14:29:08 From Christine Van Arsdale To Everyone:

HNY to you all, too!

14:29:33 From Wendy Savage To Everyone:

Happy New Year!

14:30:17 From simonne To Everyone:

happy new year

14:30:49 From Pam Jurgens To Everyone:

Happy  New Year!!

14:31:16 From Bonnie Berk To Everyone:

Happy New Year!!

14:32:07 From Joke Verdoold To Everyone:

Healthy an happy New Year to everybody.

14:32:36 From Mary Law To Everyone:

🖐

14:32:52 From Pam Jurgens To Everyone:

My video is turned up off ?

14:33:07 From Betty Herloski To Everyone:

Mine too

14:33:19 From Joke Verdoold To Everyone:

Mine too

14:33:28 From Nancy Knop To Everyone:

Our video is turned off at your end.

14:33:33 From Janet Mann To Everyone:

So is mine

14:33:37 From Annie Jones To Everyone:

Can’t get video either ..

14:33:42 From Gabriele von der Weiden To Everyone:

SO is mine

14:33:43 From Karen Peed To Everyone:

Yes.

14:33:45 From Lynne Lapidus To Everyone:

I have video….

14:33:52 From Pam Jurgens To Everyone:

Yes all video is off

14:33:53 From Laurie Grant To Everyone:

Yes, me too.  Can’t turn on video, AND can’t unmute

14:33:54 From Joke Verdoold To Everyone:

No the video is turned of and the message says you are doing that

14:33:56 From Ruth Shepherd To Everyone:

I can see you and hear you

14:34:08 From Stacie Link To Everyone:

I can see

14:34:09 From Joan Davidson To Everyone:

Video fine. Sound is low

14:34:34 From Wendy Savage To Everyone:

We can do it

14:34:42 From Bonnie Berk To Everyone:

we can lower them ourselves

14:34:50 From Ruth Shepherd To Everyone:

Try  using headphones if your volume is low

14:35:35 From Carolina McFarland To Everyone:

Piano

14:43:35 From Ruth Shepherd To Everyone:

What a beautiful way to start!

14:46:34 From Jeffrey Heath To Everyone:

Happy new year

14:47:14 From Jeffrey Heath To Everyone:

Been missing everyone

14:48:57 From Annie Jones To Everyone:

There is no such thing as imperfection, only inspiration xx

15:04:37 From Nancy Knop To Everyone:

simplicity

15:04:45 From Bonnie Berk To Everyone:

exploration without expectqtion

15:04:51 From Elizabeth Teplin To Everyone:

I had no fear, just the joy of playing and creating.

15:04:54 From Jenny West To Everyone:

freedom

15:04:59 From Cherrie Mooney To Everyone:

I enjoyed touching the strings, feeling it in my fingers.

15:04:59 From Nancy Knop To Everyone:

a motif, a motif expanding

15:05:05 From Sharon Williams To Everyone:

I’m just here to experience your wonderful energy for now

15:05:07 From Vimukti To Everyone:

picking up a paint brush and discoursing colour to express, liberation

15:05:09 From Alice McGarvie To Everyone:

Enjoying beginners mind

15:05:20 From Mary Law To Everyone:

Getting lost in my music – loving it!

15:05:21 From Sharon Williams To Everyone:

Love and new life

15:05:25 From Jeffrey Heath To Everyone:

Freedom of expression

15:05:30 From Karen Peed To Everyone:

Unfolding

15:05:37 From Wendy Savage To Everyone:

Open and free – to express and just be myself

15:05:38 From Darlene Deisinger To Everyone:

New creativity.

15:05:40 From Susan Haas To Everyone:

I was 4 years old again just playing around on the keys of the piano with no knowledge, just curiosity

15:05:50 From Karen Harms To Everyone:

first love – playing only the black keys *pentatonics* on the piano at age 5…..Please Mom, let me play.

15:05:51 From Mona Seering To Everyone:

Eyes closed,allowed to play. Like in pretend play.

15:05:53 From Betty Herloski To Everyone:

Just closed my eyes, enjoying the feeling of touching the strings and feeling the vibrations

15:05:58 From Carolina McFarland To Everyone:

So beautiful!  Inviting the music in me to emerge.

15:06:20 From Darlene Deisinger To Everyone:

Hi Mona!

15:06:21 From Helen Wright To Everyone:

To play The Spring Air…

15:06:24 From Anna Boulic To Everyone:

11 years old sitting in a grand theatre next to my grandmother

15:06:25 From Kathy Rae To Everyone:

Can’t identify the first one. But within the last yeAr the creativity of combining story and music and creating something new.

15:06:49 From Lynne Lapidus To Everyone:

realizing in kindergarten that I COULD SING, and it seemed like I was the only kid who wasn’t mumbling. I COULD SING!

15:07:18 From FERN NELSON To Everyone::

Touching, I was transported to being a child shopping with my mom and going through isles touching fabric on the rack.  I learned to sew and quilt and am trying to transfer that total joy to music

15:07:20 From Pam Jurgens To Everyone:

Simply explore . Go on adventure trusting that there are no wrong notes 

Looking at harp like my grandchildren. Strings to explore… mystery adventure enjoying touch and vibrations inside me loving those vibrations

15:07:26 From Vera Stern To Everyone:

Connecting to a resonance and letting me follow that. Doesn’t matter where. I go..

15:07:33 From Sarah s To Everyone:

Curious and looking forward to a new path with my muse!

15:08:12 From Belinda Hunt To Everyone:

Dancing dust in the sunlight, fingers dancing with the dust and the “music” in my head swirling all around

15:08:15 From Melinda Ostrander-Aviles To Everyone:

I’m connecting with color…using my markers and exploring sound and color.

15:09:23 From Lesley Macleod To Everyone:

Hearing Julie Andrews sing ‘The Hills are alive’ and feeling that joy

15:10:31 From Pam Jurgens To Everyone:

Oh my! I always try to copy Deborah chords and sounds . Allow yourself the freedom to find your own patterns and motifs!

15:34:08 From Karen Peed To Everyone:

Dancing with my harp in graceful freedom.

15:34:21 From Elizabeth Teplin To Everyone:

There was such beauty in the simplicity. Moving away for a little while and coming back to it, like a touchstone or like home.

15:34:47 From Susan Haas To Everyone:

I “heard things” 🤓

15:34:50 From Joke Verdoold To Everyone:

Creating the feeling and combined patterns with just my left hand, felt so good.

15:35:16 From Cherrie Mooney To Everyone:

I like having a structure to start with, and then when I add notes, it sounds like it belongs.

15:35:16 From Pam Jurgens To Everyone:

Fascination with the simplicity of descending bass endless possibilities makes you listen carefully and you discover new things !,

15:36:53 From Betty Herloski To Everyone:

I’ve noticed how much freedom I have now to express myself since joining HHA. I now understand that playing my way is still real music

15:36:56 From Connie Ennis To Everyone:

this is so different.   I am not use to playing this way.   I keep wanting to look to see if I am playing the”right” strings!  I did enjoy the simpleness & beauty of the harp strings.

15:37:09 From Darlene Deisinger To Everyone:

I do like to copy other musicians – I want to play like professionals.  It is hard to let my music out!

15:37:09 From Jeffrey Heath To Everyone:

I am on the front porch; it’s a beautiful day and enjoying the peaceful experience.

15:37:11 From Laurie Grant To Everyone:

Like meditation, and deepening into the breath – your internal world opens to you; here, deepening into this simple structure opens your musical world to you. Beautiful experience.

15:37:36 From Pam Jurgens To Everyone:

Thank you Karen ! I wrote this down!

Dancing with harp is a whole new universe!, Beautiful words!,

15:37:42 From Bonnie Berk To Everyone:

Using these patterns with different rhythms was an interesting practice and could probably keep me exploring for a long time

15:37:43 From Kimberly Woods To Everyone:

I started off playing melody in the spaces of the bass line and then was able to just play notes over the bass line and realize that having the consistency of the baseline really gave me freedom

15:38:14 From Wendy Savage To Everyone:

Familiarity arrived and so did some experimentation and newness.  The structure was familiar but what I chose to play in my right allowed for some freedom of expression.  It was simple but it was so enjoyable. So many new possibilities.

15:39:08 From Jeffrey Heath To Everyone:

My wild cat loves it.

15:39:08 From Sarah s To Everyone:

discovered new sounds and patrons, I loved it.

15:39:55 From Pam Jurgens To Everyone:

Yes! Playing our way is real music!, Took me years to get that and the academy opens the doors of your heart and mind

15:40:12 From Olivia Berendsohn To Everyone:

I love working on a ‘pattern’ and then building from that 🙂

15:40:42 From Olivia Berendsohn To Everyone:

it’s like it starts becoming a ‘mantra’

15:41:26 From Vera Stern To Everyone:

Playing the “wrong” strings is a journey and accepting that the journey may bring new ideas, or new strings!! That’s composition!

15:42:51 From Susan Haas To Everyone:

Yes

15:42:59 From Joan Davidson To Everyone:

The simplicity of the musical structure seems to vibrate more intensely ‘within’ my own physical and emotional structure….than all the ‘fancy’ playing !

15:43:35 From Vera Stern To Everyone:

It’s confirmation of feelings and thoughts on music.

15:44:21 From Pam Jurgens To Everyone:

Yes! Let’s keep going!,

15:50:22 From Mary Law To Everyone:

I was worried I wouldn’t be able to count while trying to improvise. I turned my homework the first week I joined and realized the power of accountability & support from this amazing group. Best thing I’ve done for MYSELF in a long time!

15:52:53 From Mona Seering To Everyone:

I started because of 2561, and have never stopped learning and expanding, now practicing key modulation, so fun, a form of warm up every day with arpeggios and whatever comes. Then I try to focus. Lol

16:02:42 From TAMMY HALUN To Everyone:

code for discount is HHA-MUSE-2023

16:03:16 From Karen Peed To Everyone:

Can we re-up before our year is up?

16:04:30 From Caro Booth To Everyone:

I might have missed it, is there a challenge to introduce this quarter?

16:06:14 From Kathy Rae To Everyone:

When are the sessions held

16:06:22 From Wendy Savage To Everyone:

What’s the best way to contact you? Through the website “ask a question?”

16:07:19 From Joke Verdoold To Everyone:

What you can give me this course is extra attention to the left hand possibilities.

16:08:39 From TAMMY HALUN To Everyone:

Here is a link to the Ask a Question form https://www.hipharp.com/ask

16:08:45 From Darlene Deisinger To Everyone:

Thank you – Deborah.  It has been a great time.

16:09:54 From Mark Duncan To Everyone:

Thanks.  This was fun.

16:16:19 From faith Frankel To Everyone:

just a reminder it’s possible to pay monthly for a small fee

16:16:38 From Christine Van Arsdale To Everyone:

Thank you, thank you, DHC and everyone for your comments.

16:15:16 From TAMMY HALUN To Everyone:

Blog posts https://www.hipharp.com/blog/48230

16:15:40 From TAMMY HALUN To Everyone:

https://www.hipharp.com/blog/48216

16:16:07 From Elizabeth Teplin To Everyone:

Thank you, DHC. This was enlightening and fun.

16:16:25 From TAMMY HALUN To Everyone:

Blog 3 https://www.hipharp.com/blog/48247

16:17:31 From Karen Peed To Everyone:

What we’ve been talking about now is the richness of the Academy.

16:17:45 From Anne Horton To Everyone:

Yes – you are a super creative and natural coach Deborah!

16:18:01 From Vera Stern To Everyone:

I have a problem with imin of he afternoon class. Can we sar one half hour later? Have problem with iPad.

16:20:00 From Anne Horton To Everyone:

Oh yes – Angela McKinney is visiting Harpkeepers’ Book Club this month and we will be discussing her book “Untangle”.  It will be 3.30pm (Boston Time) on 19 January.  ALL WELCOME! Just send me your email address in the chat 🤩

16:20:34 From simonne To Everyone:

great!

16:20:40 From Betty Herloski To Everyone:

Also there are notes Tammy adds that summarizes the master classes – really great!,

16:21:02 From Kathy Rae To Everyone:

That is the tricky part. If you work you never get to be live.

16:21:26 From TAMMY HALUN To Everyone:

Angela Mckinney Untangle https://untangleandthrive.com/ – you can also get the book on Amazon for Kindle https://www.amazon.com/Untangle-Create-Possibilities-Through-Changes/dp/1956019413/ref=sr_1_1?crid=32WMGGL0B32GV&keywords=book+Untangle&qid=1666029323&sprefix=book+untangle%2Caps%2C152&sr=8-1

16:21:37 From Vera Stern To Everyone:

Anne, I didn’t he email on book club!

16:21:55 From Anne Horton To Everyone:

Harpkeepers’ Book Club email me annehhorton@gmail.com

16:32:54 From Stacie Link To Everyone:

Daily meditation again

16:33:14 From Mary Law To Everyone:

Having a morning/practice routine.

16:33:18 From Melinda Ostrander-Aviles To Everyone:

Daily improv

16:33:23 From Joke Verdoold To Everyone:

Keeping a steady line in doing things

16:33:24 From Karen Peed To Everyone:

Daily (timed) improv

16:33:30 From Betty Herloski To Everyone:

Practice patterns so I can play in different keys

16:33:33 From Cherie Maffey To Everyone:

Telling stories with harp

16:33:48 From felicity Collins To Everyone:

Lighting a candle each morning and writing

16:33:48 From Bonnie Berk To Everyone:

story telling wit my harp

16:33:56 From Elizabeth Teplin To Everyone:

Returning to daily meditation. Maybe meditating with my harp.

16:34:00 From Vera Stern To Everyone:

Tracking time is soo difficult, but using the qigong before I start playing is very valuable! Gives much energy.

16:34:41 From Gina Marie Wilson To Everyone:

To be able to play along with the 3;chord warm up in the academy library

16:34:57 From TAMMY HALUN To Everyone:

If you missed the handouts https://www.hipharp.com/academy/meet-your-muse-2023-hha/ – is the link to the home page for Meet Your Muse – The link to the handouts is at the bottom on the right hand side next to the Live training link

16:35:10 From Vera Stern To Everyone:

The impulse took me to the other strings automatically! That’s how I started composing.

16:35:43 From simonne To Everyone:

Breathing while playing the harp to connect with myself

16:37:03 From Deborah Hammock To Everyone:

thank you so much, this has been a delightful experience.

16:37:37 From Susan Haas To Everyone:

I work full time. This course is making me want to retire so I can do all of this undoing! 😉

16:37:47 From Karen Peed To Everyone:

More fab coaching in real time. Thank you, DHC.

16:38:09 From Wendy Savage To Everyone:

I want to practice music and technique so that I can embellish upon my improvisation.

16:39:54 From Anne Horton To Everyone:

I would love to play improv on the harp for at least 10 minutes every evening before I go to bed – this would have the added bonus of making me go to bed earlier! The goal here is to water the “seed” of self-expression.

16:40:48 From Helen Wright To Everyone:

So, I dream of joining the academy when I retire in a year or two. (Can’t now— Work is ridiculously demanding.) My hesitation is (this is a hard question to ask —fearing I might come across as rude and I don’t mean to so  here goes)… I’ve been a musician for 50 years and I know that blues and jazz really aren’t my thing.  But I know you & the academy have a lot to offer.  So… as a, & Christian worship leader & Celtic, Folk musician…how would I navigate through the academy?

16:41:11 From Wendy Savage To Everyone:

Thank you so so much!!!! Will see you on Monday!

16:41:21 From Melinda Ostrander-Aviles To Everyone:

Thank you DHC!

16:41:52 From Joke Verdoold To Everyone:

Sadly have to go, but thank you, this was an excellent start of the New Year.

16:42:06 From Joan Davidson To Everyone:

A treat as usual DHC

16:42:12 From Susan Haas To Everyone:

Thank you for an enriching time with music!

16:43:38 From Karen Peed To Everyone:

Gotta run! So nice to see everyone again!

16:44:50 From Terri Eskdale To Everyone:

i find navigating the website really hard too

16:45:38 From Melinda Ostrander-Aviles To Everyone:

Sorry, I have to run and get some things done.  Great seeing you all today!❤️

16:46:10 From Melinda Ostrander-Aviles To Everyone:

I think Helen left, but I sent her a message answering her question.

16:47:17 From Melinda Ostrander-Aviles To Everyone:

Looking forward to modal magic too!