Harmonics on the Harp
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2024
- This video is a thorough explanation of harmonics on the harp, covering what a harmonic is, how to play harmonics with the left and right hands, and some special situations, such as playing two harmonics at once with the same hand. A pedal harp is used throughout, but all concepts are also applicable to the lever harp.
Exercises in Harmonics for the Pedal Harp by Jacqueline Pollauf is available as a PDF download: www.harpinsideout.com/product...
Also available as a hard copy through Amazon: www.amazon.com/Exercises-Harm...
Exercises in Harmonics for the Lever Harp by Jacqueline Pollauf is available as PDF download: www.harpinsideout.com/product...
Also available as a hard copy through Amazon: www.amazon.com/Exercises-Harm...
00:00 Introduction
1:09 What a Harmonic Is
3:17 Playing Harmonics with the Left Hand
6:07 Playing Harmonics with the Right Hand
7:49 General Considerations in Playing Harmonics
11:10 General Considerations for Composers
13:19 Special Situations (Playing a harmonic and natural note at the same time; playing two harmonics simultaneously; playing three harmonics simultaneously
18:04 Conclusion
Jacqueline Pollauf is a professional harpist based in Baltimore, Maryland. She regularly publishes videos in a variety of categories: solo works, instructional videos, harp repair and maintenance, and inspirational videos for young harpists.
Recordings are available through all major music outlets, including Apple Music, Spotify, and Amazon.
More information about Jacqueline is available at her website: www.jpharp.com/. Here you can sign up for her mailing list, find out about upcoming performances, and learn about online harp lessons and workshops.
Visit Jacqueline’s informational harp website, www.harpinsideout.com/, for a wealth of informative articles and videos about the harp. Sheet music of Jacqueline’s exercises and arrangements is available for purchase here as well.
This is an incredibly helpful and interesting discussion of harmonics. I can't wait to see the books. Thank you!
Thanks very much, and thanks for watching!
I've been working on Carol of the Bells and there are 4 harmonics at the end and it was driving me nuts. THIS makes so much sense! Thank you for explaining it so clearly!!!
I'm so glad this helped! Harmonics can indeed be infuriating.
this is most helpful. thank you so much. i'm a self-taught lever harpist. appreciate your sharing these techniques.
My pleasure! I'm glad you found the video helpful!
Great instruction, thank you!
You're welcome!
Thank you so much for this information! This was the best demonstration and explanation on harp harmonics I've ever heard.
Thanks so much! I'm glad to hear it.
Hello Jacqueline! I’m not a harpist, but play guitar and have been practicing “harp harmonics” for about 5-6 years now. For me, it’s without question the most beautiful guitar technique. I came across this video because I wanted to check out harp harmonics on an actual harp. Keep on playing - your music is fantastic!
Thanks so much! So when you play "harp harmonics" on the guitar do you use one hand or two? I can't play the guitar, but in messing around I've discovered that I can play a harmonic on the guitar if I sit the guitar vertically on my lap and use my harp technique.
You’re welcome! Since I’m right handed, I use my index finger and thumb of that hand to pluck the harmonic, and then the ring finger to play the regular note afterward. That’s the gist of HH on the guitar - alternating harmonic and natural notes. I use my left hand to hold down the strings and make chords. On the guitar, whatever note on any string you hold down, a harmonic can be produced exactly 12 frets above by plucking it using the index finger/thumb. After watching your video, harmonics seem a lot more challenging on the harp because you have to play them right in the middle of any given string, then account for using the pedals.
I actually posted a short video earlier today playing a G Major scale using HH: ua-cam.com/video/xG7Q4Rq_dNE/v-deo.html
Take care! 😊
@@gelguitarist Having frets to find the harmonic sounds so helpful! I will try not to be too jealous. The harp harmonics sounded beautiful in the video you shared. Thanks so much for sharing all of this info and best wishes!
Thanks for the kind words Jacqueline, and best wishes to you! One more thing - Tommy Emmanuel is one of the best guitarists in the world, and a true master of harp harmonics. Here’s one of his videos you might like with him performing Somewhere Over the Rainbow with some great HH at the beginning.
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@@gelguitarist I just watched the video, and that is amazing! How beautiful. I love the sound of the harp harmonics (perhaps not surprisingly!)
This is so helpful! Thank you!
Thank you so much for this great video!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
So helpful thank you I will definitely review this when I get to the advanced playing
Glad you found it helpful, and good luck in your playing!
Jacqueline, Thank you. This is a wonderful, complete and helpful lesson of harmonics.
Thank you! I'm so glad you found it be helpful. Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much! Very helpful video for composers! :)
You're welcome! Glad you found it helpful!
so helpful, thank you! working on the Clair de Lune for lever harp!
Thank you, and I hope it's going well for you!
Very instructive video, thank you very much !
My pleasure! Thanks for watching!
Thanks so much for your presentation - it has helped me immensely. I also found your book and purchased it!
So glad you found this useful and thanks for purchasing my book!
i am a pianist and i loved this video ! thank you for the excellent explanation
I'm so glad to hear you loved this video! Harmonics on the harp are such a beautiful technique.
Thank you!
You're welcome!
this was so helpful, thank you!!
Glad you found it help! Thanks for watching.
Congratulations Very nice video !!! it help me very much, very interesting. Thank you !
I'm glad you found it interesting and helpful! Thanks for watching!
thankyou - you are a very good teacher
My pleasure - thanks for watching!
Also very nice Harp !!!
Hello Jacqueline,
Very interesting,
I will put video link on the private page of my students !
See you on the next video !
Take care !
Eve
Hi Eve - thanks so much for watching and sharing with your students! I appreciate it! Best wishes to you.
Thank you so much!!! ❤❤❤
You're welcome!
Now I compose for the harp. Your videos really help to understand the possibilities and depth of this instrument. Thank you again and I wish you all the very best! 🙏🏽❤️❤️❤️
@@DmitryTimofeev I'm so pleased this is helpful in your composition. Good luck to yoU!
Excellent video. My instrument is piano but I am writing a piece for harp. Has anyone invented something you could put on the harp (like a sort of damper? (I don't know if damper is the right term for this) to hold down all of the strings of the harp at their half way points) so that you could play an entire piece of music using overtones without having to press your hand on each note where the overtones are to be played? Ah, I just found that they have such a thing for guitar. It is called a harmonic capo which is a bar that goes over the strings of a guitar, pressing on the full range of strings and thereby allowing a person to play harmonics above the bar on those strings. Would they have such a thing for harp?
That's great to hear that you're writing a piece for harp and that you found this video helpful! I do not know of anything like a harmonic capo for the harp. I think it would be a challenge with how many strings are on the instrument, and the fact that the position of the harmonics keeps shifting depending on whether the string is in flat, natural, or sharp. However, maybe there's someone out there working on it!
is these harmnics ones what called natural harmonics ? becouse there is also articical ones. what i understand are also possible with harp. i need know becouse if i notate music i of course need know which technique produces sound what i mean.
Natural and artificial harmonics are a guitar rather than a harp technique. These are harmonics that sound an octave higher than the string played.
@@JacquelinePollauf then they are natural ones i get info also elsewhere. then how dorico contros now i think vsl sample library is wrong. uses artical harmonics notation. earlier used natural one but at least last time i feel not work anymore i going check again. and inform them.