Whether you’ve wanted to learn to play the harp since you were a child, or you’re looking to pick up a beautiful and unique hobby, learning to play the harp is a rewarding activity that can bring a lot of joy to your life.
In this post I’ll be outlining a few things to think about before beginning to learn to play the harp.
Here’s what we’ll cover:
- Do I want online harp lessons or in-person harp lessons?
- Which harp to buy, lever harp or pedal harp?
- Do I need to know music theory?
- Committing to the journey of learning…
And I’m not ready to reinstall just yet
Christmas 2020 was a very different Christmas for all of us. Here in the UK, the pandemic seems to be worse than ever and Covid-19 is getting far too close to home, with several of my close friends and family testing positive.
Knowing that Christmas was going to be a quiet affair, I decided to at least make sure I was 100% present with my husband over the festive period.
My screen time had been increasing week by week, sometimes hovering around the 5–6 hour mark (per day). I accept that not…
Music has always been what I do. I’ve done more hours of practise than I care to count. I started playing the piano when I was four. I started the harp a bit later at age ten.
By the time I was sixteen I decided to apply to Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester and was thrilled to be offered a place to study there for my A levels.
From there I went on to the Royal Northern College of Music for my Bachelor of Music with Honours degree in Harp Performance.
For several years I have played for local…
In late February 2020 I experienced a miscarriage.
It started with light bleeding during my ninth week of pregnancy. Of course I googled it — as we all do — only to find that it might mean a miscarriage is on the way, and it might not.
I visited my GP, who told me everything is probably fine, but sent me for a scan the next day just to be sure. …
Finding a life partner has always been important to me. I confess that I spent a lot of time in my early twenties devouring books about dating, finding ‘the one’ and having healthy boundaries in place (hello The Rules, Why Men Love Bitches etc.).
I knew from The Rules to only accept a Saturday night date if he asks before Wednesday — as if that’s how things work in the 21st Century. I knew that dating is a numbers game and you really do have to kiss (date) a lot of frogs before finding your prince. …
