I've always had a good ear, and now relearning the harp after 30 years, reading music again, it is a challenge. thanks for the tip!!
@drp22003 жыл бұрын
I'm an ear learner but you're absolutely right, it is very limiiting to not read music well. Playing with other classically trained musicians in church, I have found the motivation to work on it more! I'm still a beginner harper, and am blessed to play at my small church.
@tiffanyharpandsong3 жыл бұрын
That's great! Yes, it's really a muscle that needs working like anything else. :) (Easier said that done, lol!) Thanks for watching Kim.
@kickasscorm Жыл бұрын
I am 100% ear learner. I inadvertently have the ability to hear pitch perfect. But I'm not entirely fluent in music to be able to get this properly. So I am trying to bring all levels up. This video has MASSIVELY helped. Thank you Tiffany
@tiffanyharpandsong Жыл бұрын
great to hear!
@kickasscorm Жыл бұрын
@@tiffanyharpandsong I'm grateful. I have been on and off at the harp for 3 years (work being so busy but maintaining my same level. A little sloppy with finger positions, thumb up and forgetting some of the more complex songs, but getting there) and this helped with the visual aspect to learning, aka written notes and sight reading. Amazing. I am excited to try this out later today. Blessings and keep up the great work and videos. I am a fan now. Lol
@MrPanchoak Жыл бұрын
Wow that was helpful. I began taking piano lessons a bit over 50 years ago. These lessons were enforced with a belt applied across my backside. An hour of torture per day. The problem was that I was and always have been a pretty good musician. But instead of piano I found success out behind the barn with an old beat up guitar. And no notes. (Horrors, the Devil's instruments.) About four years ago I wanted to get out of my rut, and built a harp. But the strings I inadvertently ordered were for a Paraguayan Harp, with Cs and Fs reversed. I had figured on painting red and blue lines onto my sheet music in order to remove some of the visual confusion I have with sight reading.. but this little lesson may have removed my confusion. Thanks, and lots of love from a stranger. You made my day.
@tiffanyharpandsong Жыл бұрын
I will never understand cruel teachers! Thank you for your kind words, I'm so glad it was helpful to you!
@MrPanchoak Жыл бұрын
@@tiffanyharpandsong teacher was a gloriously wonderful lady. Can't say the same about mom.
@juliadove1006Ай бұрын
I am a rather frustrated ear learner. However I find myself forgetting and or confusing the first few bars which establish the patterns. I’ve been meaning to learn to read music for several years. Start and then gib up in frustration and confusion. I suspect that Dyslexia has something to do with that. ( I wouldn’t be able to write this without all those maligned algorithms !) This was eye opening for me. You are talking my language, pattern recognition!! Thank you so much!!
@tiffanyharpandsongАй бұрын
I'm so glad it was helpful!
@icecreamsammich_head Жыл бұрын
SO HELPFUL! Your trick on reading intervals on sheet music was incredible *chefs kiss* Thanks!
@tiffanyharpandsong Жыл бұрын
so glad it was helpful!
@ValfreyjaAndTheHarp6 ай бұрын
Thank you, this was very helpful to me!
@crystalliz26183 жыл бұрын
I started reading music as a child and started playing by ear recently. I love how well you explained intervals.
@tracyfewster53013 жыл бұрын
I am an ear oriented learner who has alway struggled with sight reading. This is the first time I’ve been able to understand how to recognize intervals quickly and easily and apply them to my harp!
@tiffanyharpandsong3 жыл бұрын
Yay! Oh you're going to love Back to Basics. :)
@tracyfewster53013 жыл бұрын
@@tiffanyharpandsong I can’t wait!
@michellesantos620 Жыл бұрын
Im little bit of both ! I have to hear and see what you are doing to learn
@learningthelyreharp3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Tiffany. I'm a vey good sight reader having played piano and other instruments before learning the harp but I still found this very helpful and will recommend to anyone I know that is either beginning or struggling to read music. Such a fantastic shortcut to reading music 💞
@tiffanyharpandsong3 жыл бұрын
That's good to know Sharon, thanks!
@scorpio_139 ай бұрын
Wow, this video was so very helpful! Thank you so much 😊
@tiffanyharpandsong9 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@siameezerlady3 жыл бұрын
Thumbs up! Ear learner, but if I need to remind myself what note something begins on, I look at the music and go from the first note as to what it sounds like.
@christophertsiliacos89583 жыл бұрын
👍👏 Hi Tiffany - I read music, but ONLY in the treble clef. 🎼 And as you know, in order to play the harp in the manner it was intended, one needs to play both the treble and bass clefs - and at the same time no less. 😥 It's enough to give me a harp attack. 😲 BTW: I'm both an ear player and sight reader. There are three instruments that I prefer to play strictly by ear: The diatonic harmonica, the diatonic Romanian pan flute, and the chromatic slid whistle. All I need to know in order to play a tune by ear on these three instruments are three requisites: 1) I need to be totally familiar with the tune, 2) the key in which the tune is played, and 3) most important the FIRST note in which the tune begins. Believe it or not, when I have all three in sync, I'll master that tune in a just a couple of minutes as though I was playing it all my life. 👌 😉
@acklysmlstrm12963 жыл бұрын
Omg this is literally soooo much easier than I thought! Thank you so much 😊 Whenever I have sheet music, I write the letters above the notes lol! I’ll try to stop doing that now.
@tiffanyharpandsong3 жыл бұрын
Yes, you can do it! I suggest looking up the landmark system, too. That's one of the things we'll be going over in my Music Reading workshop.
@alantyas_artworks3 жыл бұрын
I do that too, especially for the bass clef because of the other order of the notes... That's my greatest thing atm to learn that damn bass notes -. - #
@tiffanyharpandsong3 жыл бұрын
Friendly Neighborhood Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro 2:01 The Concept 2:42 Intervals on Your Harp 4:12 Intervals on Sheet Music 7:07 Sight Reading a Melody 8:27 How to Join my Workshop!
@midnightcryptworx3 жыл бұрын
holy moly this is saving my life lol its so hard for me to read thanks so much
@debrakoko69623 жыл бұрын
Very helpful Tiffany thank you!
@ruthpoirier73893 жыл бұрын
I am better at sight reading but I am trying to learn the intervals. Thanks for the tips
@tiffanyharpandsong3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@colleenb8986 Жыл бұрын
These sound like fantastic workshops, do you have similar workshops going on still?
@tiffanyharpandsong Жыл бұрын
Not at the moment, but the best way to stay informed is to sign up to my email list at www.tiffanyharpandsong.com!
@helenheath37063 жыл бұрын
I'm much more of a 'by ear' learner: I can read music, but it's painstakingly slow. Although I've been learning instruments since I was a small child, even then I learned the tune by reading the music (being taught) but then played it from memory, even during my Grading exams. My brain just seems to struggle to retain recognition of the notes quickly enough to be of use in sight-reading, although I know what it all 'says' - just slowly!
@tiffanyharpandsong3 жыл бұрын
This is a good description of how I am too, actually!
@helenheath37063 жыл бұрын
@@tiffanyharpandsong Really?! So how did you manage to 'force' your brain into being able to sight-read fluently??
@tiffanyharpandsong Жыл бұрын
@@helenheath3706 I don't - it's something I still have to work on! I still learn mainly by ear, because I play folk music and that's what works for me.
@pamgevelinger29973 жыл бұрын
Im a ear learner but i have experience with written music. So wiyh Gods help ile grow
@dreamwalker25183 жыл бұрын
I can't play purely by ear, but I also can't sight read. If I want to play something, I need to sit down beforehand and write all the names of the notes above the notes on the sheet individually...which takes a lot of time and is super frustrating. To learn well, I ideally need someone who shows their hand movements very very slowly and methodically - that's why I learned the fastest with Anne's or Christy-Lyn's videos so far. Everyone has their own learning and teaching style, so it's very important to find a good match.
@tiffanyharpandsong3 жыл бұрын
Oh yes, it definitely is frustrating to have to write in the notes! I'll bet that's actually hindering you more than helping you in the long run, because you're now dependent on that. Just a thought. I bet you would love my music reading workshop!
@mengjiaoyang25802 жыл бұрын
@@tiffanyharpandsong Ah I think the workshop would be very helpful for me, if you host another music reading workshop I want to join,
@theresabareither43373 жыл бұрын
Definitely a site reader! Playing by ear is a mystery to me😳
@tiffanyharpandsong3 жыл бұрын
You know, I have an old video here about how to learn by ear, but it's on my fuzzy old camera! haha. I should probably re-do it.
@einelyrischezahnfee29413 жыл бұрын
@@tiffanyharpandsong aww, that would be helpful 😊 Can you post a link, please?
@tiffanyharpandsong3 жыл бұрын
@@einelyrischezahnfee2941 here you go! kzbin.info/www/bejne/maCpk6GBlM9mpJo
@einelyrischezahnfee29413 жыл бұрын
@@tiffanyharpandsong thanks so much ❤️
@tiffanyharpandsong3 жыл бұрын
@@einelyrischezahnfee2941 You might like this one too! kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXusk5WXms2fjqc
@danizg90812 жыл бұрын
I’m more of an ear learner! How much was your harp I want one!
@tiffanyharpandsong2 жыл бұрын
Here's the website for Thormahlen! I have the Ceili model. It's a beautiful harp. thorharp.com/pages/Ceili34.htm Here's a couple of videos on buying harps that you might find helpful: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnW8c2ijacSohs0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipzIhImGq5irosk
@alantyas_artworks3 жыл бұрын
I'm more the sheet music type but with your channel I try to learn the audial method by ear. Just a quick question about the workshop : is it just theory (do I need a harp with me) and /or do you offer this workshop as a recording, too because I really would like to join but I am at nightshift this evening (in my time zone) and can't take my harp with me. Greetings from Germany Madeleine /Alantya
@tiffanyharpandsong3 жыл бұрын
For the music reading workshop, you should be fine without a harp. And yes it is recorded! I send it to participants to download afterwards.
@DestineeHarper4 ай бұрын
Hi, I'm wondering if I can use this video for my lyre. Thank you!
@tiffanyharpandsong4 ай бұрын
Hi! I'm not really sure how a lyre is strung - but the sheet music principle should be the same!
@DestineeHarper4 ай бұрын
@@tiffanyharpandsong Thank you!
@violinjose Жыл бұрын
Thank you, how do learn/approach how to choose fingerings on sheet music?
@tiffanyharpandsong Жыл бұрын
It's really all about what comes next in the music, in order to get the best flow, but here are a couple "rule of thumb" videos that might help: 1) kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYOrp3mhYpeCppI 2) kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5KWZqujmq5ke8U
@violinjose Жыл бұрын
@@tiffanyharpandsong Thank you very much.
@MarionTomsett2 ай бұрын
The naming of intervals throws me off, I think of the number of strings between fingers, or the distance after the route finger…. So for instance for me a second would have two strings in the middle, whereas in music theory that would actually be a fourth. Does anyone else have that problem?
@tiffanyharpandsong2 ай бұрын
That makes sense! It can be confusing for sure. I think of an interval as the total strings you are encompassing, so the "border" starts at where your fingers are. (I'm sure you know that, but that's how my brain "pictures" it, if that helps!)
@MarionTomsett2 ай бұрын
@@tiffanyharpandsong thanks, I’ll give it a go, I’m sure it will get better after I’ve visualised for each interval up to an octave properly, thanks again for the tip!
@einelyrischezahnfee29413 жыл бұрын
I'm a sight learner. I can't play by ear :(
@tiffanyharpandsong3 жыл бұрын
It definitely takes practice and training, if it's not something you've been used to! Just like a muscle that needs exercise. :) I'll bet you've already learned to sing plenty of songs by ear - like children's' songs when you were a child. So really you're halfway there! It's a matter of translating that to the harp.
@einelyrischezahnfee29413 жыл бұрын
@@tiffanyharpandsong thanks so much for your encouragement! that about singing is true, I find it much easier to produce the melody by myself than finding the right strings/keys on an instrument. Sometimes I can't sing it how I would like because of vocal range, but my ears are aware when it's off lol 😆 I will follow your channel to learn more on this journey to play by ear. My father can play lots of songs by ear and it sounds wonderful, even though he didn't learn piano, but accordeon and guitar, he can play them on piano wonderfully. He has great feeling for music, but it seemed to me I didn't inherit those musical genes. 😆 He tried to explain to me how he figures out the chords, but I often couldn't even figure out a note that played, I've relied on sheet music all my life without thinking too much about it. Both me and my father play just as a hobby and I'm aware I have gaps in musical theory, so I need to start there. Thank you for your amazing channel, I will check out more tips from you, since you are playing a lot by ear 😍
@tiffanyharpandsong3 жыл бұрын
@@einelyrischezahnfee2941 Oh I know, isn't it crazy how some people are just attuned to it! And some people are sooo good at just looking at sheet music and reading it right off. I'll bet you would really like my full Back to Basics course - we go over strategies to learn by ear, music theory and simple arranging/when to switch chords.
@mengjiaoyang25802 жыл бұрын
@@tiffanyharpandsong what is this full Back to Basics course? I l think I will like it too, how to sign in?
@abcaabca63647 ай бұрын
Sight reading only. No ear capability at all.
@sethnakht123 жыл бұрын
soo simple it makes me wonder how i never thought about it, i personally write the names of the notes with a pencil before i start playing , hopefully witht his trick ill wont have to do it any longer thanks tiffany
@tiffanyharpandsong3 жыл бұрын
Yes! Writing in the notes can quickly become a crutch, so I would suggest trying to break that habit. :) Look into the Landmark system as well! That's another great trick we'll be covering in my Zoom class.