Congratulations to everybody who took part in the 2026 Challenge!
The live event’s over — but everything you loved about it is a click away!

Get the VIP Pass

… and unlock a year of 24/7 access to the full self-paced Challenge, plus replays of both VIP Clinics:

  • How to Play Blues with an Ensemble
  • The Meditative Blues 

Go back through every lesson, every riff, every “aha” moment. And go even deeper with the VIP sessions – the kind of depth that doesn’t fit in a quick lesson.

Ready to go further? Blues Harp-Style picks up right where the Challenge leaves off.

It all starts with Riffs

What if you could have the FREEDOM of playing without worrying about written notes?

 

That’s the secret inside the BLUES. Get a taste of the BLUES and see why it’s so COOL and FREEING!

 

It all starts with RIFFS — the tiny, tasty super fun snippets of BLUES – and that’s what you learn in this 5-Day Challenge.

“My biggest takeaway was the joy I got from approaching my harp with swing. It was so much fun. I heard it in my head all day long.” ~ Kathleen M

“As someone who plays mostly Celtic tunes, I can use these Blues rhythms to keep my playlist interesting and diverse.” ~ Cami F

In this cool, fun, Blues Jam Harp Experience
You Will Discover:

BLUES RIFFS are the coolest-sounding warm-ups you ever played

THE PENTATONIC SCALE opens up a world of BLUESY IMPROV where EVERY note sounds good!
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How to BEND Notes and SWING your rhythm

For Lever & Pedal Harpists from Beginner to Professional

Experience the FREEDOM of playing without
worrying about written notes.

What Harpists say about the Blues Jam Harp Challenge

“As a classical harpist, I spent years feeling like ‘more notes’ EQUALS ‘better’ music. These riffs prove that a simple 5-note scale can create something very pleasing to listen to and to play. It was a lot of fun!” ~ Kate R.

“It was delightfully energizing! My husband, who is in the room, says … he’ll be humming this all day!” ~ Maryann S

“It’s SO liberating to not be able to really ‘make a mistake’. ‘Cause everything seems to work and sound fine! That’s refreshing!!” ~ Jane C

Join the VIP Lounge of the 5-DAY BLUES JAM HARP CHALLENGE

Experience the power of Riffs to open the door to Improvisation, Blues –  and YOUR creative expression.

Meet your guide, Deborah Henson-Conant

Deborah Henson-Conant is an award-winning, innovator and coach. She’s the recipient of a Grammy-Nomination, NEA Grant, Mass Artist Fellowship and countless commissions and private project grants.

She’s the innovator behind CAMAC’s “DHC” Electric Body Harp and compositions like “The Nightingale,” “New Blues,” “Baroque Flamenco” and “Nataliana.”

She’s performed with artists from Bobby McFerrin, Doc Severinsen and Mason Williams to rock guitar legend Steve Vai – as a soloist with symphonies from the Boston Pops to the Baltimore Symphony – and as a concert artist at the Kennedy Center, Chicago Humanities festival and countless theaters and festival throughout the world.

Her online Academy, “Hip Harp Academy” has trained thousands of harpists worldwide in improvisation, arrangement and performance.

Visioning, goal-setting and creative delivery is an essential part of her work – and in this creative training

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"5-DAY Harp IMPROV Challenge" 

A FREE Training 
from  Deborah Henson-Conant

 

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