Expanding Your Tone Palette
Your beautiful core sound is the starting point of your musical expression. Now you can explore the range of colors you can add to your music.
with your host, Harp Mastery® Certified Coach and Dean of Harpist Success, Caitlin Mehrtens
Expanding Your Tone Palette
The focus for this class: Varying your sound to match the music while maintaining your core sound.
Points to consider:
- Why would you want to change your sound? To match the musical mood of a piece or at any given point in a piece. It’s not changing your core sound, but adding a specific color or energy to enhance the music.
- Does your change with the dynamics? You can maintain your core sound at soft and loud dynamic levels.
- The core of your sound is in the 3 actions: place, play, follow through .
- What are some types of articulation to include in your tone repertoire?
- What about special harp effects?
- For any given piece, what is the overall energy or mood you want to convey to a listener? What tools do you have available to do that?
For this class, we are using Petite Berceuse by Hasselmans as an example.
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YOUR NEXT STEPS.
1. Review your notes from the call. Underline your three biggest takeaways.
2. Apply the concepts. Which ideas could you apply in your practice today?
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