You got me straight with the first bad habit. What's interesting is that I have the same bad habit with crochet as well. Time to work on myself, thanks for your support!
I also like crocheting, currently making a baby blanket! BTW it’s not necessarily bad to be working on more than one piece at a time, depending on whether you are able to make progress on both or if it means it takes too long to see any progress, and then you get tired of the song.
If we aren't reading the notes, sometimes we need to consider glasses for music reading! (Me) Another is skipping days, which can become weeks or even months ( me looking in mirror)
Thank you so much for this reminder! Bring a harpist for about a year and a half now, I am glad that you post this video. I am trying to take it srep by step! 😊
Very first thing you said I’m guilty of & trying to learn a more advanced song that isn’t my level. It’s held me back so much. Also, after I have learnt a song, I don’t end up playing it as much because im bored of it, and busy learning other songs. Then I end up forgetting & getting the interest to re learn it is hard! I’m working on it, every time I play I make sure to play through all the songs I’ve learnt before I start working on the new songs. It’s helped a lot & it’s made me a lot more confident to play in public. I also tell myself it’s ok to learn more simple pieces that are at my level. I know I need to work on my technique so trying to play complex songs isn’t really helping. I’m happy that I’m really conscious about whether I’m playing in tune or not, and make sure to tune before playing etc. Thank you for sharing! I love these videos :)
This helps me...I learn a piece that seems to take a lot of practise, then I reward myself by learning a much simpler piece. Simple can be beautiful too! 😅
Oh how good theses tips are! I am a lazy person, only tuning my harp once a month. :-( Now I know why my music of a piece sounds so different and bad even if I can play it correctly. It is the untuned harp! Now I will tune my harp daily and indeed the music sounds now as it should. Thanks for that bonus tip.😊😊
the letter name one is fascinating to me as a dyslexic coz that actually complicates things in my head! The less "pollution" on sheet music, the better lol I'll even avoid fingering marks when it's easy enough, just for the sake of keeping the sheet music plain and simple. And yes I'm a beginner. I'm aware most people won't relate tho. Anyway, great tips here! Awesome video as always
This is gold! I've flirted with some of these, but thanks to finding Christy-Lyn's courses and learning a lot, despite quite a few obstacles in the way, I can progress in playing the most beautiful instrument in the world!!
I am definitely guilty of #3. Patience is definitely not one of my strengths! 😜 Thank you for this. I will try and attend to my technique more deliberately in the future! 🎶💕
I've done it too at times, so I can definitely relate! We can't be thinking about technique ALL the time, but if we never think about it, we can build some bad habits 😅
I’m guilty of #3. I also have difficulty seeing exactly what “good technique” looks like. For instance my teacher would constantly show me how my hands were in improper position , but when she’d show me or put my hands in that position, I couldn’t see how it was different from what I was already doing. It’s hard to correct it because I don’t understand what I’m doing wrong. Maybe because it’s subtle. 🤷♀️
I once did Bad Habit 4. I had to deal with some sheet music where notes were four or five (I think in one spoy, SIX) ledger lines below the treble staff. It was printed off a website, I think, and it was just SO hard to read, because I was counting ledger lines to see which note it was.
I am guilty of #4..I do struggle with reading notes, I will try what you have recommend Christy-Lyn. I really do hope though you may consider doing a course in this one day maybe. 🎶
Got a harpsicle 1.5 months ago. I'm watching your various videos. I think it was the 14 lesson series? So, I cut my left thumb 😿😢 about 2 weeks ago that made me halt practicing. It was a deep cut maybe a bit less than half an inch. Of course, I am going to let it heal. I didn't want to start plucking weirdly destroying any progress of proper technique. It's healing slowly as I have bandaids on, give a rest, keeping it clean, etc. What do harp players do when they have a small finger injuries such as cuts? Is there anything I can't put over it or, something to assist in healing besides standard cream? Or like some sort of finger protector? I already tried to play but it's not healed enough. PS, if any of you fine humans know any hacks as well, I'd love to know. Please continue on with your awesome videos! I only subscribe to 3 content creators, so thank you for being 1/3!
Oh nooooo that’s so frustrating!!! I don’t have any miracle cures to suggest, it sounds like you’re doing a good job. I hope it heals quickly and beautifully! 💕☺️
New perfect piece: that's the tale of the new girlfriend. The old girlfriend has many flaws and you know them all. The new one: she's new, sweet, and sexy. After dating her for a while, you discover her "quirks". So just different annoyances and maybe more of them. Better to work out the flaws with the current one.
I mostly learned self taught right away writing my compose and play my own pieces but I could never afford lessons so I know point 2 is wrong I am taking more time this Summer trying to fix (warning taken and likely doomed lol). I do not read my music I am afraid, I play by ear. I have tried a few times but it is just frustrating because My brain go and play by ear and is not reading the lines. Trying my best within the limitations of my mistakes. I am polishing a few things though
I am mainly guilt of #1 ! I constantly get sdistracted by new pieces :D luckily I also have a teacher who ask me for excercises to be done so I go back on the road each time.
I feel seen. 😳 I have done -- and currently do -- most of these things. I had one meeting with a harp teacher, which helped, but she relocated soon after. With my schedule and location, I don't have practical access to an instructor. I'm trying to learn your "O Holy Night", but it's slow going, and I wonder if it's too advanced for me -- or if I'm just not working hard enough. I don't know how to tell. Anyway, great video! Thank you for all you do. ❤
Hi there, good to have you here! 😃 These are very common mistakes so don’t feel bad, it’s just a good thing to realise so you can fix some things if you want to get better results 😊 Since you aren’t making much progress it sounds like O Holy Night is probably too advanced for you right now. It is a difficult piece, and you need to have a solid foundation of technique. I would suggest going back a few levels and trying an easier piece with a Video Course so you make sure you’re learning it well. 😊💕
Well the first step is realizing what needs to change, so well done for that! 😀🙌 Did any of the ideas on how to work on these things feel like they might help you? ♥
I hear you I want to learn everything at once and am putting quantity over quality and getting no where. I will be putting this all to practice now and stick to one song. My goal is to make one of the beautiful music videos :)
I can hear when my harp's out of tune and it irritates me! About every 3 days. / i only write the alphabets for the extremely high and extremely low notes, when you have to count the number of extra lines. and for big fat chords.
😅 It's so good to know and be able to recognize spaces for improvement - so you've taken the first step. Now it's implementing it into your learning 🤗. Keen how it helps you on your journey with your instruments Felicia! xx Nicole, LTH Team Member
You got me straight with the first bad habit. What's interesting is that I have the same bad habit with crochet as well. Time to work on myself, thanks for your support!
I also like crocheting, currently making a baby blanket! BTW it’s not necessarily bad to be working on more than one piece at a time, depending on whether you are able to make progress on both or if it means it takes too long to see any progress, and then you get tired of the song.
@@LearningtheHarp thanks a lot for the encouragement! And have fun with working on the blanket
Thank You for this lesson so important to review often. Like an oil check in a car.
Very true! 😊
If we aren't reading the notes, sometimes we need to consider glasses for music reading! (Me)
Another is skipping days, which can become weeks or even months ( me looking in mirror)
Thank you so much for this reminder! Bring a harpist for about a year and a half now, I am glad that you post this video. I am trying to take it srep by step! 😊
Very first thing you said I’m guilty of & trying to learn a more advanced song that isn’t my level. It’s held me back so much. Also, after I have learnt a song, I don’t end up playing it as much because im bored of it, and busy learning other songs. Then I end up forgetting & getting the interest to re learn it is hard!
I’m working on it, every time I play I make sure to play through all the songs I’ve learnt before I start working on the new songs. It’s helped a lot & it’s made me a lot more confident to play in public.
I also tell myself it’s ok to learn more simple pieces that are at my level. I know I need to work on my technique so trying to play complex songs isn’t really helping.
I’m happy that I’m really conscious about whether I’m playing in tune or not, and make sure to tune before playing etc.
Thank you for sharing! I love these videos :)
This helps me...I learn a piece that seems to take a lot of practise, then I reward myself by learning a much simpler piece. Simple can be beautiful too! 😅
Thank you for these guide lines... it's a true support:)
Oh how good theses tips are! I am a lazy person, only tuning my harp once a month. :-( Now I know why my music of a piece sounds so different and bad even if I can play it correctly. It is the untuned harp! Now I will tune my harp daily and indeed the music sounds now as it should. Thanks for that bonus tip.😊😊
Guilty as charged. 😅 I love how inspiring and positive you are even in these cautionary videos. Thanks for the wisdom always. 💛🙏
Oh my goodness. I am guilty of every single one of these, hahaha 🤣🤣🤣
Thank you so much for putting this vid together Christy-Lyn 🥰
Harpists world over are blessed to have access to her teaching.
I have the bonus one. I often feel like I don't have enough time to practice so I skip the tuning for days! And #5 is hard to judge.
My harp just doesn’t go out of tune that often I feel 😅😅😅 it’s always in the green zone even after 2 weeks.
Omg Same here 🤣unless it’s out of tune really badly I won’t be able to tune my harp every single day coz I feel I’m running out of practice time
Exactly -- how can you tell if a piece is really too advanced for you?
the letter name one is fascinating to me as a dyslexic coz that actually complicates things in my head! The less "pollution" on sheet music, the better lol I'll even avoid fingering marks when it's easy enough, just for the sake of keeping the sheet music plain and simple. And yes I'm a beginner. I'm aware most people won't relate tho. Anyway, great tips here! Awesome video as always
I'm dyslexic too..I understand where your coming from!😊
I have to admit to some of these. Thanks for the gentle smack on the head, I promise to do better 🙃
You're so funny, Maris!! 😂 It's a process, and it's never too late to work on things! ♥
This is gold! I've flirted with some of these, but thanks to finding Christy-Lyn's courses and learning a lot, despite quite a few obstacles in the way, I can progress in playing the most beautiful instrument in the world!!
All true, thanks for the reminder! Off to t... to not do the bonus
mistake ;)
Guilty as Charged! Love your hair curly. And I love being a member of your harp school.
We're so glad you're here! 😃
I am definitely guilty of #3. Patience is definitely not one of my strengths! 😜 Thank you for this. I will try and attend to my technique more deliberately in the future! 🎶💕
I've done it too at times, so I can definitely relate! We can't be thinking about technique ALL the time, but if we never think about it, we can build some bad habits 😅
Fabulous information ! THANK YOU I am the SHEET MUSIC ONE! HA!! Oh my heavens I am having SUCH trouble with this! THANK you so much
I’m guilty of #3. I also have difficulty seeing exactly what “good technique” looks like. For instance my teacher would constantly show me how my hands were in improper position , but when she’d show me or put my hands in that position, I couldn’t see how it was different from what I was already doing. It’s hard to correct it because I don’t understand what I’m doing wrong. Maybe because it’s subtle. 🤷♀️
Def. cringed at 1, 3, and 5, as I have a tendency towards those. Thanks! 😊
I once did Bad Habit 4. I had to deal with some sheet music where notes were four or five (I think in one spoy, SIX) ledger lines below the treble staff. It was printed off a website, I think, and it was just SO hard to read, because I was counting ledger lines to see which note it was.
I’m going back to the first piece I learned with Christy Lynne and I’m gonna fix my technique!!
How can it be that I have every single one of these bad habits.😢
I am guilty of #4..I do struggle with reading notes, I will try what you have recommend Christy-Lyn. I really do hope though you may consider doing a course in this one day maybe. 🎶
I struggle with the bass clef, though not the treble clef. It's the context switching that gets me.
Great advice 🥰I’m wondering is memorize music sheet a bad habit as well😂?
Got a harpsicle 1.5 months ago. I'm watching your various videos. I think it was the 14 lesson series? So, I cut my left thumb 😿😢 about 2 weeks ago that made me halt practicing. It was a deep cut maybe a bit less than half an inch. Of course, I am going to let it heal. I didn't want to start plucking weirdly destroying any progress of proper technique.
It's healing slowly as I have bandaids on, give a rest, keeping it clean, etc. What do harp players do when they have a small finger injuries such as cuts? Is there anything I can't put over it or, something to assist in healing besides standard cream? Or like some sort of finger protector? I already tried to play but it's not healed enough. PS, if any of you fine humans know any hacks as well, I'd love to know.
Please continue on with your awesome videos! I only subscribe to 3 content creators, so thank you for being 1/3!
Oh nooooo that’s so frustrating!!! I don’t have any miracle cures to suggest, it sounds like you’re doing a good job. I hope it heals quickly and beautifully! 💕☺️
Haha oh my gosh, these are all me 😄 thank you! I needed to hear this.
New perfect piece: that's the tale of the new girlfriend. The old girlfriend has many flaws and you know them all. The new one: she's new, sweet, and sexy. After dating her for a while, you discover her "quirks". So just different annoyances and maybe more of them. Better to work out the flaws with the current one.
I mostly learned self taught right away writing my compose and play my own pieces but I could never afford lessons so I know point 2 is wrong I am taking more time this Summer trying to fix (warning taken and likely doomed lol). I do not read my music I am afraid, I play by ear. I have tried a few times but it is just frustrating because My brain go and play by ear and is not reading the lines. Trying my best within the limitations of my mistakes. I am polishing a few things though
I am mainly guilt of #1 ! I constantly get sdistracted by new pieces :D luckily I also have a teacher who ask me for excercises to be done so I go back on the road each time.
Hahahahah! That’s exactly what I do/ did … took all the piano music I’ve composed and just started playing it on the harp with the same fingering
I blame you for the shiny new pieces! 😉😄
I feel seen. 😳 I have done -- and currently do -- most of these things. I had one meeting with a harp teacher, which helped, but she relocated soon after. With my schedule and location, I don't have practical access to an instructor. I'm trying to learn your "O Holy Night", but it's slow going, and I wonder if it's too advanced for me -- or if I'm just not working hard enough. I don't know how to tell. Anyway, great video! Thank you for all you do. ❤
Hi there, good to have you here! 😃 These are very common mistakes so don’t feel bad, it’s just a good thing to realise so you can fix some things if you want to get better results 😊 Since you aren’t making much progress it sounds like O Holy Night is probably too advanced for you right now. It is a difficult piece, and you need to have a solid foundation of technique. I would suggest going back a few levels and trying an easier piece with a Video Course so you make sure you’re learning it well. 😊💕
here's another bonus tip: make sure your fingernails aren't too long.
If they are, not only does it make a bad sound but it's also bad for the strings
😔Im 5 out 5..Plus the bonus bad habit!! I do All these Bad Habits ☹Sorry to say..
Well the first step is realizing what needs to change, so well done for that! 😀🙌 Did any of the ideas on how to work on these things feel like they might help you? ♥
I hear you I want to learn everything at once and am putting quantity over quality and getting no where. I will be putting this all to practice now and stick to one song. My goal is to make one of the beautiful music videos :)
A preacher has been lost to you. 😃
I can hear when my harp's out of tune and it irritates me! About every 3 days. / i only write the alphabets for the extremely high and extremely low notes, when you have to count the number of extra lines. and for big fat chords.
first bad habit...you are talking about me, how did you know? Thanks for calling that out.
The first bad habit I have but I'm not learning harp. I'm learning flute guitar bass guitar and piano.
6 th habit is not posting new videos regularly...😃😃😃
Me watching this video without having any harp cuz im too poor to get one
Aw maybe someday! ❤️
All this goes with any instrument as well as harp.
That's my mistake #1 😃
The first problem is me
😅 It's so good to know and be able to recognize spaces for improvement - so you've taken the first step. Now it's implementing it into your learning 🤗. Keen how it helps you on your journey with your instruments Felicia! xx Nicole, LTH Team Member
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