Practise with Intention - Amanda Whiting

Standard: Intermediate to Advanced       Harp Type: Lever or Pedal

The Intention of this exercise book is:

• To make the harmony of our exercises more interesting
• To concentrate on rhythm
• To help develop an internal beat, resulting in confident execution of rhythms
• To take away the stigma of transposing into any key
• To lead to the possibility of improvising using a rhythmical approach
• To find new focuses each time you practise an exercise
• To practise with intention

Welcome to your chords:

• They are a family. All exercises are based on them.
• The roots of the chords create a circle of 5ths (D-G-C-F-B-E-A)
• (C major moving through to the relative A minor with a little adjustment on the E chord to avoid a pedal/lever)
• ACTIVELY learn their sound/shape and get to know how they relate to each other.
• They might appear in different inversions (voices). Be alert!

Focuses:

Each time you repeat the exercise have a new intention.
e.g. FOCUS 1: concentrate on articulation, FOCUS 2 : concentrate on placing
i.e. What's the point of me playing this exercise?

FIND YOUR OWN FOCUSES:

Don't rush through them. Enjoy them. The objective is not to get to the end.
It's to embark on a journey of discovery with your playing.
To improve.