Online Learning

JaNEWary Challenge & Online Learning 

Ready to learn some new tunes? or looking for a challenge for the month ahead? 


Follow the wonderfully clear guidance of Mary Dunsford in her online tutorials. 


Each day by day series of vidoes take you through a whole varitety of pieces of music kindly donated by past tutors. Dealing with a few digestable bars at a time,  Mary expertly guides you through learning new pieces for your repertoire. 


Click on the links to see our previous year's challenges, scroll down for a full index of pieces and composers and watch this space for next year's JaNEWary Challenge! 


Index of pieces. 


Here is an index of all the music generously dontated to all of our music learning challenges.You can click on each composers name to find out more about them and their works. 


2023 - Day 1 -Both Sides Now, Joni Mitchell. Arr Lauren Scott

          Day 10 - There Were Always Going to be Owls - Lauren Scott

          Day 16 - Moving house Rag - Tamsin Dearnley

          Bonus Piece - Stargazing - Gill Lowden


2022 - Day 1 - Carolan's Dream - Janet Bennett

          Day 15 - Down by the Walnut Tree - Shelley Fairplay


2021 - Day 1 -  "Clouds in a Sunlit Sky"  - Eira Lynn Jones 

          Day 14 - "Solace"  - Kristine Warmhold (lap harp) 

          Day 20 - "Autumn is Nigh"  - Paul Lewis            


2020 - Day 1 - Warm up exercise 

          Day 2 - "The Seal Lullaby"  -  arr. Lauren Scott 

          Day 12 - "Chopiene"  - Doug Thomas 

          Day 24 - "Pachelbel's Canon"  -  arr. Sylvia Woods 


2019 - Day 1 - "Pure Imagination"  -  arr. Lauren Scott 

          Day 7 - "Pure Imagination"arr. Lauren Scott (advanced) 

          Day 14 - "Ruff Reggae"  -  Ben Creighton-Griffiths 

          Day 22 - "The Good Boy's Lunch"  - Mary Dunsford(lap harp) 


2018 - Day 1 - "Rock to Joy"  - arr Mary Dunsford 

          Day 7 - "Armenian Duduk Melody"  - arr. Wendy Stewart

          Day 17 - "Row Row Rondo Boat"  -  arr. Mary Dunsford 

          Day 22 - "Funky Blues"  -  Ben Creighton Griffiths 


2017 - Day 1 - "Music from Skye"  - arr. Karen Marshalsay 

          Day 11 - "The Wolves"  - Stephen Dunstone 

          Day 21 - "Cumbrian Music"  -  arr Mary Dunsford 


2015 - Day 1 - "Tracey's Wriggly Jig"  -  Karen Marshalsay

Online Tution/Workshops/Harp Maintenance 

Harp at Home - Rachel Hair Tune Workshops

 www.rachelhair.com/harpathome

Ailie Robertson - Facebook Live Lessons

Ailie Robertson Facebook

Christy-Lyn - Beginner's Lessons

www.learningtheharp.com

Sylvia Woods - Harp Centre 

www.harpcenter.com

Edinburgh International Virtual Harp Festival

www.harpfestival.co.uk

Shelley Fairplay - Online Courses

www.startharp.com  

Online Acadamy Irish Music - Lessons & Courses 

www.oaim.ie

Josh Layne - Harp Tuesday, weekly harp advice. 

www.harptuesday.com