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Guide to Course Levels & Teaching Method

Course Levels

  • Beginner: You have no experience of playing the harp.
  • Post-Beginner: You took last year’s beginners’ class, have had relatively few lessons and/or require help with basic technique.
  • Elementary: You can already perform simple tunes, require further help in consolidating basic technique and wish to work slowly and carefully.
  • Intermediate: You already have good technique and can work at a moderate pace.
  • Advanced: Your technique is good and you wish to stretch yourself.
  • Mixed Ability: For all levels, except Beginner or Post-beginner.

For further advice about course levels please contact us on +44 (0) 131 445 2022

Teaching Method

  • E: teaching will be by ear with no written music given out
  • E+M: teaching will be by ear with written music given out during or at the end of the class or course
  • M: teaching will be from written music
  • M+E: written music will be given at the start of each course. Teaching methods will be sympathetic to all levels of skill in reading music.
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Start:
Sunday April 1st, 11:15 am
End:
Sunday April 1st, 12:15 pm
Cost:
£8 each or 4 for £28
Event Code:
W5
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Category:
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Experimental Harp / Rhodri Davies

Rhodri DaviesThis will be an illustrated talk and workshop about experimental and free improvisation practice on the harp. The talk will cover some or all of the following topics: solo and group improvisation; wind, fire and water installations; the prepared harp (use of bows, EBows and objects to activate the strings); the commissioning of new music for the harp (including open scores, graphic notation and works that combine improvisation and notation) and acoustic and electric harp improvisation.

 

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