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.

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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.