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10 simple ‘go to‘ ideas when writing tunes!

During this FAIRPLAY IMMERSION I share some of my favourite tried and tested tricks I have used over the years for writing tunes for students and myself to play. I  promised to share my 10 favourite go to ideas in this IMMERSION so we will look at getting started – what is your inspiration/purpose, choosing you pedal/lever set up, making mud pie (yes you read that correctly), starting from chords, starting from melody, starting from rhythm, melody shaping hacks,  adding accompaniment, choosing the form and saving your ideas!

I am also extreamly excited to share with you a brand new piece called Jigsaw II. This is very unusual as it calls on the harpist to choose which parts of the music to use and the order that they will be played in. It can be put together in many different ways. Will you choose and introduction? Rondo form? To modulate to the dominant? To play in the relative minor? To add a coda? Or any other options! The purpose of this is to gain practical experience putting together a piece, trying it in many different ways until you are really happy with the way it sounds, exactly as you can with your own compositions.

 This short course includes:

• • Let’s Warm Up
  • 1. What is your inspiration/purpose
  • 2. Choosing a pedal/lever set up
  • 3. Making mud pie (yes you read that correctly)
  • 4. Starting from chords
  • 5. Starting from melody
  • 6. Starting from rhythm
  • 7. Melody shaping hacks
  • 8. Adding accompaniment
  • 9. Choosing a form
  • 10.Saving your ideas
  • Working with Jigsaw II

Online short Course

This course will initially be delivered live on Sunday 17th July 2022 over a 2 hour time slot 3PM-5PM GMT+1/BST. The edited videos for each section, sheet music and full Zoom replay will be available a few days after the live course.

This course is similar to one week of the START HARP  or Flourishing Harpist 12 week intensive online courses for beginner to upper intermediate harpists. Full details on www.FairplayHarpSchool.com

“Great immersion! As usual, Shelley went above and beyond.” Rebecca Blakeney, a START HARP  Level 1, 2 and 3 graduate!)

This course is aimed at advanced beginner to advanced intermediate level harpists. To be honest as 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 able to take this course. Simplification and extension ideas are offered as we go along so lots to keep everyone busy!

You will have 12 months access to these videos and materials.

Full price for this one off IMMERSION is £35. 

If you prefer you can subscribe to my Patreon account (Tier 4) where you pay a monthly fee to access the monthly IMMERSIONS along with various other benefits including monthly live Q & A sessions. Full details here: https://www.patreon.com/ShelleyFairplay

Thank you everyone,

With very best wishes,

Shelley Fairplay

When you sign up you will automatically receive a confirmation on email from this website, I will then manually let you into the course and send a personal email once you are in. 

Comments from students who have attended previous 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 Spiraling 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…