so true what you say Josh 🙏

Great advice! Thank you!

I sat down and listened to this during a quiet part of my day. What a beautiful piece and I appreciate your work here on the channel!

This video is great! Very helpful. Thanks, Josh!

You bring an interesting element that seems very important to me. This is, in a way, the final mark we will leave. You're absolutely right. Give people time to digest the emotions conveyed during the piece, even if it's just for a moment's reflection. As you mentioned, it's more complicated when our performance didn't really go the way we wanted. I think the most difficult thing is to find the right way to conclude despite our disappointment, trying to adopt a lucid stance while at the same time distancing ourselves from the outcome. It is really not easy to achieve balance. It is important to look at this and find a viable solution. 🌈

This was a fun topic and you gave me some things to think about. Any extra thoughts on ending a piece in an orchestral setting?

Very interesting points to performance. The idea of getting our ending across and past a mistake stood out for me. Thanks for the share!

Thank you for this. I never really thought about this part.

I preach this all the time to my students! It’s so important for the performance to end the piece properly. Thanks, great video, Josh!

Thanks Josh. I am starting to record to see how things sound, great idea for working on ending

It also brings the audiences' focus to the harp, instead of the player...

I found your videos from about 13 years ago, and I remember feeling disappointed because I didn't expect recent lessons. I'm so glad I was mistaken! This is incredibly helpful as someone beginning their sheet music journey with no musical mentors. Fascinating to see it broken down like that!

Touching. Grateful you share with us.

You play gorgeous music, thankyou

Love ❤

Thanks so much Josh. You always have ideas that keep me engaged and inspired.

what good genuine teacher learning alongside while instructing

Amazing!! So inspiring!!

Nice video, I enjoyed it! The Harp is a beautiful instrument 😊🎶💯

This is so beautiful! Thank you for sharing your soul’s music with us. ❤

Josh, This was magnificent. The harmonics were perfect! Thank you for sharing this composition.

This was waiting for me when I opened up my computer this morning. An inspirational way to start my day. Beautiful.

Dear Josh thank you so much for another wonderful composition, adding to the harp celestial repertoire a further bright twinkling star. 🙏 Lots of love and deep gratitude to you. 💐 From Athens - Greece 🐬

Is there any way I could buy this as an mp3 on Amazon?

Wonderful! Another masterpiece.

Que lindo❤! Amo❤ Estudei por 2 anos no conservatório de Piracicaba, Brasil!

This is incredibly beautiful.

I watched your videos from 8 years ago when your hair was still dark. How time flies! Harp is still my favorite instrument

Hope you enjoy this performance from my 2024 European tour featuring my first ever full length composition, "Passage"! Sheet music (including a version for lever harp) can be found here: www.joshlayne.com/store/?product=passage-sheet-music

This is so good! And having fun with something that can be a chore. I haven't tried an app, just my old fashioned "tick-tocker". Thanks.

I love harp Tuesday!!! ( ^-^)ノ∠※。.:*:・'°☆

Great timing. I started working on the whole pulse issue with my harp teacher 2 weeks ago.

I just wanted to say discovering this as a harp student - your channel is exactly what I’ve always wished for. You speak in depth and with excitement about questions I’ve always had but never asked!! I’m sure that these videos benefit so many people, no matter the skill level - thank you for creating this awesome resource!! As an aside, I wonder if you would ever feel comfortable talking about harp footwear? I’ve noticed you practice in socks - do you perform in them? I play jazz and find myself pedaling much faster in socks, but I’d feel a little silly walking onto stage with no shoes!

This was incredibly helpful. Looking forward to trying out your suggestions.

You're the best! I love Harp Tuesday!

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Essential topic - life's hurry (I write about myself personally) doesn't allow me to focus on training the timing. Recently I found myself in a case (Gregorian choir), where the melody has to follow the text sung. So it becomes a little more complicated, since just following the metronome is not enough - the word syllables are not the same at each repetition of the melody So I found your lesson helpful, since what u show is what I need to keep in mind Kudos and thank you Josh 😊

The app I'm using is called Pro Metronome and its "rhythm trainer" feature. You have to pay a small amount to unlock the rhythm trainer plus "practice mode" which allows you to set the metronome to gradually increase in speed - super useful! (For example www.harptuesday.com/ep-185-rolled-chord-drills/ ) I've been happy with the app and it's definitely been worth the money to me (despite the rather unintuitive interface!) but I'd love to hear if you know of any free options! Pro Metronome app on the Google play store: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eumlab.android.prometronome And Apple app store: apps.apple.com/us/app/pro-metronome-tempo-beats/id477960671

Awesome!!!! One of my favorite pieces, I loved it!!😍😍

Ok, so how old were you here? Very impressive for such a young person.

Thanks!

Such beauty! A wonderful presentation and to look so calm while extracting the best from the piece earns even more praise. My bonnet off to you sir😻

Absolute perfection. Thank you for sharing!

Simply..., purity at your fingertips in all its complexity.

Love it!!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🎵🎈🎶📖🙏🌄💘❤️🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶❤️🌠

Absolutely gorgeous Josh! I wish I was still able to dance; listening with my eyes closed conjures up so many patterns of choreography. Light, shade, sorrow, joy, endurance. Thank you Maestro!!! ♥

Oh, I LOVE this!!! ❤🎶

absolutely feeling so much love and joy watching you play. such an inspiration.

Wow, this is stunning 🤩 what an incredible arrangement and performance ❤

Beautifully played!!!❤❤❤