16:28:10 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
On the plus side, the harp sounded lovely!
16:28:26 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
Yes!
16:31:43 From Deborah Henson-Conant to Everyone:
https://www.hipharp.com/5dbfc-optin 
16:32:52 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
The link worked.
16:33:01 From Elly to Everyone:
Canada, intermediate
16:33:12 From Kimberly to Everyone:
Hello from Essex Vermont, USA. Playing a Lyon and Healy Drake. I play somewhere between advanced beginner/early intermediate
16:33:23 From Miriam Bennett to Everyone:
Originally from Mississippi (now live in Louisiana), have a Salvi Mia Harp, late intermediate
16:33:24 From Deborah Palicia to Everyone:
Deborah in New Jersey. I have a Music Makers lever harp. Intermediate
16:33:32 From June E to Everyone:
Hi from Pittsburgh, PA. Ravenna 34, 3-yr player beginner/intermediate
16:33:38 From Joke Verdoold to Everyone:
Holland, an enjoyable no clue whatsoever
16:33:41 From Teresa B to Everyone:
Teresa B. Northern California, mid-late intermediate.
16:33:42 From Nancy Cochran to Everyone:
New York Middle Intermediate
16:33:49 From Lila to Everyone:
Lila from Bielefeld, Germany. Lever Harp. Intermediate
16:33:50 From Bonnie Berk to Everyone:
Bonnie Berk from Carlisle, PA. I play. Both the hybrid Jolie and the Thormehlen. I am a certified clinical musician and consider myself an intermediate player with a beginner’s mind.
16:33:50 From Laurie to Everyone:
Boston area, “intermedi -expialidocious”
16:33:54 From Pam Gordon to Everyone:
I am from New Zealand. I used to be grade five. Going backwards!
16:33:56 From Cherrie Mooney to Everyone:
I live in Bad Axe, Mi, US. Hearland carbon fiber harp, intermediate level.
16:33:56 From Linda’s iPad to Everyone:
Linda from British Columbia. Harper lover early intermediate! John Thompson harp
16:33:59 From Teresa B to Everyone:
Teresa B. Sandpiper Cythara Nova strung with gut
16:34:00 From Lori’s iPad (2) to Everyone:
Lori from Worcester Massachusetts. Ultimate beginner. Lew creek lap harp
16:34:04 From Midyne to Everyone:
Midyne Spear in Augusta, Georgia USA. I play a 34-string lever harp & 36-string Camac electroharp. I’m an intermediate player.
16:34:11 From Laurie to Everyone:
Lyon and Healy 18 pedal harp and Troubadour 1 lever
16:34:14 From Stella to Everyone:
I am from Arizona, my harp is Dusty Strings Boulevard, and I am learning from a Suzuki book 2.
16:34:14 From Lori’s iPad (2) to Everyone:
Lewis Creek
16:34:20 From Christine from NC to Everyone:
I’m from NC. I play pedal and lever harp. Some days I feel really amazing and other days, I’m working on it.
16:34:20 From Sarah to Everyone:
Sarah in New York. Merlin 36 String – Int
16:34:28 From Linda Paszalek to Everyone:
Linda Paszalek, Florida, My level: as a piano teacher once said to me “How can you play so much and know so little!”
16:34:32 From Megan to Everyone:
Megan in Utah, Pedal harp, advanced
16:34:47 From Helen Wright to Everyone:
Rhode Island hobbit harper wishing she was more elflike
16:34:49 From Tara-Seattle, WA to Everyone:
Seattle area, Dusty 36, intermediate.
16:34:54 From Ingele to Everyone:
Alkmaar, Holland, bossanovagirl
16:34:57 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
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16:35:09 From Lynne R to Everyone:
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16:35:14 From Eileen Ryton to Everyone:
Eileen from west of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada playing Lyon & Healy lever- intermediate
16:35:33 From Susann to Everyone:
Susann from Lowell, Mi . Intermediate. Rese Harp, Aberrdean
16:35:53 From Karen Commins to Everyone:
I’m Karen in Atlanta playing my dream harp, an L&H Style 11. I’d love to have a creative definition of my level, but I’ll go with intermediate.
16:36:20 From Helen Wright to Everyone:
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16:36:49 From Lisa Mattern-Harper to Everyone:
Nashville, TN playing a Chicago 40 until my 108 year old Style 22 comes back from the repair shop.
16:37:04 From Marianne to Everyone:
Marianne from Switzerland, beginner in chromatic harp.
16:37:14 From Jenny West to Everyone:
Jenny from Chorleywood, South England – a Boho harp (Austrian). Intermediate.
16:37:23 From Faith to Everyone:
Faith from Boonton, NJ. (near Somerset Harpfest! Perennial beginner – Rees 30-string lever harp.
16:37:25 From Nancy Cochran to Everyone:
Nancy from New York, semipivtermediate, not much harp playing time, 16 string lap harp, 25 string lever harp, 15 Pedal harp.
16:37:59 From Anne Horton to Everyone:
Hi I’m Anne Horton in Sydney, Australia. This harp is a carbon fibre 36 string electro-acoustic harp and I am supposedly intermediate-ish
16:38:21 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
Marion Faith Laird in beautiful western Arkansas, and I play a 3 octave lever harp (Heather Harp). I have composed Celtic and Medieval/Renaissance harp pieces. I wish I were more advanced than I am, but I play guitar and piano way more. 🙂 So, lower-to-middle intermediate, I guess.
16:38:39 From Cathy Hornby to Everyone:
Hello! Cathy in Lancaster U.K.! Lever harper also on a boho harp!
16:38:54 From kelly tamayo she/her to Everyone:
Kelly from California, Dusty F36and Lyon and Healy 85 Concert Grand, indescribably undefinable
16:42:16 From Tammy H to Everyone:
Baroque Flamenco
16:43:32 From Margaret Moore to Everyone:
Margaret Moore in Arlington, Massachusetts—hello neighbor! I’m an intermediate harpist. I have a Thormahlen Clare and a Wurlitzer semi-grand pedal harp.
16:44:28 From Helen Wright to Everyone:
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16:45:07 From Anne Horton to Everyone:
“Let it out … don’t criticise or DOUBT” … 😉
16:59:16 From Tara-Seattle, WA to Everyone:
I put up my middle G, then kept LH below that and RH above it until the last E chord.
16:59:20 From Cherrie Mooney to Everyone:
I just changed one G# and played around it and used other octaves for the rest.
16:59:29 From Mona Seering to Everyone:
Sharp the right hand g or one above middle c, play ebe under it
16:59:36 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
😄 I’m definitely NOT advanced! <3
16:59:58 From Midyne to Everyone:
I can preset the G# below middle C and then play 1-5-10 for the G chord and use the G below it for the G chord.
17:00:04 From Teresa B to Everyone:
An observation as someone doing this the very first time for Baroque Flamenco, when you say “F and E”, I am hearing F an’ D” which is creating a bit confusing about whether to play D or E. Leaving out “and” would clear this up.
17:00:10 From Miriam to Everyone:
The lever changes really challenged my lever changing skills and that was awesome!
17:00:18 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
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17:00:45 From Joke Verdoold to Everyone:
When I knew the g# was advancing I started to play less in the left hand to make it free for the flip-movement
17:00:56 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
🙂
17:01:41 From Stella to Everyone:
I rolled the chords and then when I was done playing the F I flipped it then flipped it back after the chord
17:02:17 From Miriam to Everyone:
Replying to “I rolled the chords …”

That’s a great idea Stella!
17:02:20 From Teresa B to Everyone:
Thank you!!
17:02:33 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
Reacted to “The lever changes re…” with 👍
17:03:38 From Teresa B to Everyone:
Playing inversion chord in right hand starting on C and going down so that for E I end up with G# on the bottom
17:03:49 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
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17:04:59 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
I love modal music, anyway! Medieval influence!
17:08:42 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
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17:09:06 From Linda Paszalek to Everyone:
it
17:09:20 From Joke Verdoold to Everyone:
is
17:09:22 From Linda Paszalek to Everyone:
Is so very very much fun
17:09:33 From Linda Paszalek to Everyone:
Because it is so freeing
17:09:44 From Susann to Everyone:
a pattern to explore
17:09:45 From Bonnie Berk to Everyone:
I liked hearing the different sounds and the difference between using the g and G#
17:09:48 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
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17:09:52 From Helen Wright to Everyone:
This time I was able to improvise more
17:09:53 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
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17:10:03 From Teresa B to Everyone:
Right now it is more intense attention than fun, and I can see that it will eventually become fun when I’ve done this longer. I am keeping up better than I expected with all the moderate repetition of the patterns.
17:10:03 From Jenny West to Everyone:
Not constricted by a tune
17:10:06 From Lisa Mattern-Harper to Everyone:
No being a slave to a sheet of music.
17:10:07 From kelly tamayo she/her to Everyone:
It doesn’t matter if I hit a “wrong” note
17:10:12 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
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17:10:13 From Pam Jurgens to Everyone:
It’s fun because it’s flexible and repetitive and you can vary it any way you like
17:10:21 From Ruth Thomson to Everyone:
Fun and also challenging because you must work on the sound you love
17:10:22 From Stella to Everyone:
Replying to “a pattern to explore”
I agree
17:10:22 From Cherrie Mooney to Everyone:
It’s fun to play with someone else, and to get new ideas.
17:10:25 From Linda Paszalek to Everyone:
Because you can just play so many different things with it. It is simple enough to experiment a lot
17:10:28 From Debbi T to Everyone:
sometimes I like the sound of a wrong note
17:10:38 From Eileen Ryton to Everyone:
unexpected results, surprisees
17:11:12 From Jenny West to Everyone:
I spend a lot of time playing dance tunes – good to get off the page.
17:11:20 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
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17:11:30 From Pam Jurgens to Everyone:
You can sound totally awesome on harp with a simple pattern!,
17:12:23 From Stella to Everyone:
Replying to “sometimes I like the…”
Me too
17:13:22 From Miriam to Everyone:
Replying to “sometimes I like the…”

Wrong notes are cool
17:17:30 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
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17:20:18 From Tammy H to Everyone:
It was fun to play around with my right hand while keeping the left hand simple.
17:20:21 From Jenny West to Everyone:
Very like a lot of early music!
17:20:30 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
Reacted to “Very like a lot of e…” with 👍
17:21:22 From Midyne to Everyone:
I can use an A pedal tone at the top of a descending arpeggios until I get to the E and then go to the preset G#.
17:21:31 From Miriam to Everyone:
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17:22:07 From Cathy Hornby to Everyone:
I’d always assumed in the left hand the A and E has the A below and then move the top note up to F, but I tried switching so the notes were the same, but the E on the. Bottom that then moves to F
17:22:07 From Linda Paszalek to Everyone:
I might use it to compose a song for easter.
17:22:15 From Helen Wright to Everyone:
I think my autoharp buddies could carry the chords— with some cool Spanish strumming and we could play together
17:22:21 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
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17:22:42 From Jenny West to Everyone:
I’m thinking how to get my concertina playing friend to join in !
17:22:42 From Cherrie Mooney to Everyone:
I can use this for meditation.
17:22:57 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
Replying to “I think my autoharp …”

It would have to have a lot of good chords on the autoharp! My old autoharp mostly had majors and 7ths.
17:23:14 From Mona Seering to Everyone:
I got something I didn’t have last year! Yeah. You never told me what was wrong! It was the 3rd ea! You really brought it yesterday, and I have done my half baked today because you are magnificent!
17:23:31 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
Replying to “I think my autoharp …”

You should find a Spanish guitarist to play with, too! That would be totally awesome.
17:23:53 From Midyne to Everyone:
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17:24:18 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
I have a friend who plays harp as music therapy in San Diego, and has helped so many people!
17:24:22 From Deborah Henson-Conant to Everyone:
https://www.hipharp.com/5dbfc-optin
17:24:23 From Tammy H to Everyone:
https://www.hipharp.com/5dbfc-optin
17:24:44 From Midyne to Everyone:
Are academy members automatically signed up for the challenge?
17:25:21 From Laurie to Everyone:
Replying to “Are academy members …”

I believe we still have to sign up
17:25:27 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
My friend here who plays harp can’t play anymore. So sad.
17:25:36 From Tammy H to Everyone:
Midyne you want to sign up so you get the emails
17:25:47 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
Her harp needs work.
17:26:29 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
Just signed in, and I can post the link on Facebook. I’m bound to know some harpists there.
17:26:35 From Tammy H to Everyone:
2024 Baroque Flamenco “Make it Easy” Adventure!
Sign up and have 2 of your buddy’s to sign up as well:
https://www.hipharp.com/5dbfc-optin 
17:27:45 From Tammy H to Everyone:
[LH] put fingers on D F A C – Strum with your right hand
17:28:54 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
This sounds like something the great Nicanor Zabaleta would have played. 🙂
17:29:32 From Tammy H to Everyone:
[LH] D G B D (Moving your top three finger up one string then move back down to )
[LH] D F A C
17:31:21 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
Thank you for this! Really interesting and instructional! ❤️
17:31:43 From Kimberly to Everyone:
Thank you!!! Looking forward to the challenge
17:32:09 From Deborah Henson-Conant to Everyone:
https://www.hipharp.com/5dbfc-optin 
17:32:15 From Jenny West to Everyone:
Love to know the chord names so I can play it on my uke too!
17:33:06 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
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17:33:11 From Midyne to Everyone:
I think the chords in the 1st part are Am & Dm
17:33:25 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
Chord progressions!
17:33:35 From Stella to Everyone:
Play with patterns
17:33:37 From Laurie to Everyone:
Play with a simple structure
17:33:38 From Susann to Everyone:
Explore and have fun
17:33:42 From Miriam to Everyone:
Strumming!!!!!!!!
17:33:45 From Teresa B to Everyone:
I can’t believe I got through this— major win!
17:33:50 From Christine from NC to Everyone:
What you showed of the strumming made it easier. Simply moving the LH two fingers up one string to play the second strum.
17:33:50 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
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17:33:53 From Mona Seering to Everyone:
AE FC. AE is all you need!
17:33:53 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
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17:33:54 From Midyne to Everyone:
Playing with the descending bass pattern and strumming
17:33:56 From Shelley to Everyone:
Just try!!!
17:34:07 From Anne Horton to Everyone:
Play with the abandon and freedom of a child
17:34:15 From Nancy Cochran to Everyone:
The pattern is easy to sing, so I’m looking forward to trying to play and improvise.
17:34:17 From Cherrie Mooney to Everyone:
Play the essence of the tune. Don’t worry about the notes.
17:34:22 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
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17:34:27 From Nancy Cochran to Everyone:
So flexible.
17:34:39 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
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17:34:46 From Cathy Hornby to Everyone:
How just moving between E and A is fabulous! Simple is good!
17:34:47 From Laurie to Everyone:
“Melody” starts on E …. Ends on A….. everything else can be whatever you make it
17:35:19 From Tammy H to Everyone:
2024 Baroque Flamenco “Make it Easy” Adventure!
Sign up and have 2 of your buddy’s to sign up as well:
https://www.hipharp.com/5dbfc-optin 
17:35:25 From Laurie to Everyone:
Thank you DHC!!!
17:35:26 From Mo Jefferies to Everyone:
Great session, thanks!
17:35:26 From Nancy Cochran to Everyone:
Love that “fenceposts.”
17:35:32 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
You ccan save the chat by clicking the 3 little dots.
17:35:50 From Deborah Henson-Conant to Everyone:
https://www.hipharp.com/5dbfc-optin 
17:35:54 From Nancy Cochran to Everyone:
Thank you so much, Deborah.
17:35:55 From Christine from NC to Everyone:
Thank you!!
17:35:56 From Marion Laird to Everyone:
My mom is sick, so I have to leave, but thank you so much for this.
17:36:12 From Shelley to Everyone:
Thank you so much!
17:36:15 From Helen Wright to Everyone:
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