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• What’s here: Replay Video & Chat Feed from the 7/25/23 “Nataliana” Intro Training with DHC at Hip Harp Academy
• What’s coming: The handout we used in the training; how to get the full piece that we’ll be working on this summer
• Last Updated: 7/26/23 – DHC & Rhen

16:28:40 From Lawrence Johnson to Everyone:

    I can’t hear the harp. Is it just me?

16:31:18 From Jan Kingston to Everyone:

    Yes! I can hear. 🙂

16:31:23 From Shelley Johnson-Garstin to Everyone:

    Hi All and thank you for letting me join you today.  I’m having computer issues but can see y’all 🙂

16:31:49 From Sally Walstrum to Everyone:

    Great to have you here, Shelley

16:34:07 From Carol Booth to Everyone:

    Hi everyone, happy Wednesday!  I’m travelling again, 6.30am on winters morning here in Australia, so it’s cold. So yes, I’m in bed (at my sisters), but I have my little Hayden harp with me.   Looking forward to Natalians.

16:39:22 From Ruth Shepherd to Everyone:

    LH E F G#, RH – BD – easiest fingering

16:39:39 From Betty, Webster NY to Everyone:

    The first one works best for me because it’s what I’m used to

16:40:25 From Annie Jones to Everyone:

    2 notes in each hand DF then right. Like a reel…

16:40:46 From Tara O’Brien Pride to Everyone:

    I like E in the LH and FGB in the RH because it’s quick to grab.  I also like the 4-finger RH, it’s just less automatic.

16:40:57 From Sally Walstrum to Everyone:

    I play the octave LH then the F,G#,D,B (4,3,2,1) alternating the RH & LH. But I’m used to it that way. Been playing the piece for many years and I find this the easiest pattern for me.

16:42:04 From Annie Jones to Everyone:

    Gives you the chance to do a bisbig …

16:42:21 From Sally Walstrum to Everyone:

    I like how you broke down the chord and showed how dropping out the D still makes it the same chords.

16:42:41 From Annie Jones to Everyone:

    🙂

16:47:04 From Annie Jones to Everyone:

    All you need is the pattern, where you start and end, and how many times you do it and the direction .. for me …

16:48:05 From heather flinn to Everyone:

    Where can we get the sheet music?

16:50:06 From Annie Jones to Everyone:

    Top note drops..

16:51:04 From Annie Jones to Everyone:

    Would suggest p to mf to p

16:51:58 From Annie Jones to Everyone:

    🙂

16:54:46 From Cherrie Mooney to Everyone:

    It helps to know that the half notes are the melody.

16:55:23 From Sally Walstrum to Everyone:

    Much easier to bring out the melody with this fingering than what is in the score.

16:55:42 From Betty, Webster NY to Everyone:

    Much easier

16:55:51 From Midge Jambor to Everyone:

    Helpful to call out notes for us weak note readers

16:56:36 From heather flinn to Everyone:

    Dissonance resolving to consonance —oooohlala

16:56:46 From Annie Jones to Everyone:

    Not confused, but if you then changed the direction of the left, need to try it, but change the direction of the LH?

16:57:43 From Annie Jones to Everyone:

    But it won’t help with Nataliana. A different idea ..

16:57:44 From Connie LoPorto to Everyone:

    The melody is in the thumb, the shape is the same in both hands

16:58:08 From mona to Everyone:

    Can’t see the music as you moved fown

16:58:19 From Tara O’Brien Pride to Everyone:

    I find it helpful to block the chords.  It helps me recognize what I’m playing.

17:02:10 From Ruth Shepherd to Everyone:

    Yes, block chords make it even easier for muscle memeory

17:02:46 From Annie Jones to Everyone:

    Sorry Deborah, I just had another moment for an improv …

17:05:29 From Connie LoPorto to Everyone:

    I am placing the same shape and octave in both hands using the thumb for the melody. And moving the shape down

17:05:39 From Annie Jones to Everyone:

    It then moves down chromatically one string at a time …

17:06:49 From Cherrie Mooney to Everyone:

    The first beat in each measure is the strongest.

17:06:51 From Annie Jones to Everyone:

    Fern amazing

17:07:45 From Betty, Webster NY to Everyone:

    You are doing great. I could have used you 18 years ago

17:07:49 From Connie LoPorto to Everyone:

    Just have to say you look awesome and that scarf is beautiful

17:11:17 From Annie Jones to Everyone:

    The shape is the same. No dots required. Just know the number of repeats … maybe ..

17:15:03 From mona to Everyone:

    My hands do not keep the same pattern as I move down

17:15:10 From Carol Booth to Everyone:

    Amazing!  a six note arpeggio sounds almost the same as the original 8 note arpeggio!

17:15:26 From Tara O’Brien Pride to Everyone:

    In my RH I placed the whole chord but only played the thumb and used the rest of the fingers as an anchor.  That seemed to help me place the LH more accurately.

17:15:35 From Ruth Shepherd to Everyone:

    It feels like such a beautiful rolling feeling

17:15:43 From Annie Jones to Everyone:

    Descending left .. and keep the melody

17:16:49 From Fern Nelson to Everyone:

    I can play the block chords along with your voice and have the right chords.  I need to practice the chords before I go on

17:17:21 From heather flinn to Everyone:

    Any possibility of backing up the camera so we can the whole thing

17:17:33 From Annie Jones to Everyone:

    The change of direction is really important

17:18:06 From Annie Jones to Everyone:

    Ascending, descending ..

17:20:01 From Annie Jones to Everyone:

    3rd

17:20:47 From Cherrie Mooney to Everyone:

    So, the melody is now tied instead of separate?

17:24:39 From Annie Jones to Everyone:

    Hang on to the melody line as well..

17:27:50 From Annie Jones to Everyone:

    The melody, for me, is the core of the piece xxx

17:31:50 From Ruth Shepherd to Everyone:

    It was lovely to play with eyes closed, feeling quite safe as the hands had such defined muscle memory.

17:31:55 From Betty, Webster NY to Everyone:

    Anchoring the last note when moving rest of fingers down

17:32:23 From Annie Jones to Everyone:

    Personally, so used to hearing a descending bass, when it is in the the top, It’s what makes your music magic Deborah. Tx you 🎶🎶

17:33:03 From Connie LoPorto to Everyone:

    This is so beautiful and doable with some practice.  It’s easy to memorize Patterns of chord just going down one at a time and the thumb keeps the melody

17:33:30 From heather flinn to Everyone:

    Super fun to improvise on this – 2 easy chords and just go crazy

17:33:32 From Connie LoPorto to Everyone:

    Will be be able to get the sheet music

17:33:50 From Tovelah Hirsch to Everyone:

    Reacted to “This is so beautiful…” with 💌

17:34:05 From Sally Walstrum to Everyone:

    Gotta confess I’m having rhythm issues when playing with just 3 notes in the arpeggio vs.4

17:34:29 From Connie LoPorto to Everyone:

    Do I start taking snap shots lol lol. Or give us the link

17:35:09 From Tara O’Brien Pride to Everyone:

    I’m with you, Sally.  That’s partly why I’m only arpeggiating the LH.

17:35:10 From Wendy Savage to Everyone:

    So beautiful! I’m excited to get this in my mind and hands…the feel etc. So gorgeous!

17:35:26 From heather flinn to Everyone:

    Tell us the back story  or genesis of this piece

17:35:32 From Deborah Henson-Conant to Everyone:

    Connie – here’s the sheet music : https://dhc.gumroad.com/l/dILI

17:35:52 From Rhen to Everyone:

    Here’s where you can get “Nataliana (PDF Download of Sheet Music for Lever or Pedal Harp)” – https://dhc.gumroad.com/l/dILI

17:36:57 From Connie LoPorto to Everyone:

    Thank You, that was easy.

17:38:18 From heather flinn to Everyone:

    Is there a recording of you playing

17:38:36 From Sally Walstrum to Everyone:

    I love that this is a viable concert piece for the lever harp

17:38:39 From Betty, Webster NY to Everyone:

    Also in Naked Music

17:39:00 From Carol Booth to Everyone:

    Sally, is there a recording of you playing it?

17:39:06 From Sally Walstrum to Everyone:

    I just posted a recording in the Academy Facebook page. Not perfect but you get the gist.

17:39:26 From Betty, Webster NY to Everyone:

    I sent one to Sally

17:39:26 From Annie Jones to Everyone:

    But, especially on a harp, there’s no such thing as a wrong note xxx

17:39:45 From Ruth Shepherd to Everyone:

    The Essential DHC #1 Instrumental is where I found Nataliana audio

17:39:51 From Cherie Maffey to Everyone:

    Will you show us 72 measure, as it seems different again.

17:40:01 From Carol Booth to Everyone:

    Have you a link Ruth?

17:40:07 From Connie LoPorto to Everyone:

    I have to say, when we order your music, it does come so complete with all levels too.

17:40:27 From Ruth Shepherd to Everyone:

    No, sorry Carol, I bought the CD years ago.

17:41:12 From Sally Walstrum to Everyone:

    I also love that I can put this in A flat harmonic minor when I play it on the pedal harp. Really opens up the harp.

17:42:53 From Connie LoPorto to Everyone:

    Very little

17:44:02 From Connie LoPorto to Everyone:

    Wow that worked

17:45:26 From Annie Jones to Deborah Henson-Conant(Direct Message):

    Way past my bed time..Oliver Wass on harp at 11am, then Jess Gillam in the evening on sax. Can I do a replay? …..

17:49:03 From Annie Jones to Everyone:

    Signing out. Tx for the inspiration xxx

17:58:00 From heather flinn to Everyone:

    Gotta run…..this was FUN….no no no it was SUPERFUN!

18:03:11 From Jan Kingston to Everyone:

    Have to take off!  Beautiful.  Very fun.  thank you, DHC. <3

18:04:44 From Tara O’Brien Pride to Everyone:

    Lovely progression and I love that the hand shapes and positions change gradually.

18:04:54 From mona to Everyone:

    I’m in love again! Not sure if I have it, but is sounds full and ssmmmoooooooottthh

18:04:59 From Connie LoPorto to Everyone:

    Can you purchase this course separate like the nightingale

18:07:25 From Connie LoPorto to Everyone:

    I was just using my right hand and thumb until I get the melody and taking the right hand up for the ending.  The left hand I’ll work on my own

18:12:49 From mona to Everyone:

    Could we just have the notes from the bottom up? Totally could not catch this yet

18:14:32 From mona to Everyone:

    I screenshot thank you

18:15:22 From Shelley Johnson-Garstin to Everyone:

    practice!  LOL

18:15:39 From Connie LoPorto to Everyone:

    I like to call the shapes pinch and skips

18:15:43 From Cherrie Mooney to Everyone:

    I keep my eyes on the F and G for each

18:16:05 From Connie LoPorto to Everyone:

    Reacted to “I keep my eyes on th…” with ❤️

18:16:11 From Tara O’Brien Pride to Everyone:

    I find the part I need to practice is looking to place one hand before the other one has played all the notes.

18:19:11 From Connie LoPorto to Everyone:

    Gotta run, this was once again wonderful.  Thank You Deborah

18:22:16 From Joan Davidson to Everyone:

    Thank you. Must go . Looking forward to doing this again

18:23:37 From Cherie Maffey to Everyone:

    It’s just so doable going through this and making the chords easier using 3 fingers.

18:24:05 From Carol Booth to Everyone:

    Thank you…. This is a piece that I would never have dreamed of attempting and after today I can see that parts of it are within my reaach

18:24:13 From Tovelah Hirsch to Everyone:

    Very understandable, Originally I thought this was not yet for me. Absolutely Beautifully taught! Looking forward. Thank You

18:24:49 From Tara O’Brien Pride to Everyone:

    I need to remember starting chords (every few bars), but then the pattern flows very naturally.  Also, the chords are rich enough that a “wrong” note often fits anyway.

18:24:51 From Wendy Savage to Everyone:

    You actually made this feel more accessible.  When you look at all the notes you can get a bit overwhelmed but then the patterns really worked.  So excited about this.

18:26:01 From Ruth Shepherd to Everyone:

    I love the story of you writing a piece for your audition and that being easier than learning music written by someone else.

18:27:44 From mona to Everyone:

    I love this style of teaching, I can learn four patterns and I can learn this and it will be the most expressive thing I have ever accomplished, and I don’t care how long it takes! Just going to immerse deep into it.

18:27:59 From Sally Walstrum to Everyone:

    La Mer saved me from having a panic attack during an MRI

18:29:16 From Ruth Shepherd to Deborah Henson-Conant(Direct Message):

    Yes, I relate about Debussy – the first piece I wrote when I was 15 – the music teacher threw it back at me and said I’d copied it from Debussy.  I’d never heard of Debussy, but when I heard Debussy’s music I felt that I knew what was coming next ….Still love Debussy above all….

18:30:36 From Cherrie Mooney to Everyone:

    Without having to think about the notes, allows you to add the musicality

18:30:43 From Tovelah Hirsch to Everyone:

    Reacted to “La Mer saved me from…” with 🥰

18:30:50 From Tovelah Hirsch to Everyone:

    Reacted to “I love this style of…” with ❣️

18:30:55 From Tara O’Brien Pride to Everyone:

    Thank you!  This gave me a great start on this piece.

18:30:58 From Ruth Shepherd to Everyone:

    Reacted to “La Mer saved me from…” with 🥰

18:31:00 From Edgel Diane Deiparine to Everyone:

    Can we take a picture before we end? 😄

18:31:01 From Shelley Johnson-Garstin to Everyone:

    Thank you! This is just what I need!

18:32:12 From Shelley Johnson-Garstin to Everyone:

    Sorry.. my video doesn’t work. I’m not that shy!

18:33:06 From Gail McEwen to Everyone:

    If I come in late, my video doesn’t open up either.

18:33:06 From Elit Rimberg to Everyone:

    Thank you

18:33:29 From Wendy Savage to Everyone:

    Thank you this was great!!!! So glad I’m in the academy!!!!! ❤️

18:33:33 From Ruth Shepherd to Everyone:

    Brilliant class – fabulous start to this quarter, Thank you.