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Harp Academy

Harmonica tuition in schools in the South East of England

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      • Richard Taylor
      • Will Wilde
      • Ben Jones
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      • Amy Hill
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    • EVENTS
      • Public Performances
        • Brighton Festival – Sat 22nd May 2021
        • Paddle Round The Pier – Sat 3rd July 2021
        • The Alex Children’s Hospital – Wed 23rd Dec 2020
      • Harmonica Festivals
        • Harpin’ By The Sea – Sun 7th Feb 2021
        • National Harmonica Festival – Sat 2nd October 2021
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  • Early Years
    • Earl Years Harmonica
    • Getting You Started
    • A Case Study
    • Music Library
      • Down By The Station
      • Twinkle, Twinkle
      • Hänschen Klein
  • KS1
    • Musical Elements
      • Dynamics
      • Pitch
      • Tempo
      • Duration
      • Tone
      • Structure
      • Texture
    • My First Lesson
    • 4 hole harmonica
      • Harmonica Maintenance
    • I Forgot My Harmonica
    • Key Skills
      • Holding Your Harp
      • Breathing
        • Hole By Hole Breathing Guide (4 Hole Harmonica)
      • Harmonica Tab
      • Notation & Pitch
      • C Major Scale
      • Glissando
      • Slide Notes
      • Repeat Notes
      • Improvisation
    • Music Exercises
      • C Major Arpeggio (4h)
      • C Major Scale (4h)
      • C Major Couplets (4h)
      • C Major Triplets (4h)
      • Slide Note – Exercises
    • Music Library
      • Book 1
        • Twinkle, Twinkle
        • Hänschen Klein
        • This Old Man
        • Row, Row
        • Baa Baa Black Sheep
        • Three Blind Mice
        • Little Bo Peep
        • Brahms’ Lullaby
        • Hickory Dickory Dock
        • Skye Boat Song
        • Ring A Ring O’Roses
        • Lavender’s Blue
        • Frere Jacques
        • Pop Goes The Weasel
        • When The Saints Go Marching In
        • London’s Burning
      • Chugging
        • Eat Chocolate
      • Classical
        • Lullaby (Brahms)
        • Spring (Vivaldi)
      • Folk
        • Aiken Drum
        • Buttered Peas
        • Shepherd’s Hey
        • Skye Boat Song
        • Whiskey In The Jar
      • New Tunes
        • Au Clair de la Lune
        • Blow The Man Down
        • Bobby Shafto
        • Drunken Sailor
        • London Bridge
        • She’ll Be Coming Round The Mountain
        • Tingalayo
      • Pop & Rock
        • Yellow Submarine
      • Rounds
        • A Ram Sam Sam / Pease Pudding Hot
        • London’s Burning
        • Row, Row
        • Three Blind Mice
        • When The Saints Go Marching In
      • Songs of the Sea
        • Bobby Shafto
        • Blow The Man Down
        • Drunken Sailor
        • Octopus’s Garden
        • Skye Boat Song
        • Yellow Submarine
      • TV & Film
        • Star Wars
        • Yellow Submarine
      • World Songs
        • Alouette (France)
        • As Pombinhas (Portugal)
        • A Ram Sam Sam (Morocco)
        • Sand Dance (Egypt)
        • Skye Boat Song (Scotland)
        • Små Grodorna (Sweden)
        • Tavaszi Azél Vizet Áraszt (Hungary)
        • Tingalayo (Caribbean)
        • When The Saints Go Marching In (USA)
        • We All Laugh in the Same Language
        • Wimoweh (South Africa)
        • Zhao Peng You (China)
      • Easter
        • Eat Chocolate
        • Hot Cross Buns
        • Lord Of The Dance
        • Spring (Vivaldi)
        • When The Saints Go Marching In
      • Christmas
        • Eat Chocolate
        • Jingle Bells
        • Joy To The World
        • Little Donkey
        • Små Grodorna
      • Special Occasions
        • Happy Birthday
    • Reading Library
    • First Steps in..
      • First Steps in Blues
      • First Steps In Reggae
      • First Steps In Funk
      • First Steps In Calypso
  • KS2
    • Musical Elements
      • Dynamics
      • Pitch
      • Tempo
      • Duration
      • Tone
      • Structure
      • Texture
    • My First Lesson
    • 10 hole Airwave Harp
      • Top Tips For Newcomers
      • Airwave Maintenance
    • Key Skills
      • Holding Your Harp
      • Harmonica Tab
      • Moving Up To 10 holes
      • Scale of C Major
      • Breathing
      • Tone Building
      • Hand Effects
      • Trills
      • Tremolo
      • Improvisation
      • Learning To Bend
    • Musical Exercises
      • C Major Arpeggio (10h)
      • C Major Scale (10h)
      • Scales & Arpeggios Song
      • C Major Couplets (10h)
      • C Major Triplets (10h)
      • C Major Pentatonic Scale
    • Music Library
      • Book 1
        • Drunken Sailor
        • Bobby Shafto
      • Chugging
        • Eat Chocolate
        • I Want Candy
      • Classical
        • Can-Can (Offenbach)
        • Joy To The World (Handel)
        • Minuet in G (Petzold) – Part 1
        • Ode To Joy (Beethoven)
        • Spring (Vivaldi)
      • Folk
        • Coming Round The Mountain
        • Galway Girl
        • Scarborough Fair
        • Shepherd’s Hey
        • Skye Boat Song
        • Whiskey In The Jar
      • Jazz & Blues
        • I Want Candy
        • Summertime (Gershwin)
      • Pop & Rock
        • Apache
        • Crazy In Love
        • I Should Have Known Better
        • Love Me Do
        • Louie, Louie (Motörhead)
        • Low Rider
        • Octopus’s Garden
        • One Love
        • Timber (Pitbull feat. Ke$ha) – Part 1
          • Timber (Pitbull feat. Ke$ha) – Part 2
        • That’s The Way I Like It
        • Uptown Funk
        • Yellow Submarine
        • You Don’t Love Me
      • Rhythm Riot
        • Cock O’ The North (Jig)
        • La Cucaracha (Complex Time)
        • I Want Candy (Clave)
        • Low Rider (Poly-Rhythm)
        • Morning Has Broken (Waltz)
        • One Love (Reggae)
        • This Old Man (Reggae)
        • Tingalayo (Calypso)
        • Tom Hark (Kwela)
      • Rounds
        • Frère Jacques (Rounds)
        • Three Blind Mice
        • When The Saints Go Marching In
      • Songs of The Sea
        • Blow The Man Down
        • Drunken Sailor
        • South Australia
      • TV & Film
        • Scales & Arpeggios
        • Doctor Who Theme
        • Jurassic Park (Part 1)
          • Jurassic Park (Part 2)
        • Star Wars
        • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
        • Yellow Submarine
      • World Songs
        • Au Clair de la Lune (France)
        • Cock O’ The North (Scotland)
        • La Cucaracha (Mexico)
        • Muß I Denn (Germany)
        • Små Grodorna (Sweden)
        • Tavaszi Azél Vizet Áraszt (Hungary)
        • The Sand Dance (Egypt)
        • Tingalayo (Caribbean)
        • When The Saints Go Marching In (USA)
        • Wimoweh (South Africa)
        • We All Laugh in the Same Language
      • Easter
        • Eat Chocolate
        • Lord Of The Dance
        • Morning Has Broken
        • Små Grodorna
        • Spring (Vivaldi)
        • When The Saints Go Marching In
      • Christmas
        • Eat Chocolate
        • Gaudete
        • Here We Come A-Wassailing
        • Jingle Bells
        • Joy To The World
        • O Holy Night
        • Santa Lucia
        • Små Grodorna
        • Silent Night
        • Somewhere Only We Know
        • We Three Kings
      • Special Occasions
        • Auld Lang Syne
        • Happy Birthday
        • Land Of My Fathers (Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau)
      • My First Bends
        • Greensleeves (3D” and 4D’)
        • Low Rider (2D”)
        • You Don’t Love Me (6D’)
    • Reading Library
    • First Steps in..
      • First Steps in Blues
      • First Steps In Reggae
      • First Steps In Funk
      • First Steps In Calypso
  • KS3
    • Musical Elements
      • Dynamics
      • Pitch
      • Tempo
      • Duration
      • Tone
      • Structure
      • Texture
    • 10 hole Silver Star harp
      • Maintaining your Silver Star
    • Key Skills
      • Note Bending
    • Musical Exercises
      • Scale of C Major (10 hole)
    • Music Library
      • World Songs
        • Cock O’ The North (Scotland)
        • La Cucaracha (Mexico)
        • Muß I Denn (Germany)
        • Tom Hark (South Africa)
        • When The Saints Go Marching In (USA)
      • Pop & Rock
        • Crazy In Love
        • Morning Has Broken
        • Timber (Pitbull feat. Ke$ha) – Part 1
        • Timber (Pitbull feat. Ke$ha) – Part 2
      • Classical
        • Minuet in G (Petzold) – Part 1
      • TV & Film
        • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
      • First Steps in Blues
      • Positional Playing
        • 3rd Position – Scarborough Fair
        • 12th Position – Au Clair de la Lune
      • Note Bending
        • Greensleeves
        • Low Rider (Poly-Rhythm and 2D”)
      • Easter
      • Lord Of The Dance
      • When The Saints Go Marching In
      • Christmas
        • Santa Lucia
        • Jingle Bells
        • Somewhere Only We Know
        • Gaudete
        • O Holy Night
      • Special Occasions
        • Auld Lang Syne
        • Happy Birthday
    • Reading Library
    • First Steps in..
      • First Steps in Blues
      • First Steps In Reggae
      • First Steps In Funk
      • First Steps In Calypso
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