THE most important trick to improvise with the harp! Musician's life n#5

Hi, during the past few years of teaching masterclasses I noticed a huge difficulty in playing a SIMPLE improvisation... and here you can fix the problem!
Being able to improvise gives great freedom, so anybody should know a little bit about it!
Have fun, best wishes
Chiara
www.chiarapedrazzetti.com
for musical inquiries: [e-mail]

[@nai.naisha]

I've been trying a bit and it was so much fun!!!

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

I'm SO glad! It should be fun, YES!!!

[@MrPanchoak]

You are a brilliant teacher. I'm very glad to have stumbled across your channel.

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Thank you, I'm glad you like it!

[@MarionTomsett]

Brilliant! Thanks ❤

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

You're most welcome!

[@MrsTigerbalm]

Oh this was absolutely brilliant! I've never EVER been able to improvise: it has filled me with terror - but I've just watched this fabulous lesson and it's gone straight to my favourite videos! So much FUN! I've just started learning the harp and am loving it and can't wait to try being more playful like this!

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

That's great, I'm so happy it can help! I hope you can enjoy improvising and finding your freedom!

[@slimyelow]

Best approach to improv I've seen in years.

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Thanks! Huge compliment!

[@theoldieprojects1814]

I have been learning Harp for just over 1 year, and this is probably one of THE most important videos I have seen about improvising! FANTASTIC!!!! Thank you!

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

I'm glad it helps!

[@harpingbeliever]

I love your videos!

[@pamelabusby18]

Wonderfully helpful

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

I'm very glad!

[@sydamenhalauluja-intuitive8705]

Amazing video, thank you!

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

I'm glad you like it!

[@mindybongiovanni9755]

Wow love it

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Thank you!!I I'm very glad you like it!

[@loco4636]

This was fun!

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

I'M GLAD! That's the most important thing.

[@madelonkok6909]

Well done👍🎵😘💪

[@lindareese4579]

Thank you 😊❤️ for the lovely lesson..

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

I'm glad you like it!

[@Tarot22Estrellas]

I will see this video a thousand times!! Thank you so much!! 💖

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Great, I'm glad you find it useful!

[@reziaelisa7403]

👍👍👍👍grazie!!🙂

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Contenta se aiuta!

[@RonLWilson]

You can also play jazz chords by playing the right triad. For example to play a G11 that can be played by play a G chord or a D min the two together build a G11.

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Yes, right! If you want to sound jazzy, combining different chords is most useful.

[@cynthiathastings3138]

You are BEAUTIFUL

[@arianehermann3729]

You are fantastic❣️👏🤗🥰 Thank you so much💓🙏💝

[@ValfreyjaAndTheHarp]

Thank you, this video completely opened up the world of improvising to me. Humongous help.

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

So glad!

[@cheriegullerud281]

Love the explanations of Dorian and Asian sounding improvisations! Thank you for your clear explanations!

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Great, glad you find it useful!

[@danielcollado6249]

Spectacular! A million thanks !!

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

I'm happy if it helps!

[@Duisighingra]

Amazing, beautiful!!

[@marlenewynn952]

Thank you so much! Many blessings

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Thank you for watching (and subscribe?)😉

[@omarkassem4410]

Very helpful video. I have a reverie harp that I'm going to try your technique on.

[@omarkassem4410]

I tried your method on my reverie harp and it did improve my improvisation. Thank you

[@lindawinn2568]

Oh my goodness. You make this look so simple. It’s beautiful to watch and you sound amazing. I love how you play. I’m looking forward to having a try at this but somehow I don’t think it will be anywhere near as easy as you make it look. Many thanks for the lesson. 🌸🌸

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

You're welcome! You'll get there, no worries!

[@janicephegley4160]

I love her!! So fun.

[@ruthmcdonnell4564]

Great advice, thank you 🙏

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Thank you for watching!

[@Ute63]

Learning with so much fun🎼

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

I'm glad!

[@Mari.frankoul]

Wooow!

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

😄

[@alexawillen4798]

Your tutorial is so much fun & helps a lot to get more confident improvising Thank you 💜 You're beautiful

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

I'm glad you find confidence, it's a fundamental step!!! Keep practicing and have fun!

[@markowenmartin6760]

Best teacher ever!

[@NK-vj7ur]

Great!!!! 🙌

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Glad you like it!

[@DefaultName-gq3nv]

Always helpful and engaging... you have a wonderful presentation style. Thanks...

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Thank you, you're very nice!

[@anneroop4806]

Thank you! So helpful 💕

[@BurnerAddress95]

I haven’t finished the video yet so you might say it already but for beginners you can cheat by tuning to a harmonic minor scale and that way, everything will sound good with everything.

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Not really everything....With pentatonic though, yes, you're always right! kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWjOp2d9irGXnqc&ab_channel=ChiaraPedrazzettiARPAtelier

[@paulineklai]

Love your video!! 😍

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Thank you Pauline!

[@thisisnotmyname4700]

Wow, as soon as I heard the harp, I thought hey, that is my baby. Though mine is bubinga.

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Bubinga is class!

[@evolenet8039]

Fantastic, very clear video! It's a great way to practice improv. Thank you, I'm really enjoying your Musician's Life series!

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Thank you!

[@JimenaLombardi]

Thank you so much for this video! It really helps.

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

I'm glad!!!

[@MySecretJourney]

I love these classes. Ordered a Dusty String Ravanna 26 and it’s getting here this Friday. 33 years playing piano since age 4 I assume the harp is similar

[@labirintoduo4656]

Hope you're having fun with Ravennna!

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Yes, you'll have a great advantage! How is it going with your Ravanna?

[@Schoeneblume3]

thank you so much lovely Chiara

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Glad you like it!

[@davidtrapp2157]

Good lesson! Another simple trick is to play on a pentatonic scale. It's virtually impossible to play badly, as long as you keep the tempo-rhythm.

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

True! I've covered it in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWjOp2d9irGXnqc

[@francishetherton1837]

Great video, great explanation. Grazie

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Grazie to you for watching!

[@giuseppesimonebarone9833]

Grazie mille Chiara per i tuoi super consigli!!! funziona anche con le giovani allieve!! aspetto anche un video sul jazz e blues!!! ;)

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Bene sono contenta!😍😍😍 Yes farò un video jazz e blues in futuro! un bacio a tutta la bellissima famiglia🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@robinmarks5638]

Oh this is good!!! Thank you!!

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Glad you find it uselful!

[@scibatini1771]

Brava, bravissima !

[@miaramer]

What a great video Chiara, I learned a ton from it! I love improvising but sometimes I don't really know what I'm doing, this really helped me understand the most important things to keep in mind. Looking forward to checking out more of your videos :)

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

So glad it could help! Let me know about your progress!

[@miaramer]

@@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470 Thank you! Will do :)

[@laurairrgang465]

Very helpful-thank you so much!

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Glad it can help!

[@samanthathompson9812]

The difficulty I have with improving on the harp (unlike my "real" instrument, the flute) is the necessity for placing and bridging fingering. For written pieces I usually have to work out all this finger choreography ahead of time. I don't understand how people do it on the fly - for example, Celtic players who change the ornamentation constantly throughout a piece. How do they do this without tripping up the fingering surrounding the changed ornamentation? I learn pieces by muscle memory, and if I veer away from the muscle map, the whole structure comes down.

[@samanthathompson9812]

Whoops I meant improvising not improving, but I suppose they're related!

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Hi Samantha sorry just saw your message now. You're doing it right to work out the "finger choreography" (I love this expression, I'm gonna steal it) :-D With time you'll be able to free yourself a bit from that, especially for impro. Celtic music players are very used to put ornamentation (which is always the same 2-3 patterns) in specific parts of the pieces, so it becomes quite automatic eventually. Keep up the good work and, as Father Bach's Aria is saying....: "Geduld, geduld!"

[@shiam1966]

Vielen Dank...it helps me well💚🌷 whats the name of the Oriental tune? Greetings from Germany Chiara could you say to me, what is the Oriental Tunes name

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

It's just an improvisation with this "oriental scale" (e, f, g sharp, a, b, c, d sharp, e). Here is an example of a tune which I wrote with my husband: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nILZeZJ_famUa7s&ab_channel=ChiaraPedrazzettiARPAtelier

[@veronatragedy7016]

Those are modes

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

True! Dorian is particularly suitable for improvising.

[@jerboaaaa]

Do you have any suggestions on how the right hand should align with the left hand? For example, when the left hand lands on a C chord, do you also want the right hand to be on a C chord note (CEG)?

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Inversions help, so if you play a C chord with left, if you play any C inversion with the right hand you're good to go. My suggestion,,,just try, practice, try and practice again!

[@lindapino2974]

Hello my name is Linda You are so awesome 👏 you are so funny but it made me laugh I got it. Wow please know you are doing a great job. Do you give lessons on Zoom? Sincerely, Linda

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Hi Linda, I teach occasionally, for all infos write an email to [e-mail]!

[@schmi3089]

please give a few more ideas on improvising...brilliant

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Have you seen my other impro videos? kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWjOp2d9irGXnqc&ab_channel=ChiaraPedrazzettiARPAtelier kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHnIi2Nsfbudl80&ab_channel=ChiaraPedrazzettiARPAtelier If yes, tell me what would you like to know more!

[@mikeberryessa7245]

What levers would you set for an Israeli sound improvise ? Bb C# ?

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Wow that's a tough question! Can you be more specific? What do you exactly mean with "Israeli sound"?

[@mikeberryessa7245]

@@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470 Middle Eastern sound ! Try setting the levers for Bb and C# and see how it sounds ! I sold my Pedal Harp two weeks ago and am waiting to restring my lever harp (haven't played it in 7 years )

[@lauracrevel6078]

What does it mean "scales" on the right hand please ? Do you avoid some notes on the right hand ? Also for the chords on the left hand, do you have the C chord as the first note for a C chord or do you reverse the chord ? Thank you !!

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Scales mean note after note. Nope I don't avoid any note on the right hand. As for the chords in the left hands, yes, the C is the first note. You can also experiment with inversions later though.

[@elizabethdexter3779]

Is that the Dusty Crescendo 34 that you are playing?

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Nope, it's an FH36H walnut...

[@gutsandgrittv5076]

All about the tempo. I’m working on it.

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Oh yes!!! The pulse is the basic of music...

[@gutsandgrittv5076]

@@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470 I feel like I need to master technique then be able to master tempo.

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

@@gutsandgrittv5076 Yes, but it goes together. So many harpists have great technique and are not able to stay a tempo.

[@darrenraleigh1986]

Hi. Did you get my email? Was my question too dumb?

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

Hi Darren, totally sorry, you'll get your answer very soon!

[@MrPolystrum15]

Where have you been till now?!? Thanks to be here, what a lucky man i am!! 💖💖💖💖💖🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂

[@chiarapedrazzettiarpatelie6470]

...such enthusiasm, I'm flattered!

[@MrPolystrum15]

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