Practicing Harp Happiness
By Anne Sulllivan
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Is playing the harp harder than you thought it would be? Ever wish you knew the secrets to learning music that only the experts and the eight year old YouTube stars seem to know? Want to finally finish the pieces you start and play them with ease, confidence and joy? Harp Mastery founder and Harp Happiness expert Anne Sullivan believes every harp player can learn to play the music they want the way they want. Tune in as she clears the confusion around topics like fingering, technique, sight reading and practice skills and shares the insider tips that help her students make music beautifully. Whether you’re playing the harp for fun or you’re ready to take your playing to the next level, each Practicing Harp Happiness episode will reveal the strategies and insight you need to fire your imagination, enjoy your practice and love your harp playing.
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3 Bach Pieces Every Harpist Should Know and Why - PHH 154
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Tempo Is Not a Number: Finding the Right One for You and Your Piece - PHH 153
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Never Have a Bad Lesson Again - PHH 152
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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How Your Three-Finger Technique May Be Hurting You…Literally - PHH 151
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Practice Positivity: How to Combat Your Worst Critic - PHH 150
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Stick It! Your Guide to Secure Finger Placing - PHH 149
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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10 Surprising Benefits of Practice Bursts - PHH 148
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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How to Study a Piece: Look, Listen and Apply - PHH 147
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Can You Count This? Where Simple Meets Compound - PHH 146
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Playalong Episode: Rediscovering Your Sound - PHH 145
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Beyond the Basics: How to Keep Your Technique Growing - PHH 144
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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How To Improve Anything - Including Your Harp Playing - PHH 143
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Rubato: Secret Sauce for Your Musical Expression - PHH 142
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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3 Great Ways to Start a New Piece - and 1 Terrible One - PHH 141
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Agile Arpeggios: How to Make Yours Ripple - PHH 140
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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7 Ways You Could be Using Your Practice Time Better - PHH 139
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Creating True Confidence; Why the Little Engine that Could Got It Wrong - PHH 138
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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How Not Setting Goals May Save Your Harp Playing - PHH 137
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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A Holiday Harp Music Mix - Just For You - PHH 136
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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My Year in Review: Remembering What Really Matters - PHH 135
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Creating Stillness When You Need It Most - PHH 134
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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The Christmas Snowball: How to Handle Last-Minute Requests - PHH 133
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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What Your Favorite Harpist Needs: A Gift List with a Difference - PHH 132
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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5 Quick Technique Routines to Put In Place Now - PHH 131
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Reducing Overwhelm: How Not to Be Your Own Worst Enemy - PHH 130
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Performance Preparation: The Yin, the Yang and You - PHH 129
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Etudify Your Pieces with the Technique Stacker - PHH 128
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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How to Set a Practice Schedule that Will Stick - PHH 127
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Engaging Your Creativity: Making Your Practice Make Music - PHH 126
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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8 Tips for Perfect Lever Or Pedal Pushing - PHH 125
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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How to Play Any Piece More Musically - PHH 124
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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If I Were Starting Over: What You Should Know - PHH 123
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Finger Fumbles: Is the Problem with Your Technique or Your Reading? - PHH 122
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Being Prepared: When Practice Is Not Enough - PHH 121
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Make Your Warm Up a Triple - PHH 120
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Going Mental: How to Practice Without Your Harp - PHH 119
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Play Tension Free: How to Calm Your Body, Mind and Music - PHH 118
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Count, Click and Canon: a Rhythm Masterclass - PHH 117
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Taking the Mystery Out Of Mastery - PHH 116
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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Rounding Up! 3 Non-Technical Skills For Success - PHH 115
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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7 Ways to Prepare Holiday Music Now (Without Having to Practice Jingle Bells Again) - PHH 114
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Three Easy Ways To Get Your Hands Playing Together - PHH 113
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Video Confident: Empowering Tips for Frustration-Free Video Creation - PHH 112
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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The Ultimate Time Machine: Harness The Power Of Your Metronome - PHH 111
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Play Your Way to Progress: How NOT to Practice This Summer - PHH 110
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Why Other Musicians Study Bach And Why Harpists Should Too - PHH 109
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Quick Fix: Buzz No More - PHH 108
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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A Cure For The Spots: How To Solve Those Problem Measures - PHH 107
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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7 Things to Practice When You Don’t Have Anything To Practice For - PHH 106
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May 29, 2023 |
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Survive an Inflection Point Using Your Harp Story - PHH 105
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May 22, 2023 |
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What’s Getting In Your Way? How To Turn Distraction Into Action - PHH 104
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May 15, 2023 |
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4 Lessons From a Reformed Control Freak - PHH 103
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May 08, 2023 |
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Music To Grow By: Repertoire Refreshers - PHH 102
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May 01, 2023 |
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Quick Fix Episode: Teaching Your Fingers To Play When You’re Not Looking - PHH 101
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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How to Get to the Finish Faster - PHH 100
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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The Shortcut Way To Build And Maintain A Repertoire - PHH 099
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Masterclass Episode: Warmups With A Focus - PHH 098
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Why You Need To Count Aloud (Even If You Hate It) - PHH 097
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Overcoming Left Hand Lag: Reading Ahead With Both Hands - PHH 096
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Freedom to Fly: Four Keys to Finger Facility - PHH 095
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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7 Skills That Mark Your Growth - PHH 094
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Learning How to Do One Thing at a Time - PHH 093
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Quick Fix: Roll Your Chords Right - PHH 092
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Harp Strings and Heart Strings: A Lesson in Romantic Music - PHH 091
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Blast the Practice Blahs: How To Practice When You Don’t Have To - PHH 090
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Masterclass: The Tempo Pyramid - PHH 089
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Muses, Models and Mentors: Where Does Inspiration Come From? - PHH 088
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Breaking Free From Perfectionism - PHH 087
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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The Wrong Way to Practice Etudes - and 3 Right Ways - PHH 086
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Use The One-Two Punch To Plan Your Harp Growth in 2023 - PHH 085
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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My Three Most Meaningful Gifts of 2022 - PHH 084
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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Harp and Healing: Being A Certified Music Practitioner - PHH 083
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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Time for a Refresh: Why This is the Time to Think Different - PHH 082
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Peaceful Hands: How to Look More Graceful and Feel More Relaxed - PHH 081
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Are You Taking Too Long to Learn That Piece? - PHH 080
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Playing from an Attitude of Gratitude - PHH 079
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Bring More Dimension To Your Music: A 3D Approach - PHH 078
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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How to Reach that Unreachable Left Hand Chord - PHH 077
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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Are You In the Zone or Zoning Out? - PHH 076
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Ditch the Drills: 3 Better Ways to Practice - PHH 075
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Everyday Etudes: The Right Way to Use What You’re Already Practicing - PHH 074
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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Tuning Masterclass: Learning to Listen - PHH 073
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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Divide and Conquer: How to Practice a Piece in Sections - PHH 072
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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Quick Fix Episode: Fumble Free Fourth Finger - PHH 071
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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Failure to Finish: Why You Might Be Missing Your Goals - PHH 070
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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Steps to Taking the Plunge into the Digital World with Kristina Finch - PHH 069
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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Mindset Reset: Keeping the Play in Your Playing - PHH 068
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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7 Ingredients of a Glorious Glissando - PHH 067
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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Hands in the Air: Raising and the Art of Letting Go - PHH 066
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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10 Harp Adventures To Create Before Summer Is Over - PHH 065
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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Spice Up Your Scales for Technique, Flexibility and Speed - PHH 064
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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Practice Prescription: What to Do When Nothing Is Working - PHH 063
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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Your Guide to Perfect Octaves - PHH 062
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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Masterclass: Making Sense of Meter Signature Changes - PHH 061
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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Enjoy a Guilt-Free, Harp-Free Vacation with the Perfect Re-Entry Plan - PHH 060
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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Confused About Markings? 10 Common Harp Markings Explained! - PHH 059
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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Quick Fix Episode: Fixing 3 Common Thumb Issues - PHH 058
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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The Success Habit: How to Fuel Your Courage, Confidence and Creativity - PHH 057
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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Learning versus Practice: Which End of the Binoculars Do You Use? - PHH 056
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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Overcoming Fears, Doubt and Misgivings: Take the Long View - PHH 055
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Jun 06, 2022 |