FAIRPLAY IMMERSION – Christmas 2021

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FAIRPLAY CHRISTMAS IMMERSION 2021

Online short Course  

This course was initially delivered live on 12th December 2021 3PM-5PM GMT, following the live delivery, the course will be available as a set of video lessons and sheet music downloads in online learning platform Ruzuku.

Have you sorted your Christmas party piece this year?! If not come and join a merry band of fellow harp enthusiasts at this years FAIRPLAY CHRISTMAS IMMERSION to help you prepare! In this online course, we look at ‘See, Amid the Winter’s Snow’ (including original countermelody), ‘I Saw Three Ships’ and finish off with a little peek at a little swing time Christmas tune I have written called  ‘Have You Heard’ where I will show you (by ear) how get the most out of the bass-line, using chords from the lead sheet.

As a little technique focus for this course, we will be working on how to make our baselines sound loud and clear to support to the melody and be a beautiful foundation for all harmony to ring out over this Christmas! I know this isn’t a glamours or particularly exiting sounding technique fours, but it really is an idea that will help your playing sparkle this Christmas (and all year round)!

In this short course we will:

• Overview the three pieces 
• Warm up – A festive warm up? More bells of course!
• Everyday Exercises for ‘See, Amid the Winter’s Snow’ 
• Overview of ‘See, Amid the Winter’s Snow’ (including original countermelody)
• Technique focus, time for your base line to sparkle?!
• Everyday Exercises for ‘I Saw Three Ships’ 
• Overview of ‘I Saw Three Ships’ 
• Swing-time Tune ‘Have You Heard’, baseline/ accompaniment ideas by ear

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 referring to Christmas IMMERSION 2018 (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 12th December 2021 3PM-5PM GMT, 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 etiher 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 work on Traditional Christmas tunes:

• In this short course we will:
  • Overview the three pieces 
  • Warm up – A festive warm up? More bells of course!
  • Everyday Exercises for ‘See, Amid the Winter’s Snow’ 
  • Overview of ‘See, Amid the Winter’s Snow’ (including original countermelody)
  • Technique focus, time for your base line to sparkle?!
  • Everyday Exercises for ‘I Saw Three Ships’ 
  • Overview of ‘I Saw Three Ships’ 
  • Swing-time Tune ‘Have You Heard’, baseline/ accompaniment ideas by ear

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…