Oh boy. I wish I’d seen this tutorial sooner. I think I’ve been making this mistake all along. I now have to retrain my brain. It makes complete sense and I hadn’t even realised I was doing it. The hazards of not having a real live harp teacher available to you. 😏. I’m still not brave enough to attempt online lessons. 😕 I just have to thank you for your excellent tuition on You Tube. 🙏
I have been resisting this ‘brackets’ concept because (a) it seems easier to memorize a piece if I have just a few set hand positions, within which each finger is responsible for one string, like on the piano, and (b) I feel like it over-uses the thumb and pointer, and makes the entire hand fly further distances than necessary. But it must be wisdom coming down from the ages, so I will try to apply it. Your explanation is very clear, and the idea of NOT over-placing / over-dampening, makes sense.
I find it's an absolutely fundamental technique alongside the closing of the fingers. It's well worth to get to grips with it from the beginning with these simple patterns one handed. The real fun starts when you need to coordinate different placings in both hands, it's like rubbing your head and tum in opposite circles! The Maria Grossi 'Metodo per Arpa' is very good for building up this technique in slow increments.
I’m a beginner and have been making all these mistakes.🙈 I thought I was being more efficient getting as many fingers placed as possible, especially when replaying the same bracket. Will start practicing this way before it becomes a bad habit. Thank you!
This is incredibly helpful! I’ve noted the brackets on music represented placement, but was always confused about the placement indicative of overlapping brackets! Thank you so much for your inspiration and leadership! And for the tips. 😉
In Bach's Prelude, when going fast, do we always place the second triad before playing it, or do we play the lower note (second iteration) as we place the upper two? Going by the logic of letting strings ring, how much should we delay the placement...?
Very helpful! It's great to know WHY the fingering is done and notated in certain ways. Great demonstration, Josh. Thank you so much!
Oh boy. I wish I’d seen this tutorial sooner. I think I’ve been making this mistake all along. I now have to retrain my brain. It makes complete sense and I hadn’t even realised I was doing it. The hazards of not having a real live harp teacher available to you. 😏. I’m still not brave enough to attempt online lessons. 😕 I just have to thank you for your excellent tuition on You Tube. 🙏
I have been resisting this ‘brackets’ concept because (a) it seems easier to memorize a piece if I have just a few set hand positions, within which each finger is responsible for one string, like on the piano, and (b) I feel like it over-uses the thumb and pointer, and makes the entire hand fly further distances than necessary. But it must be wisdom coming down from the ages, so I will try to apply it. Your explanation is very clear, and the idea of NOT over-placing / over-dampening, makes sense.
I find it's an absolutely fundamental technique alongside the closing of the fingers. It's well worth to get to grips with it from the beginning with these simple patterns one handed. The real fun starts when you need to coordinate different placings in both hands, it's like rubbing your head and tum in opposite circles!
The Maria Grossi 'Metodo per Arpa' is very good for building up this technique in slow increments.
I’m a beginner and have been making all these mistakes.🙈 I thought I was being more efficient getting as many fingers placed as possible, especially when replaying the same bracket. Will start practicing this way before it becomes a bad habit. Thank you!
Thank you Josh, I teach this a lot too....!
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This is incredibly helpful! I’ve noted the brackets on music represented placement, but was always confused about the placement indicative of overlapping brackets! Thank you so much for your inspiration and leadership! And for the tips. 😉
How about using the fingering 4 2 1 3 2 1 in the first example? So when placing the first g there is still a finger left to place on c.
In Bach's Prelude, when going fast, do we always place the second triad before playing it, or do we play the lower note (second iteration) as we place the upper two?
Going by the logic of letting strings ring, how much should we delay the placement...?
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