Online Harp School

About

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.

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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. But, you can cancel anytime by scrolling to the bottom of this page.
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.

Recurring monthly subscription - ONLY £25 a month

Or SAVE £50 by purchasing an annual subscription for £250

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Whats on offer

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.
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 Fran at [email protected] for more information or to receive reminders about our upcoming online harp school.

Finding a harp:
West Sussex: PoppyHarp - [email protected] £60 for 34 lever harp
Wales: www.theharpstudio.co.uk
England: www.pilgrimharps.co.uk

PoppyHarp Online Harp School
Course Contents

Performance Awards

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

Absolute Beginners Course

Listen to all of the pieces you can learn here

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!
This course is for approximately Grade 1 harpists
Hear the music you can learn on our YouTube Channel

Listen to all of the pieces you can learn here

Harmony Harpists Course

This course is all about learning how to place correctly and build up patterns is fundamental for harp playing.
This course is for approximately Grade 1/ 2 harpists
Hear the music you can learn on our YouTube Channel

Budding Harpists Course

This course is all about developing your placing and learning more complex finger patterns
This course is for approximately Grade 2/3 harpists
Hear the music you can learn on our YouTube Channel

Blossoming Harpists Course

Putting all of your placing skills into practice
This course is for approximately Grade 4/5 harpists
Hear the music you can learn on our YouTube Channel

Requests

Do you have a song you would love to learn? I really enjoy getting requests so,
please email me at [email protected] and I will create a tutorial just for you!

Pop Music

Click here for our Full list of sheet music and tutorials

To access the pop music tutorials you must first purchase the sheet music and provide proof of purchase to [email protected].
Our tutorials are for educational purposes only. These are copyrighted songs and the tutorials are for learning how to play the arrangements only.
At PoppyHarp we respect the rights of all composers and ensure that they receive the credit and payment for use of their songs in my arrangements.
Once you have sent proof of purchase you will be granted access to the tutorials and how to learn these arrangements.
Thank you for your support and understanding.

Inspire Podcasts

These podcasts began as "Inspire days" where a harpist would come to the harp shop and give a masterclass or lecture followed by a concert. After the pandemic PoppyHarp moved online and I have now launched the PoppyHarp Inspire Podcast. Each month I invite a guest to chat to and share their projects, journeys and stories. I am lucky to have met some truly incredible musicians and professionals over the years and I am so proud to showcase their journeys to help inspire more music enjoyment, support and careers! Thank you to all of the incredible and kind harpists, musicians and professionals that have taken the time to chat to me and inspire PoppyHarpers!

Additional Courses available:

Helpful things to know before you get started - posture, tuning, strings and more
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!
Fingering and Placing - Do you have a part in a piece your learning that just doesn't make sense? Check out the placing tutorial for advice on common finger patterns.
Practice Workouts - Technical exercises to help build your finger dexterity and strength. One released every week in 2024
Scales - What are they, how to use them and why they are so useful!
Arpeggios - What are they, how to use them and why they are so useful!
Solfege - What is Solfege, how to use it and why its so useful!
Medieval Music - The first stage in my History of music course: learn to play music and find out about music through the ages! Suitable for Harmony - Blossoming Harpists
Stretches - How to stretch and look after your body.

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UPCOMING COURSES

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.