Improvising on the Harp: 2 EASY Ideas!

[@LearningtheHarp]

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[@SharonCullenArt]

I would love a more extensive course on improv. Thank you Christy-Lyn and Team! It was so nice to see a new video here from you on this our American Thanksgiving holiday! I’m thankful for all of you!.

[@LearningtheHarp]

Thanks Sharon for the encouragement! We had fun making this video, and excited to make more 🤩

[@celestinac1105]

I was coming on here just to write that!!! She explained it so well. I’ve been struggling to understand it but now it completely makes sense!!

[@lynda2250]

YES PLEASE, do a course on improvising, more depth. I, too, wad was completely intimidated at the prospect of improvising, but once I learned a bit and no worries about theory or wrong notes on pentatonic, I was hooked! I'm ready for more!

[@lynda2250]

Thank you Christy-Lyn!

[@LearningtheHarp]

Fantastic!! Thanks for your detailed comment, Lynda. Well done for overcoming your feelings of intimidation, and just pushing through to enjoy the fun of it! Keep it up 😄

[@davidbasden5700]

Cool! I liked the surprise at 4:31 too - molto cool!

[@dianeaishamonday9125]

Ikr, I was like "What's wrong with that? I like crunchy chords!" Yes, that was the technical term we used in fancy music college

[@heidihorner6955]

A full course on improvisation would be wonderful!

[@fonsedyr]

Brilliant! I've been terrified of the mysterious improvisation but will go and give this a go right now. Thank you :)

[@LearningtheHarp]

Yay!! Let us know how it goes!

[@webbfamilyau]

Course, yes please. I love the idea of improvising and learning more about chords. I love the improvisation at the end of the video.🥰

[@anneroop4806]

This is exactly what I needed! Thank you so much. I’ve been really struggling with improvisation, I just needed some guidelines like this. I love the explanation and text reinforcements. It already seems so much more possible. Yes! To an extended course! 💕💕💕

[@rsfoxfirega79]

In addition to learning more on improv, I absolutely would love it if there were courses about music theory. I want to explore modes, but reading about it doesn’t do much good. I need to hear it. Maybe you could do lessons where we hear you say and play “this is Dorian… this is Lydian….etc,” so we can hear them comparatively. I also want to learn chord progressions this way. It would be great to hear side by side someone explain and play “this is a diminished chord…this is an augmented chord…” etc. Keep up the great work, and thank you for all you do!

[@LearningtheHarp]

Great suggestion! 💕

[@jopeterson4635]

I loved your comments on improvising. I would very much like to see more on improvising. More information on this topic would be most welcomed. Thank you for today’s tips.

[@KelliChristineCase]

This is the video I’ve been looking for since I got my harp three years ago! I’ll look out for your course on this!

[@LearningtheHarp]

Ah fantastic!! So glad you found what you were looking for 😄👏🏻

[@dannielsen7094]

I love the improve and please make more videos about it and thank you for sharing your talents!

[@LearningtheHarp]

Thanks Dan! Glad you liked the improv! I got a bit carried away at times because I was enjoying it so much 😆

[@cyndilepley9821]

improving is something I was trying to learn in order to manage playing therapeutically in assisted living or hospital settings. This seems to work for me from your video, vs trying to learn it from reading about it!! Thank you. Cyndi

[@steveandmariataylor4909]

Thank you so very much. I'm new at playing a harp but I'm learning so much from you.

[@celestinac1105]

Christy, please do a course on this!! You really helped me. I’ve been struggling to understand the modes and improv. Now I understand!! Thank you

[@LearningtheHarp]

Wonderful! So good to hear, Chelestina 💕

[@stbananastein]

This was lovely, thank you! An improv course would be awesome

[@stephenhabener349]

I enjoyed your video about improvising with pentatonic and dorian modes. Looking forward to more. Sharon Habener

[@divinesoulcenter5533]

These are so helpful thank you! Would love to see more like it too...

[@LearningtheHarp]

Great! 😄 I have plenty more ideas for improvising, it’s fun to break it down and make it more accessible.

[@williebryant8131]

That was simply amazing and easy! You’ve definitely stoked my interest and creative juices!👏🏽

[@LearningtheHarp]

Wonderful!! Keep having fun with it! 😃💪🏻

[@clairelecuyer]

Thanks for these tips, a nice addition to your previous video about improvising! I have always seen improvisation as something mysterious and unreachable, but now I think I could give a try... As soon as I'll have some time with my harp! I also vote for a more complete course on that subject, and would be interested by a video about modes with exemples, too... I used to know a little about that, but forgot everything! I found out how learning the harp is a wonderful way to (re)learn music theory 🙂

[@LearningtheHarp]

Claire that's awesome! I'm so glad that it feels less "mysterious and unreachable"- and that was also part of why Christy-Lyn did this video, to show that it can be simple and doable!🥳😄 Let us know how it goes. Xx Nicole, LTH Team Member

[@Omnipeach45]

More please! Improvising!

[@LearningtheHarp]

Glad you liked it! 😄

[@irenechiang1153]

Thank you for teaching me.

[@CzechJamie]

I feel pretty confident to try this with Color My World, by Chicago. Thanks 😊

[@DanielColladoMagia]

Thank you very much for the tools to be able to improvise, for me it is the perfect complement to the courses ❤️

[@LearningtheHarp]

That’s wonderful to hear, Daniel. Which course are you currently doing? 😃

[@DanielColladoMagia]

@@LearningtheHarp I am currently doing the "Scarborough Fair" course and I finished "Sally Gardens" when I finish I will start with some Early-Intermediate course 😍

[@traceytinyhouseelohi7803]

I love this video! It’s my fav one so far! And I love that you tuck a little music theory into the videos!

[@traceytinyhouseelohi7803]

I also applied this to the piano and it brought me to a whole mother level!,

[@connieLo87365]

A course in this would be wonderful, you did the Dorian and Pentatonic showing simple chords. How would you present the others? Thank You

[@LearningtheHarp]

I’m not sure, I guess we’ll have to wait and see 😁

[@velvetstitching3631]

I am excited! I bought 2 more courses and got my 2 free courses! Thank you for the Black Friday special! ❤️ Thank you for explaining improvisation so clearly! Love your program and appreciate your teaching skills! Thank you!

[@LearningtheHarp]

Ah it's such a pleasure! We were so excited to run the Black Friday Special to show our appreciation for our awesome community 🥰. Glad to have you in it! xx Nicole, LTH Team Member

[@HarmonieZvuku-harfy-kalimby]

Yes please! Make in depth improvisation course-s ! Actually I have "no problem" with improvization, but I need to get know how to make "music story" when improvising. How to start, what put to middle, how to make progression and how to end. To sound as a song, not just repetitive nice shorts of melodies...

[@petrademan4199]

Due to a backinjurie haven’t been able to play Saw your video Christy-Lynn and was really glad. Thanks For this video… this is a new start after month’s. I really love the way you teach .Due to Covid in the Netherlands I shall not be able to play in church . But maybe next Year . It will only sound better!! Thanks for sharing!! Lots of Love .

[@crystalliz2618]

Thank you for making this video. I played with it a little and this will be a fun adventure!

[@LearningtheHarp]

Oh that’s wonderful to hear! Well done for giving it a try already 😄

[@crystalliz2618]

@@LearningtheHarp thank you 🙏

[@CzechJamie]

Wow! I can fairly easily as a rank beginner, play something pleasant! Thank you!

[@Milena-oh5ig]

I tried the second tip and it worked so well for me! Thanks :)

[@LearningtheHarp]

Fantastic! 😃

[@catiewells3829]

This is so helpful and you explain it so well! I'm learning about modal music in my therapeutic musician certification studies and find the different 'moods' so fascinating. I love your approach and would love to hear more.

[@minniekansman829]

Yes that would be great to have a course. Thank you Christy! I’ll give this actry

[@mujerconcalma]

Loved what his video!! You are amazing!!!

[@jeankelly5859]

Thank you ..😊

[@camilleschmidt2609]

Thank you for the many, wonderful tutorials and sheet music! I would love to get better at coming up with interesting but simple accompaniments for myself while singing, going off of just a written melody line.

[@LearningtheHarp]

Hi Camille! You might be interested in my workshops on singing and harp, have you tried them? 😊

[@camilleschmidt2609]

@@LearningtheHarp Perfect! Thank you.

[@nickis.artworld9557]

Do you have more videos on improvising?

[@hattiesvo]

Would love more tips on improv!

[@eannemarieweber5285]

Would love to learn more!!!!! Thankyou and God Bless!!!!

[@LearningtheHarp]

Wonderful! ☺️💕

[@sendavallesmusica]

Thank you Christy-Lyn 💕

[@LearningtheHarp]

Pleasure! Did you give it a try yet? 😃😃

[@asunr.a.7160]

Thx for sharing!

[@LearningtheHarp]

Pleasure!

[@saitenzauberharfe]

I tryed it and it sounds like magic 🥰 thank you so much

[@LearningtheHarp]

So glad you tried it!! 🤩🔥

[@gorelowjeff5054]

Very exciting video. Thank you for taking the time to make it. I just tried it. I think even with improvisation it still comes down to technique. I just couldn't get it to sound anywhere near what you did because your Technique is A+ and mine is D. 🙂

[@LearningtheHarp]

Aw that’s totally fine, Jeff! I don’t think we need to think about technique while we’re improvising. When you’re doing this kind of improvising, just focus on the experimental nature of it and have fun making up things, don’t worry too much about how it sounds for now. Just the process itself is fun, and over time your technique will grow from learning pieces and your improvising will sound even better ☺️💕 Well done for trying it on your harp straight away, that’s very exciting!!

[@gorelowjeff5054]

@@LearningtheHarp thanks

[@fefebrightside927]

This is so helpful!

[@LearningtheHarp]

Yay! 🥳💕

[@sleepbootbianca]

Again a very helpful video! Thanks ever so much. Lots of love for the whole team! P.S. I can’t believe it but….I am realy improvising on my Harpsicle;-))

[@LearningtheHarp]

Wowwwww well done Chantal! I wish I could hear you 💕

[@juliareadscottishpiperandh4861]

great video thanks Christy

[@LearningtheHarp]

Thanks Julia!

[@friedfish69]

Modes: Start someplace else, end where you started. Play arpeggios. To sound really good, pay attention to 5ths relative to where you started.

[@gracefan2330]

Thanks for sharing Christy-Lyn, this is so fun! For the adagio of any order for right hand, does it has to be in the save Octave on the right hand? If I play lower octaveG then -C-E on right hand, it sounds move like a G chord rather than a C chord. What's your suggestions? Thanks!

[@LearningtheHarp]

Hi there! I’m not sure I’m exactly understanding your question, but I’ll try to answer: if the left hand stays the same, it should still sound like a C chord even if you play the right hand notes in different octaves. Another thing to remember is that there is no right and wrong with improvising! You can do what sounds good to you, just follow your ear 😄🙌🏻

[@brendaharmon7918]

I just got a harp but can't get it in tune are find classes

[@violettarak22]

❤❤❤

[@harpofaworshipper]

What key is your harp in?

[@rondelby2482]

Hi I play harp a lot at home. I notice when I want to do a video Even though I have played it right, when I play in public , I make some bo bos....Sometimes my timing gets delayed a note and causes problems. Is this stage fright or something that happens even to professionals?

[@margheritamuller8708]

I cannot see the levers - anyone could say how it's tuned

[@LearningtheHarp]

In the key of C ☺️👍🏻 The levers will be different depending on which key your harp is tuned in.

[@HamnimationStudios]

"When you know the notes to sing(play), You can sing most anything!"

[@friedfish69]

Diatonic instrument: no wrong notes. Pentatonic scale: even fewer wrong notes.