This is so helpful, thank you! My LH 4th finger is fine but I've had so much trouble with the RH 4th whenever there are skips. I also have very small hands so seeing your placement at the end during those last variations made me realize I've been trying to mimic harpists with much longer fingers. Thank you!
I hope you get to come to Chicago to visit Lyon and Healy! Its a great free tour and the showroom is so wonderful. Also, we have a pretty great city to explore
@@LearningtheHarp I live in southern Maine, right on the border between Maine and New Hampshire. I am 45 minutes south of Portland. It would be awesome to meet you, if you are anywhere nearby! I will be following your journey!
I've been teaching myself the harp for the last few years, but I'm finding it difficult because I've broken both wrists and my right thumb, so it is a little hard to get my hands to cooperate. Do you have tips for hand warm-ups or exercises to strengthen my wrists for playing?
Do you recommend any practice books by Janet Harbison? I am getting my first harp in a week and I am building my musical library for harp. Do you recommend any other technique books,?
Hi Kristina, that’s super exciting that you’re getting your harp so soon!! 😃😃 Congrats!! I haven’t tried any of Janet’s books but she’s a lovely person and an amazing harpist, I enjoyed meeting her back in 2019 at the Somerset harp festival 😍 My main recommendation for exercise books is Grossi Method Book, and I know Carrie likes “Harp for Today” by Susan McDonald and Linda Wood, but I don’t have that book. I would say it’s best to just get whatever books your harp teacher recommends if you’re going to take harp lessons, or if you’re going to learn from online courses you don’t really need any books to start with. But if you do buy you want to get the books that are referenced in the courses. At Learning the Harp we’re planning to release some exercise videos soon and they will reference those two books. But you can actually learn from our courses without any exercise books so there’s no hurry to buy now - I would rather recommend buying 3 courses up front so you can have all the demonstrations and clear instruction in technique from the beginning. Often people get through their first 3 early-beginner courses within the first month or two and that’s a really solid way to start! Hope that helps ❤️❤️❤️ Have fun when you’re harp arrives!!! And let me know if you have any other questions 👍🏻
Really helpful, thanks. I'll be using those techniques to strengthen my 4th finger. And I'm glad to see a finger placing exercise highlighted. I think I'll be slow for a while, but that exercise will help. Thanks for this video!
Ah, frustrating! I can’t say offhand, we’d have to do some experimenting to figure out what works best for you. It’s ok if it looks slightly different to some harpists you admire (eg my fingers are way shorter than Josh Layne’s), but the principals of good hand position should be possible to achieve with some adjustments in angle of your hand... 🤔
In the beginning it’s important to use music that has the fingering written in, by someone who teaches good harp technique and you trust their fingering choices. After you have internalised good fingering from learning from sheet music like that, you can start to choose your own fingering for music where it isn’t written in. I have a video about “10 rules of fingering” which could help you understand the reasoning behind why fingering is chosen in a particular way. I don’t recommend chooosing your own fingering at the beginning of your harp learning, because fingering is very closely linked with hand position and technique, and poor fingering choices can negatively affect your technique as your learn early on 😊
Do you think you could come by Chicago I would love to show you where Lyon & Healy is but I can't drive but I have been there at least once in my lifetime BTW I want to play my Harp for you I'm still a student though
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The Grossi book has been translated. Bought a copy. This is a very helpful video. My fourth finger needs this exercise! Thank you Christy-Lyn. 💕
Dear C-L: I was so happy to see you recommend the Grossi book! Thanks.
Yes. The Grossi exercises are great. Thanks for showing them.
Thank you so much I just starting learning and this is exactly what I've been looking for.
Really helpful. Just starting learning harp, sure will try it out. Thanks a lot XX
Excellent video thank you!
This is great! Thank you!
What fun to have the variations!
Allo chrity, I like your way to learn.I'm a biggainner in harp I wanna play like you, and you 're my professeur.
These sound like great exercises, I will try it out.
Great teaching as always. My fourth finger is really weak, any suggestions as to how to strengthen it apart from the exercises shown so far.
This is so helpful, thank you! My LH 4th finger is fine but I've had so much trouble with the RH 4th whenever there are skips. I also have very small hands so seeing your placement at the end during those last variations made me realize I've been trying to mimic harpists with much longer fingers. Thank you!
I hope you get to come to Chicago to visit Lyon and Healy! Its a great free tour and the showroom is so wonderful. Also, we have a pretty great city to explore
Yes I’m really hoping to!! If I make it to the Midwest (getting close now), a visit to Lyon and Healy is in the calendar 😃😍
This seems like a fab exercise to get me back into the swing of it. Cant wait
Great!!
lovely learning, thank you
I am so glad you get to come to the Northeast! It is such a beautiful area. I donated! Here's hoping many more will as well!
Thanks so much Mark!! ❤️ Where do you stay? It would be great to meet you somehow ☺️
@@LearningtheHarp I live in southern Maine, right on the border between Maine and New Hampshire. I am 45 minutes south of Portland. It would be awesome to meet you, if you are anywhere nearby! I will be following your journey!
Do you still have the English translation you mention? My book is in Italian. :)
I've been teaching myself the harp for the last few years, but I'm finding it difficult because I've broken both wrists and my right thumb, so it is a little hard to get my hands to cooperate. Do you have tips for hand warm-ups or exercises to strengthen my wrists for playing?
Do you recommend any practice books by Janet Harbison? I am getting my first harp in a week and I am building my musical library for harp. Do you recommend any other technique books,?
Hi Kristina, that’s super exciting that you’re getting your harp so soon!! 😃😃 Congrats!! I haven’t tried any of Janet’s books but she’s a lovely person and an amazing harpist, I enjoyed meeting her back in 2019 at the Somerset harp festival 😍 My main recommendation for exercise books is Grossi Method Book, and I know Carrie likes “Harp for Today” by Susan McDonald and Linda Wood, but I don’t have that book. I would say it’s best to just get whatever books your harp teacher recommends if you’re going to take harp lessons, or if you’re going to learn from online courses you don’t really need any books to start with. But if you do buy you want to get the books that are referenced in the courses. At Learning the Harp we’re planning to release some exercise videos soon and they will reference those two books. But you can actually learn from our courses without any exercise books so there’s no hurry to buy now - I would rather recommend buying 3 courses up front so you can have all the demonstrations and clear instruction in technique from the beginning. Often people get through their first 3 early-beginner courses within the first month or two and that’s a really solid way to start! Hope that helps ❤️❤️❤️ Have fun when you’re harp arrives!!! And let me know if you have any other questions 👍🏻
Really helpful, thanks. I'll be using those techniques to strengthen my 4th finger. And I'm glad to see a finger placing exercise highlighted. I think I'll be slow for a while, but that exercise will help.
Thanks for this video!
Best of luck with the fundraising!
Thanks Rumil! So far so good 😃
Great
Thank you!
Any tips for playing with a short fourth finger? That has been my biggest impediment to keeping a good hand position 🙁
Ah, frustrating! I can’t say offhand, we’d have to do some experimenting to figure out what works best for you. It’s ok if it looks slightly different to some harpists you admire (eg my fingers are way shorter than Josh Layne’s), but the principals of good hand position should be possible to achieve with some adjustments in angle of your hand... 🤔
Learning the Harp with Christy-Lyn! Thanks! 🙂
How do we know which finger no’ s we use. For example how do we know the note needs say finger three ?
In the beginning it’s important to use music that has the fingering written in, by someone who teaches good harp technique and you trust their fingering choices. After you have internalised good fingering from learning from sheet music like that, you can start to choose your own fingering for music where it isn’t written in. I have a video about “10 rules of fingering” which could help you understand the reasoning behind why fingering is chosen in a particular way. I don’t recommend chooosing your own fingering at the beginning of your harp learning, because fingering is very closely linked with hand position and technique, and poor fingering choices can negatively affect your technique as your learn early on 😊
Thank you for prompt reply @@LearningtheHarp
Do you think you could come by Chicago I would love to show you where Lyon & Healy is but I can't drive but I have been there at least once in my lifetime BTW I want to play my Harp for you I'm still a student though
I hope to come to Chicago and visit Lyon and Healy, yes!! Perhaps I can meet you when I’m there, Mia 😊
To me it seems the 3rd is hardest because of independence issues, and it's weakest for me especially on the left.