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4 DAY COURSE: Sat / Sun / Mon / Tue 9.00am-10.30am
TUTOR: Rebecca Hill
LEVEL: Intermediate/Advanced (see brochure p23 for explanation)
TEACHING METHOD – E+M: Teaching will initially be by ear with written music given out during the session.

Accompanying fiddle, bagpipes or another harp, is great fun.  It allows freedom to experiment with expressive harmonies and rich basslines, as well as an opportunity to showcase a percussive and rhythmic drive well-suited to the harp.  In this course we will look at flowing chord sequences and the importance of responding to the shape of the melody alongside techniques and punchy rhythmic patterns that can be used for jigs and reels.  

4 DAY COURSE: Sat / Sun / Mon / Tue 9.00am-10.30am
TUTOR: Deborah Henson-Conant
LEVEL: Mixed Ability (see brochure p23 for explanation)
TEACHING METHOD – E+M: Teaching will initially be by ear with written music given out during the session.

Learning the Blues teaches you more about patterns, improvisation and spontaneous ensemble playing than any other form of music. Blues can be upbeat, slow or simple,  but the best part of Blues is that it’s a great type of music to play in mixed ability settings.  You’ll learn how to quickly find a Blues scale in different keys, how to play crunches and how to bend notes. You will also learn to swing the rhythm, and to create melodic, accompaniment and bassline patterns and learn a simplified version of DHC’s popular “New Blues” on which you can improvise, so the next time someone says “Wanna Jam?” you can say – “Let’s Play the Blues!”.

4 DAY COURSE: Sat / Sun / Mon / Tue 9.00am-10.30am
TUTOR: Tarab Trio
LEVEL: Mixed Ability (see brochure p23 for explanation)
TEACHING METHOD – E+M: Teaching will initially be by ear with written music given out during the session.

Paintings and poems show that harps were in use in Arab and Ottoman music until the end of the 17th century. In this course we will bring them back as we learn some catchy tunes from the Middle East. From Anatolia to the shores of Aegean Sea, join us and take the chance to play your harp along with the sound of the Persian santur (hammered dulcimer) and the Kurdish saz (long-necked lute), a hundred strings interweaving and creating a magic soundscape.

4 DAY COURSE: Sat / Sun / Mon / Tue 1.00pm-2.30pm
TUTOR: Tom Daun
LEVEL: Intermediate (see brochure p23 for explanation)
TEACHING METHOD – E+M: Teaching will initially be by ear with written music given out during the session.

Rustic dance tunes of the 18th century villages and rural areas. All over Europe amateur musicians wrote down their favourite melodies and many of them sound wonderful on harp. So come and join Tom as he looks into these sources and teaches some of his favourite Danish, French and German dance tunes.

4 DAY COURSE: Sat / Sun / Mon / Tue 1.00pm-2.30pm
TUTOR: Rachel Hair
LEVEL: Intermediate/Advanced (see brochure p23 for explanation)
TEACHING METHOD – E+M: Teaching will initially be by ear with written music given out during the session.

It’s time to pack your bag, get your harp and go on a celtic coach trip! Your tour guide Rachel will take you on a musical journey around the Celtic countries most easily accessed with a harp (flight cases not required!). We’ll be in Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, and we may even take a ferry to an a-MAN-zing 4th location. We’ll learn a tune a day from each of our stops, working first on melody before adding in left hand, all whilst learning how that tune fits into its country’s culture.

4 DAY COURSE: Sat / Sun / Mon / Tue 1.00pm-2.30pm
TUTOR: Deborah Henson-Conant
LEVEL: Intermediate/Advanced (see brochure p23 for explanation)
TEACHING METHOD – E+M: Teaching will initially be by ear with written music given out during the session.

Deborah Henson-Conant’s “Baroque Flamenco” combines a classical rondo with rhythmic improvisation, fiery strumming techniques, billowing arpeggios and percussive punctuation in a harp show-stopper that pits the powerful ‘Mexican Triple Waltz” rhythm against a Classical minuet. This iconic piece can look daunting on the page – but instead of learning note-by-note from the sheet music, in this class, the composer breaks it down for you, so you can build a version that plays to your strengths and passions.

4 DAY COURSE: Sat / Sun / Mon / Tue 1.00pm-2.30pm
TUTOR: Neil Wood
LEVEL: Mixed Ability (see brochure p23 for explanation)
TEACHING METHOD – E+M: Teaching will initially be by ear with written music given out during the session.

Have you ever wanted to play in a traditional music session, or taken your harp to a session and felt lost? Unlock the joy of playing your harp in a session with this course which will cover all aspects of session-playing including session etiquette, finding the key, dual-handed accompaniment, accompanying tunes you don’t know and leading a set. After class, participants can try out their new skills in EIHF evening and slow lunchtime sessions.