During our lesson today, we were looking at arrow tab with some KS1 children. The teacher asked what a white, down-arrow meant. Ryan answered, ‘it means it’s a draw note, so you have to breathe in.’ Right answer! The teacher then asked what a black up-arrow meant. ‘I know’, answered Jessica, ‘it means you have to blow up.’

Recommend a friend and receive 2 lessons free!

Children enjoy taking part in activities when their best friends are involved. This includes music making on the harmonica. If you know someone who may be interested in joining Harp Academy, ask them to register for a Taster Session using the golden harmonica to the right and our promotional code harmonaut. The cost  for the taster session is just £6.99 and we’ll supply their starter harmonica. If they already have a diatonic harmonica in C Major however, they can bring this to their taster session and the lesson will be completely free. If your friend then joins Harp Academy for a complete term (1 taster session and 9 further lessons), we will credit you two free lessons, which you can of course share – one each!

How to join in, even if you forget your harmonica

Firstly, please don’t worry – everyone forgets things from time to time. As you are on our register and part of our group, we still want you to come along and you can still join in. But before we get started, think very hard. When did you last see your harmonica? Perhaps you did remember it after all, but you just can’t remember where you put it! You’d be amazed how often we discover harmonicas in school bags or class room drawers. So have a quick think. If it’s still not there, that’s ok, let’s look on our time together as a music lesson, not just a harmonica lesson. There is plenty to learn, even without a harmonica and you’ll certainly understand what we’ve covered. Here are some ideas for joining in, which we’ve used lots of times. Continue reading →

Harp Academy Teaching Dates

Our teaching dates can be found under the My School in the menu bar above. It’s a good idea to check these regularly. Please also be aware that we run 10 sessions each term; this means we may not be meeting every week through the term. This is standard for independent music services and also means we’re normally out of the way during the busiest times at School. If you have missed recent email reminders regarding our dates and subscription renewals, please check that our information is reaching you – it may be sitting patiently in a spam folder!

Access all areas

For our paid-up Harp Academy students and parents, we provide a subscriber username and password that gives access to all our useful and fun information. Much of this supports our classroom learning and it provides a very effective resource for home study and practise. If you have lost your subscriber log in, or have only just joined Harp Academy, send us an email mentioning your child’s name and school, and we will forward you our special username and password. To log in, click Subscriber Log In in the top corner of the screen, to the right of our logo, enter the subscriber code words and enjoy your VIP backstage pass!