
Kick off your harp journey with beginner-friendly video lessons and refresher content for all players. Use attached PDA resources and PTF links to maximize progress and enjoy making music.
Learn harp tuning fundamentals, from dampening overtones with towels or felt to using a tuning key and tuner apps, aiming for pitch accuracy at zero.
Set up your harp studio by arranging a stable hard-surface playing area, placing the harp and stool properly, and gathering tuning key, tuner, metronome, and music.
Explore the differences between lap, lever, and pedal harps, with guidance on price ranges, features like levers and pedals, and rental or purchase options based on your goals and budget.
Discover a curated list of music books, exercises, theory resources, and conditioning methods for beginner to intermediate harpists, including Alfreds essentials of music theory and online flashcards.
Learn sitting technique for the harp, using an adjustable bench or chair, with feet flat and heels on the ground, and the harp resting between knees and shoulder.
Explore the parts of the harp, including the soundboard, base, column, neck, and the seven pedal levers and mechanisms that change pitch.
Explore how harp strings are colored—red, white, and black—as a quick roadmap. High pitches come from shorter top strings; lower tones from longer bottom strings, nylon, gut, and wire.
Master harp technique by keeping arms parallel to the floor, wrists bent, and fingers closing into the palm with relaxed tension. Pluck with fingertips; keep thumbs high and pinky aligned.
Learn to raise on the harp to project sound, release tension, and connect phrases with a relaxed, rhythmic arc from knuckles toward the next chord.
Release unnecessary tension in harp technique with mindful practice, posture, breathing, and relaxed shoulders. Practice slow, checklist-based exercises to prevent tendonitis and repetitive strain, helping you enjoy playing.
Learn harp finger numbers for beginners by using the thumb, index, middle, and ring fingers labeled 1 through 4. Avoid the pinky and read fingering under notes in harp music.
Learn to play the harp with the right hand's second finger on middle-C strings in treble clef, practicing four-beat measures with quarter notes across exercises 1-5, keeping round knuckles.
Practice the right hand second finger exercise in treble clef, starting at middle C and ascending a C scale in 4/4, with quarter notes and focused eye motion.
Learn Mary had a little lamb on the harp using the right hand second finger, starting above middle C, with a technique checklist, closing, raising, and focused repetition.
Practice right hand second finger only exercise #2 on harp, tracing stepwise motions from middle c up to e and f with careful hand position and smooth plucking.
Practice right hand, second finger only, with skips in exercise #3 of harp for beginners 1.0. Move from C to E and back, then continue up to C.
Learn to play Yankee Doodle on the harp with the right-hand second finger on middle C, following a technique checklist for relaxed fingers, wrist in, and arm off the soundboard.
Practice left-hand second finger on middle C with two exercises. Play four-beat notes, then quarter notes, tracing stepwise C to C, and focus on smooth raises and proper palm closure.
Practice twinkle twinkle little star in the bass clef with the left hand's second finger, following a relaxed posture checklist for harp technique. Repeat measures slowly, watch your hands.
Practice left hand second finger only in a bass clef c scale exercise, moving stepwise from starting C upward through the scale, with quarter and half notes and palm closure.
Learn the left-hand second finger technique for London Bridge is Falling Down on the harp, starting on G below middle C, with a technique checklist guiding small-section practice.
Practice left-hand second finger only exercise #2 on the harp, moving stepwise from C below middle C up to E, then back down to A, with two passes and muffling.
Practice hands together with the second fingers on middle C and the low C, coordinating right and left hands across exercises one to three. Maintain relaxed technique.
Learn precise harp finger technique by placing the second finger on middle C and the thumb on D, following bracket patterns, and practicing exercises 1–4 slowly, hands separately then together.
Learn to use repair points to dissect a piece, placing points labeled a and b every two measures, practice hands separately then together, repeat mindfully, and gradually increase tempo.
Learn how brackets guide harp fingerings in beginner music, placing fingers on strings before playing and refining technique with rounded knuckles and mindful wrist position.
Learn the wooden shoe dance in 3/4 time as hands mirror in octaves, count 1-2-3, and apply finger brackets and technique checks for precise harp rhythm.
Learn the cuckoo this beginner harp lesson uses left and right hands with first and second fingers in 3/4 time, focusing on note placement, brackets, and small-section practice.
Master the harp's third finger with a technique checklist—rounded knuckles, space between thumb and second finger, wrists angled in, arms off the soundboard—and practice on notes like C and G.
In this Westminster bells lesson, practice playing with three fingers on the right hand, with hands together, while looking ahead and placing quickly to let notes ring.
Practice with a metronome to control tempo, count one measure before entry, and gradually increase tempo using four-four, half notes, and quarter notes across three-four.
learn the ladder, a third-finger harp piece for beginners, focusing on hand placement, relaxed technique, and playing one hand while the other follows a steady 3/4 rhythm.
Learn the right-hand harp techniques for Michael Row Your Boat Ashore in C major, focusing on treble-clef fingering, posture, and slow, deliberate practice with pattern-based repetition.
Learn to play the harp today!
This course will teach you:
- Set up your studio to start learning
- How to Tune
- How to play the harp with the best technique for success
- How to play with your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd finger
- Learn to play hands separately then together
- Learn how to play with the metronome
- Learn to play many songs by the end of the course.
This course was created with you in mind. Get expert instruction at a fraction of the price. Best of all, go at your pace. Take the time you want to watch each video, skip, or repeat any section you like.
Elizabeth emphasizes a solid foundation in technique so you continue to watch your placements and playing, making sure your technique is relaxed and comfortable.
This course offers you the ability to learn how to play the harp. Learn from Elizabeth Louise, graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy, with her Bachelors in Harp Performance and Masters of Arts in Music: Harp Performance. Elizabeth has been teaching students of all ages for over 15 years. This course will not only give you the best launching pad, but help you with technique, music theory, and playing your favorite tunes.