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Mary, Did You Know (Early-Intermediate) Course
Value: USD$195
Price: USD$45 *
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Mary, Did You Know (Early-Intermediate) Course
Value: USD$195
Price: USD$45 *
Members Price: 1 Credit SAVE!
“Mary, Did You Know?” is a well-known Christmas song filled with awe and hope of why we celebrate Christmas! Skills learned in this piece include lots of syncopated rhythms, rolled chords, a few lever changes, and quick placing of 4-finger shapes. This is a great piece to learn if you are looking for a bit of a challenge. We will break down those syncopated rhythms in the video course, and you’ll know them so well you could play them in your sleep!
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Difficulty level & Skills required
Early-Intermediate: (for the Mid-Beginner version click here). The left hand is fairly simple, but the tricky part is fitting the hands together with the syncopated melody in the right hand.
Type of harp
Big harp version is for 34 string lever harps or larger. Small harp version is for C-C 22 string harps or larger.
Range
Big harp version: Lowest note is E two octaves below middle C, highest note is C two octaves above middle C.
Small harp version: Lowest note is D almost an octave below middle C, highest note is C two octaves above middle C.
Levers/Pedals
Several G# lever changes.
What’s included?
Video Course with multiple lessons to learn “Mary, Did You Know?” (Early-Intermediate).
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Lou Rae Langevin (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course immensely and went through it in 3 days. I still need a lot of practice, as the arrangement is quite complex, but as it is such fun to play that is no hardship. The extensive syncopation is tricky, but it’s also a lot of fun and creates the mood of the piece. This is marvelous practice if you have taken the Reading Sheet Music course — complex rhythm, lots of symbols, etc. I agree with the comment below that Carrie’s teaching style is different from Christy-Lyn’s, but it’s equally good — just different. When she first starts a section, Carrie runs through the notes very fast indeed. Don’t worry, that first bit is really more of a demonstration and seems to be designed for students who will learn primarily from the sheet music. The remaining lessons in the section break everything down carefully with lots of practice tips and close-ups of the fingers, in the style of teaching we expect from LTH. If you like the song, and you haven’t tried this course yet, you are in for a treat.
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Jean Moxley (verified owner) –
I have loved this arrangement and have played it almost constantly since starting to learn it. I found the movement exercises that Carrie taught to internalize the rhythm extremely helpful.
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