own composition for you through a series of pre-recorded trainings and at the end of the class, you can say when you play New Blues in your harp, “I learned this piece with the composer.”
NEW BLUES: Beyond the Page …
Is for YOU if …
- You are someone who plays the HARP (pedal or lever) at any level and who wants to develop their improvisation and rhythm skills starting with the piece that’s known and loved
- You want your OWN version of a beloved piece
- You want to know how to create your OWN Blues variations – using standard Blues techniques – but in your own way, at your own level.
Is NOT for YOU if …
- You want a course with homework and personalized feedback (you’ll be able to get that in Hip Harp Academy Yearlong membership)
- You want to improvise ‘like somebody else’ – there are certain teachers who can show you very specific stylistic improvisation styles – but I’m not one of them! My forte is showing you how to understand the fundamentals of a style or a piece, so you can improvise like YOU – which is THE essential step towards finding your own creative voice!
What You’ll be Able to Do by the end:
- Play YOUR version of “New Blues” – custom-built to your exact technical level – because YOU will be building it from my step-by-step training!
- SWING! You’ll learn the lilting RHYTHM that makes the Blues ‘Swing
- Play RIFFS! You’ll be able to play those fun little melodic patterns that sound so cool
- Create your own BLUES VARIATIONS based on the iconic Blues techniques I break down as I teach you the variations. When I take you through each of the VARIATIONS, you’ll learn the underlying METHOD I used to create each one. That lets you create YOUR OWN version, using the same technique, but using YOUR skill level.
- Use Cool BLUES TECHNIQUES that highlight YOUR skill! Fledgling harpists get to make beautiful simplifications. Advanced harpists get to use their hard-won chops to create even fancier variations.
- Walk away with your own INSIGHTS and TAKEAWAYS – and get to hear those of the harpists, like you, who took part in the filming sessions when I taught this class live.
- Hear people say “I didn’t know you could do THAT on a harp!” – one of THE most fun things you can ever hear!
How the Class Works
The NEW BLUES: BEYOND THE PAGE course has 15 sections which you can divide and tackle any way you wish.
These sections are divided into three main categories: The Structure, The Parts, and The Variations. Each section provides recorded trainings on how you can get beyond the pages of New Blues sheet music.
For some folks it might be a half-day immersion. For others it might be a 3 week, once a day class. It all depends on you. No homework, no pressure.
And YES, you can always play at YOUR level – whatever that is – because I’ll always show you ways to simplify
(for fledgling players) and embellish (for advanced players) so you can just have FUN.
Invest in Your Creative Freedom
NEW BLUES: BEYOND THE PAGE expands your repertoire,
and teaches you improv to play at your own level.
ONLY the FIRST 25 PEOPLE WHO SIGN UP!!! (only 3 left!)
BONUS ENROLLMENT in my first ever 4-Week “Jazz for Harps” Beta program. This brand new 4-Week “JAZZ for HARPS” Beta program is normally only open to Hip Harp Academy FULL Yearlong Members – so jump in on this bonus now! This is a chance to take everything you learn in “Blues Harp-Style” and learn how to apply it to jazz tunes.
OPTION 1:
Sign up for “New Blues Beyond the Page”
(Includes 12-Months Access)
Your Investment: $139
(credit card or PayPal)
OPTION 2:
Hip Harp Academy Membership
“New Blues Beyond the Page” is included, along with dozens of other Classes, plus Coaching and Community.
Yearly Membership:
Your Investment: $1997
(credit card or PayPal)
3-month Payment Plan Available
Come and Play Your Heart Out
In this Virtual Summer Camp Just for Harp Players
“Summer Harp Jam” 2019 starts in July and is part of the “Hip Harp Academy” Curriculum. To register, sign up for “Hip Harp Academy” “FULL” OR Register for “Summer Harp Jam” a la carte
Join the FUN Now!
Summer Harp Jam 2019
Pre-Registration Is Open Now
(Claim your space! Early Classroom Entry)
OPTION #1: Register for the FULL “Hip Harp Academy” Yearlong Membership
Sign up for the Full/Core ‘Hip Harp Academy’ Year-Long Curriculum. You’ll get full access to ‘Summer Harp Jam’ AND the full curriculum… over 10 different programs including “Hip Harp Toolkit / Arrange Yourself,” “Strings of Passion,” “Hands on Harmony,” “Blues Harp-Style”, “Sing & Play Harp,” “Jazz for Harps” and more — you can see all the courses at HipHarpAcademy.com
BEST DEAL
Pay in Full
For the full yearlong “Hip Harp Academy” Curriculum with over 10 courses INCLUDING “Summer Harp Jam”
PAYMENT PLAN
12-Month Payment Plan
For the full yearlong Curriculum with over 10 courses INCLUDING “Summer Harp Jam”
OPTION #2: “Summer Harp Jam” a la carte
Sign up for “Summer Harp Jam” only, at the 2016 single-class price!
- OPTION 1: Pay in Full (Click to see special price!)
- OPTION 2: Payment Plan (Look for the payment plan just above the “Order Summary” section during checkout.)
GOT QUESTIONS about SUMMER HARP JAM?
Use my “Ask a Question” form to get a question to me and I’ll get back to you ASAP
About the creator of this program, Deborah Henson-Conant:
Hi, I’m Deborah Henson-Conant, and I’ve been composing, arranging and creating shows since I was a kid. I now play shows with symphonies and on solo stages with the electric harp that was created for me by CAMAC Harps, the “DHC Light”.
But I started on the ukulele, playing and singing with my mom.
And guess what? I use a many of the same improvisation games and skills she taught me in my work today, both as a performer and as a coach.
My mom taught me how to play WITH music …
and now I want to teach you!
When I was a little girl, my mother wasn’t trying to teach me to be a musician, she was just trying to show me how music ‘works’ so that I could play with it on my own — the same way she taught me everything else.
She was a Campfire Girl, so she knew a gazillion songs – and a lot of those songs were “Call and Response” songs — songs where one person sings and the other person sings the same thing. Without knowing it, I was learning a powerful tool for passing on melodic invention and rhythmic power. And I just thought I was playing games!
Those same games are the foundation of this course. I’ve taken that concept to use in the training videos – so you can play along with everything I’m teaching you.
And because I learned all this as a very little girl – and I still do it today – one of the things I learned is that these games are not about technical skill. Like most of the things I love, they’re things you can do at a very simple level – and then embellish and expand for the rest of your life.
In other words, it’s not a matter of technical skill, but of jumping in and playing simply until your skills start to grow.
I realized that PLAYING – the way we do as children – is a powerful tool for learning as musicians. So I built this entire program on the idea of playing with very simple ideas – the kinds you could explain or show in a few minutes – and getting more and more comfortable with them until they start to bloom in your hands.
As Featured In:
Share this page with your friends
© Deborah Henson-Conant / HipHarp.com ∙ Privacy