THE BIG CHRISTMAS PLAY ALONG! FAIRPLAY IMMERSION DECEMBER 2022

Description

The Big Christmas Play Along –

Including the Top 5 JUST JOIN IN Ideas! 

 IMMERSION DECEMBER 2022

Online short Course  – Attend live or watch replay anytime

This course will initially be delivered live on Sunday 18th December 2022 1PM-3PM GMT (please note this is 2 hours earlier than the usual IMMERSION time slot).  Following the live delivery the course will be available as a set of video lessons and sheet music downloads in online learning platform Ruzuku.

The Big Christmas Play Along – IMMERSION DECEMBER 2022

Ever had to sit out and not play your harp at a session you didn’t feel ready to join in? Maybe you felt everyone was playing too fast or the music seemed too complicated? Perhaps you have experienced the opposite, where you have sat out playing a simple tune as it didn’t feel enough for you enjoy playing? 

Well, all I want for Christmas is… for you to happily be enjoying playing festive tunes with friends and THRIVING with the skill set you have RIGHT NOW! The ideas we explore and test out during this session will of course work for the festive season and also for anytime of year! 

In this final Fairplay Harp School IMMERSION of 2022 for the Fairplay Harp School I am excited to present to you ‘THE BIG CHRISTMAS PLAY ALONG’.  During the first half of the session we will warm up using a dominant 7th chord to exploring thriving at our individual levels, we then explore my TOP 5 ‘JUST JOIN IN’ go to ideas including simplification and expansion suggestions, we practice making ‘at sight’ decisions on what you will / will not play when in a ‘joining in’ play along situation, overview the ways you can play the harp from non-harp scores and explore our mindset during unplanned music making sessions. 

During the second half of the session we will embrace joyful imperfect music making with the BIG CHRISTMAS PLAY ALONG covering O Little Town of Bethlehem, Deck the Halls, We Three Kings, The Holly and the Ivy, The First Nowell, Silent Night, O Christmas Tree and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen! Sounds ambitious?! Of course not when you are equipped with my TOP 5 ‘JUST JOIN IN’ go to ideas!

I cannot wait, what a wonderful way to celebrate the end of the year! 

For this session you will be provided with lead sheets for the pieces below, which are in the keys of F major, G major, C major and E minor. 

Suitable for pedal and lever harps, if you have a lap harp without levers and are happy to retune 1 or two strings to Bb or F# for the tunes that need them then this course will be suitable for you. 

• The First Nowell
• Silent Night 
• O Christmas Tree
• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 
• O Little Town of Bethlehem 
• Deck the Halls 
• We Three Kings
• The Holly and the Ivy

We will not explore working with transposing instruments during this session, please take a look at the 2020 ‘Let’s Sparkle Together’ to explore that further: https://startharp.com/product/christmas/

In this short course we will:

• Overview of the pieces and course
• Warm up – Exploring a dominant 7th chord for fledglings to professional level
• Explore my TOP 5 ‘JUST JOIN IN’ go to ideas including simplification and expansion suggestions
• Practice making ‘at sight’ decisions on what you will / will not play when in a ‘joining in’ play along situation.
• Overview the ways you can play the harp from non-harp scores
• Explore our mindset during unplanned music making sessions
• Embrace joyful imperfect music making with the BIG CHRISTMAS PLAY ALONG, where we will play along thriving together the following tunes: O Little Town of Bethlehem, Deck the Halls, We Three Kings, The Holly and the Ivy, The First Nowell, Silent Night, O Christmas Tree and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen!

This course is similar to one week of the 12 week intensive online courses I offer, full details are available on www.FairplayHarpSchool.com

“Great immersion! As usual, Shelley went above and beyond. We’re now ready for Christmas and have some fantastic techniques and insights for glissandos and improv to use all the year through.” Rebecca Blakeney (START HARP Level 1, 2 and 3 graduate!)

Following the same ethos and delivery style as my 12 week courses, we look at playing from sheet music, improvising and playing by ear all with an underlying focus on a good strong playing technique.

This course is aimed at beginner to advanced intermediate level harpists. So long as you can read treble and bass clef at least a little bit and can play with all four fingers (and turn) you will be ready to take this course. Simplification and extension ideas are offered as we go along so lots to keep everyone busy!

This course will initially be delivered live on Sunday 18th December 2022 1PM-3PM GMT (please note 2 hour earlier start time than usual IMMERSION time slot), following the live delivery the course will be available as a set of video lessons and sheet music downloads in online learning platform Ruzuku.

The videos, along with some explanatory text and sheet music downloads for you to print out and keep will be available for 12 months after delivery for you to access at anytime.

When you sign up you will automatically receive a confirmation on email. Approximately 24 hours before the course you will be sent a link to the online classroom and to the online meeting. If you do not receive either email in this timeframe please check your spam/junk file and if it is not hiding there email me on info@harpwales.com

In this short course we will:

• Overview of the pieces and course
• Warm up – Exploring a dominant 7th chord for fledglings to professional level
• Explore my TOP 5 ‘JUST JOIN IN’ go to ideas including simplification and expansion suggestions
• Practice making ‘at sight’ decisions on what you will / will not play when in a ‘joining in’ play along situation.
• Overview the ways you can play the harp from non-harp scores
• Explore our mindset during unplanned music making sessions
• Embrace joyful music making with the BIG CHRISTMAS PLAY ALONG, where we will play along thriving together the following tunes: O Little Town of Bethlehem, Deck the Halls, We Three Kings, The Holly and the Ivy, The First Nowell, Silent Night, O Christmas Tree and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen!

Full price FAIRPLAY IMMERSION is £35 or you can subscribe to LEVEL 4 Patreon account to access each monthly course and many other benefits, click >>HERE<< for full details. 

Here are some comments from students who tried the last IMMERSION:

• Insider info…..don’t miss it but prepare yourself to be bombarded with info in the nicest possible way
• Don’t miss it! And don’t be surprised if you feel overwhelmed if you do it live. Shelley basically fits a full week of Start Harp into 2 hours, so it’s a lot to take in live — but then you can go back and work with the videos as you’re already used to doing in Start Harp. Or you can miss the live bit and just do the videos afterward. I did my best learning of Spiralling Shoots after the fact, when my brain was quiet and I could hear myself think and appreciate what I was playing.
• I couldn’t join live so learnt it from the recordings, which are great.
• I was glad to be on the live presentation, although it was early in the morning. However, due to more pressing priorities, I tabled my practice efforts for a future time—hopefully, in September. That is a benefit of the Immersion structure. Sign up for the class and add to your repertoire when you are ready.
• I also saw it in the replay. It’s great to be able to go over everything slowly…