Online Harp School

Membership

Recurring monthly subscription - £25 a month
or save £50 by purchasing an annual subscription for £250

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
These tutorials are all video based so please ensure you have good internet connection prior to subscribing.
You can cancel at anytime and your membership will finish at the end of your plan. If you purchase a monthly subscription on 13/06/2023 and decide to cancel on 20/07/2023 your membership will end 13/08/2023. Therefore, if you purchase an annual subscription your plan will end after 12 months.
All membership plans are recurring.
There are no refunds given for membership plans so if you are unsure of your harp journey please try the monthly subscription first.
By purchasing a PoppyHarp Online Harp School Subscription you are agreeing to the above T&C's.
Happy PoppyHarping!!!!!! I cant wait to start your harp adventure with you!

About PoppyHarp Online Harp School

PoppyHarp Online Harp School is a relaxed, flexible harp experience where you can learn how to play the harp at your own pace,
from the comfort of your own home.
With a more structured beginner experience leading to a flexible and extensive repertoire built for intermediate players you can learn as fast as you want, whenever you want, whilst being nurtured and guided by our videos and resources.

Music theory, sight-reading and aural are all included in lessons to help you build a full and well rounded knowledge of your instrument.

Tutorials for ALL harp types available - Lap, Lever and Pedal. Tutorials are suitable for all ages.

For just £25 a month, or get two months free by purchasing a years subscription for just £250.

Your subscription will enable you to have full access to our extensive repertoire tutorials and resources, excluding pop courses.

Fran Barsby Harpist is on hand to answer any questions you may have and is always happy to add and accommodate requests for music.
With new tutorials added every month you will never run out of new and exciting pieces to try on your harp.

Email us at info@poppyharp.com for more information or to receive reminders about our upcoming online harp school.

Finding a harp:
Wales: www.theharpstudio.co.uk
England: www.pilgrimharps.co.uk

Free tutorials

PoppyHarp Online Harp School Course Contents

Absolute Beginners Course, Fledgling Harpists Course, Solfege Course, Key Signatures Course, Pop and Film Music
Keep scrolling for more details.

A new festive tutorial released every day this

Advent 2023

Absolute Beginners Course

This course is for Lap harp (20 strings), lever harp and pedal harp
This course includes:
Harp Basics,
Basic Harp Technique,
How to warm up,
How to set levers and pedals,
Stage 1 - Learning melodies
Lavenders Blue, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Frere Jaques, Mary Had A Little Lamb, Row Row Row your Boat, London Bridge is Falling Down, Humpty Dumpty, Lightly Row, Amazing Grace, Scarborough Fair and Skye Boat Song.
Stage 2 - Adding an accompaniment
Lavenders Blue, Frere Jaques, Mary Had A Little Lamb, Amazing Grace, Scarborough Fair and Skye Boat Song.
Videos take you through how to play and how to practice effectively!
Hear the music you can learn on our YouTube Channel

Listen to all of the pieces you can learn here

Requests

Do you have a song you are dying to learn? I LOVE requests please email me at info@poppyharp.com and I will create a tutorial just for you!

Fledgling Harpists Course

Learning to use all of your fingers by playing beautiful songs and developing good harp technique.

Stage 1 - Using your thumb!
'How to' videos, 10 Exercises & 5 pieces (for now! please do request music!)
Jack & Jill, Do you know the muffin man, Long Long Ago, The Mulberry Bush, Springtime
To help you learn to place your fingers correctly.

Stage 2 - Using and placing the 3rd finger
'How to' videos, 14 Exercises & 4 pieces (for now! please do request music!)
Suo Gan, Ode to Joy, Evening Song
To help you learn to place your fingers correctly.

Stage 3 -
'How to' videos, 10 Exercises & 4 pieces (for now! please do request music!)
Rock-a-bye Baby, Morning is broken, Brahms Lullaby, Down in the Valley
To help you learn to place your fingers correctly.

Videos take you through how to play and how to practice effectively!
Hear the music you can learn on our YouTube Channel

Listen to all of the pieces you can learn here

Key Signatures

Be able to play any piece of music by learning all about music key signatures and most importantly how to apply them to your harp!

Sofege Course

What is Solfege, how to use it and why its so useful!

UPCOMING COURSES

Pop and Film Music

Tutorials for the following music is soon to be available on the PoppyHarp Online Harp School.
These tutorials are accessible once the sheet music for each song has been purchased. This is due to copyright of this music. Once the sheet music is purchased, you have access to all versions of the song tutorials on the harp school. This can be up to 4 different versions: Beginner, Lap harp, Budding and Flourishing. For more information please email Fran at info@poppyharp.com

Budding Harpists

Music for Advanced beginners - tutorials and demos
List of pieces:
Glenlivet

Scales and Arpeggios

What are they? and how to practice them!
Coming soon: Have you got an exam coming up? Learn all about the scales and arpeggios you have and practice them along with me!

Upcoming courses:
Membership to the PoppyHarp Online Harp School includes all of the upcoming releases and new music,
(with the exception of pop and film tutorials which can be purchased separately. These release dates will be released throughout the year).

Courses and tutorials coming later this year:
Musical knowledge and music theory - Support your harp lessons and prepare for exams by learning about music theory at home.
How to pass your aural exams! - Aural exams are always a pickle. Support your harp lessons by learning and practicing your aural skills from home. A brief History of the harp - learn music and grow your knowledge about harp music through the ages.
Christmas music tutorials
Pop music tutorials
How to arrange harp music.
Transposition - how to transpose for the harp.
Scales and Arpeggios for Exams
Budding Harpists Course - Music for Advanced beginners

Please make sure you do not sign up to the online harp school until the course you are looking for has been released. This will be updated on here, our socials @poppyharp and on our youtube channel.
Courses are released in stages and only courses that have their release date confirmed will be available from that date.
eg. 13th May 2023 is suitable for absolute beginners only.

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