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What Child Is This / Greensleeves Course
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What Child Is This / Greensleeves Course
Value: USD$195
Price: USD$45 *
Members Price: 1 Credit SAVE!
What Child Is This: This lovely Christmas tune works so well on the harp, and can be played in front of the Christmas tree or at church events. It is set to the old tune of Greensleeves.
Greensleeves is a traditional English melody that people associate with the Renaissance. It creates a haunting atmosphere…some pieces just sound really old, and this is one of them! This arrangement is the simplest possible version with a left hand part, so you can play it even if you’ve recently started playing the harp.
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Difficulty level & Skills required
Mid-Beginner: It consists of a simple melody in the right hand and slow, single-note accompaniment in the left hand. All 4 fingers are used and simple brackets are included.
Type of Harp
20 string harp (E to G) and anything bigger. G to G 22 string harps will not reach the bottom notes
Range
Lowest note is E, less than an octave below middle C. Highest note is G, an octave and a half above middle C
Levers/Pedals
The piece is in the key of A minor (no levers needed). No pedal or lever changes are included
What‘s Included?
Video Course with multiple lessons to learn Greensleeves/What Child Is This?
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Andrea Diamond –
I’m in the final week of the Harp Beginnings 6wk course, and wanted to give this song a try. It was actually so simple to learn! Even easier than the last song we learned in the course, Behind the Flames. It was so encouraging to see my progress just from Carrie & Christy-Lyn’s online instruction and Carrie’s feedback during the beginners course. I can’t wait to try some more difficult songs. I also love that they have the option of viewing songs by difficulty.
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Margaret Barnes –
Christy Lyn has an excellent teaching ability and is very aware of her students having varying capabilities with the harp. I really love the videos as you can do these in your own time and not feel anxious or pressured by the teacher. I have found that I can now easily identify the notes on the sheet music. The last six weeks have definitely helped me to achieve this. Thank you once again Christy-Lyn.
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Tamara Clark –
I loved learning this piece. Thank you Christy-lyn, i love your method and encouragement
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Avril –
After a break for personal reason I got back to the harp, and to learning this melody. This time I worked with both the sheet music and with the video and… It was lovely.
It was, I won’t say exactly easy, but understandable, and doable, and a bit easier than before (which I’m very happy about), and I loved both the approach and the ability to have both sheet music and videos that explain the process.
So thank you, and know that I’m very, very happy to be able to play this music now. 🙂
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Margherita Muller –
I love this piece and thought it would be easy to learn it but it’s not. My memory is not good enough for all the chunks, but I admit having rushed through it. I started on my own with occasional lessons on zoom in Scotland and for some reason I never learnt to join hands, I’d learn one or the other. It is the beginning of a long journey, which I hope will result in being a bit more fluent. I have physical issues that prevent me from sitting or standing for long, so that’s a problem as one cannot play the harp in bed! I may try thou, having now ordered a mini harp which I can tune in C and just take with me when I go away.
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Nina Neu (verified owner) –
This was the first class I took on this website. It totally changed the way how I used my fingers and my harp sounds beautiful now. Especially the slight movement of the hand when using 4 fingers and the confident positioning on the strings when playing the same string twice was making a huge difference. Also the ellbow movement when playing the higher notes was very helpful. These tips are so valuable as they can be transfered to all other pieces that I will play next. I did not need the sheets as with the learning bit by bit for me it was easy to remember the whole song at the end of the class. Great way of teaching!
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Rebecca (verified owner) –
Good simple lesson, helps one work on placing hands and playing the left and the right hands together.
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Rosemary Saavedra –
This was a fun piece to play. I’ve been playing for a 7 months with beginner lessons and this is the first piece I chose during my trial period with LtH. I’m excited to keep learning. I’ll be playing this song with friends as a good friend of mine sings.
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Lou Rae Langevin (verified owner) –
I love the fact that I learned how to use the 4th finger on my right hand (everything so far has been just the first three), so I felt I was adding to my skill set. However, with the repeats, it was easy learning. Played expressively, this one sounds like what I think of when I think of a harp. Love it!!
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Cynthia Hauris (verified owner) –
Christy-Lynn has a pleasant and encouraging way to keep me trying. Greensleeves: This really challenged me, but my hands and brain are finally working together. Cannot sing at the same time but that will come. Look forward to learning more pieces. My husband and daughter are enjoying hearing it.
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Janet Ferguson (verified owner) –
Hi I enjoyed this piece and practiced a lot. Thank you for keeping it simple! I am still concerned that when I really try to focus on my finger positions I forget the notes. Practice practice practice!
Also every time I go to the Classmates group I keep getting redirected to the home page. maybe they have all moved on.
Jan
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Mary Hudnall (verified owner) –
I have been learning for almost 3 months now, and I think this song was perfect for a beginner. The left hand just plucks one at a time slowly and often in order going down. This adds to the song but allows you to focus on the right hand melody. I just finished the course today, so I will make a video playing it when a get a bit better on it. Thank you Christy-Lyn for your excellent instructions.
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Karen Hiscott (verified owner) –
So much fun! I am loving these courses. 🙂
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Ngaire (verified owner) –
Loved the way you approached it.
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