Adult Beginner Harpist - 1 Year Progress Video (May 2020- May 2021) | Farah Diyanah

🎶 It's been exactly 1 year since I begun my journey to learn the Harp. I wanted to prove to myself that it's never too late to learn. Since staying at home was inevitable this period, I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to start. This video is my progress throughout the year from May 2020 - May 2021.
🎶 BACKGROUND:
I am already a pianist and singer and have the advantage of knowing how to read music and playing by ear, but that being said, I found that my piano technique made it extremely difficult to maintain the harp hand shape as instinctively my hands tried to straighten out as if on piano keys, and despite being able to comfortably play by ear on the piano, i was not used to the spacing of the harp strings and playing without the strings buzzing, so if i tried to improvise or sight read at the start, my technique, form and fingering disappeared completely. So i focused a lot on doing technical exercises to build good technique at the start, before exploring repertoire.
🎶 PRACTISE:
I practised around 4-5 days a week from Day 1 - Month 6, but my practise started to regress from Month 7 onwards (the world opened back up and regular life routine resumed!), so I wasn't too happy with the 1 year result, but that's on me for not practising as often! However, I am proud overall for starting. Hoping to continue to keep track and make a 2 year progress video in the future.
🎶 INSTRUMENTS:
I mainly used my phone to record, as I felt that if I used my DSLR I would lose motivation as it would be too much work haha! But I felt the audio does not justify the amazing quality of the instruments. Both harps had an extremely full resonant sound, but in particular the pedal harp had the kind of sound that goes straight through your body and filled the whole room!
Lever Harp: 34 String Kempster Lever Harp
Pedal harp: Princess Sakura Pedal Harp Aoyama
Hopefully this gives you a realistic idea of learning the instrument and inspires you to try and learn the instrument of your dreams. It's never too late :)
🎶 SONGLIST
1. Scarborough Fair
2. Buttered Peas - Megan Reeve
3. Sigh - Megan Reeve
4. Ballydesmond Polka
5. Claire de Lune - Debussy
6. Lullaby for Jess - Megan Reeve
7. Reflections - Megan Reeve
8. Moonlight Densetsu - Sailor Moon
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[@RoseAve-re7yq]

Wow. Day 7 . She can play by memory. So talent.

[@candellina6]

This is so encouraging to me who is also a beginner harpist. I've had a year so far, but I haven't been practicing as much as I should, so I'm still doing simple melodies on a lever harp.

[@ThePianoPutterer]

Nice! That was fun to watch you grow, progress, and improve! Thanks for sharing!

[@SharonCullenArt]

I always wear rings when I play and most I know wear at least their wedding band. But I wouldn’t want rings that are loose and spin. I found it more of a problem scratching my solid gold flute than playing harp. Great year. I began playing 4 months ago. I love it. I have some pretty bad lung problems so playing flute was getting more stressful, especially if I was hired for gigs and then my lungs weren’t cooperating so I finally began playing harp which I had wanted to do since I was a child. But my parents said no and I played clarinet in school, then on to flute and now this.

[@FarahDiyanah]

Haha nice, i like to keep my wedding band on as well. Great to hear you started the harp recently! How relaxing is the sound of the instrument? I feel like it's super theraputic. Good luck with your harp journey :)

[@sakurapixey3043]

Omg that pedal harp design is so cute

[@LionheartLivin]

BEAUTIFUL!!!;)

[@lisettelaox6900]

Great efforts you've made!! Loved watching how you progressed and developed. 🥰

[@OliviaLinGuzheng]

I wish i can buy a new pedal harp just like yourss 🥲🥲

[@FarahDiyanah]

One day you will! I believe ❤️

[@White-tq3si]

This is so cool! I've always wanted to play the harp but my parents are still urging me to focus on my current instrumets.

[@FarahDiyanah]

Good luck with your instruments! I'm sure you'll get a chance to try the harp one day :)

[@White-tq3si]

@@FarahDiyanah Thank you

[@ASLMusic]

You should be consistent on what you have

[@White-tq3si]

@@ASLMusic Yeah I think so too, it's just before I learned the violin I wanted to learn the harp, just didn't managed to find a class.

[@ASLMusic]

@@White-tq3si well, same, I also learned the Violin

[@FarahDiyanah]

Thanks for watching :) What song do you think would sound good on the harp? Let me know and I'll try and play it!

[@nonongjenissa5256]

Can I suggest a song..😅I think "The blessings song"

[@Harperndesignsblaine]

Nice!

[@HarpPianoCello]

Hi Farah, can you give me a bit of review on your princess sakura aoyama pedal harp? I'm looking to maybe buy it or the un-decorated version the Aeolian 47 in the future. And OMG you're in Melbourne too? I am in Melbourne and also started learning the harp in Feb this year :)

[@FarahDiyanah]

Hi Nhan, you won't regret it!! It's a beautiful instrument, extremely light in comparison to other pedal harps yet has so much depth to the sound, the video really doesn't do it justice it sounds even better in real life, the higher octaves have a very bright sounding string which makes it easier to play and this is the semi concert harp size. The bass notes are so full and resonant. I'll do a proper review video one day as I've had a few other people ask about this :) but definitely go for it! The aeolian will be exactly the same without the decorations. You won't regret it.

[@user-mf6bu8vv4b]

Hi Farah, my daughter is learning harp and we base in Melbourne as well! Can I know where you bought the Aoyama pedal harp from? And how much was it? Many thanks

[@Harperndesignsblaine]

How’s your experience with Aiyama Sakura? Any maintenance service in Melbourne?

[@ehq3267]

Sé,que no es ella quien fábrica el arpa pero se me ocurre una idea,nosé si este modo se inventaría otro tipo de arpa o nó pero por probar que no se diga que la imaginación e ingenio humano no sirven,la idea es crear un hueco o varios como en una guitarra española o en un violín o incluso un órgano de estos de iglesia,según la morfología del arpa de manera que el sonido que se consiga sea distinto al arpa normal pero igualmente melódico o armónico,como se diga,pero con diferencias. claro,por supuesto lo que se quiere es conseguir nuevos sonidos.Creo que todo es posible si alguien pone medios, imaginación y paciencia,grácias.

[@akiragamer9696]

Emmm el arpa ya tiene eso en la caja de resonancia xd,te lo digo mientras estoy con la mía apoyada en el hombro xd

[@akiragamer9696]

Te mandaría una foto xd. Simplemente busca en Google "caja resonancia arpa" y ya te aparece. Además xd,todos los instrumentos de cuerda (incluidos el piano) necesitan huecos, por qué piensas que están ahí xd. Ah ,y además,lo órganos de iglesia no tiene caja de resonancia,son instrumentos de viento

[@susannebalogh6053]

Are you learning with a teacher?

[@LionheartLivin]

HAHAHAHA BING BONG BING BONG!!!;)