Tuesday 10th December 2013

2. Chord inversions to check the tuning
Play the C root chord C - E - G with the left then the right hand
Move the hands up to play the first inversion of the C chord E - G - C
Then play the second inversion of the C chord G - C - E
You can then continue up the harp with root - 1st inversion - 2nd inversion to check the tuning.
Do the same with the F chord whose root is F - A - C,  then 1st inversion A - C -  F
then the second inversion C - F - A and continue up the harp
Then do the same for the G chord whose root is G - B - D and its inversions

3. Practising chord changes
Play an eight-bar pattern (Pwt ar y bys chord sequence) 
C root (CEG), 3 fingers,  F 2nd inversion (CFA) and G first inversion (BDG):   ||C|F|C|G| C|F|CG|C||
Chords: i)  Left hand only  ii)  right hand only  iii) left and right together  iv) left - right sequence
Arpeggios as above. Also left chord, right arpeggio

4. Melody and/or accompaniment
Playing the melody and/or accompaniment to Heno, Heno
Melody hand placement
i)   The Heno Heno melody starts with E G  E G (two notes apart) sequence using fingers 2,1. (He-no he-no)
ii)  After playing the second G with the thumb (finger 1) , move the melody hand down one string, sliding the thumb down onto the F. iii) The melody hand is now in position to play the next three notes, F D D. (hen blant bach)
iv) The  pattern of i) to iii) above is repeated but 1 note lower: D  F  D  F  E  C  C (he-no he-no hen blant bach)
v)  The remainder of the tune is pretty well a repeat of parts i) to v) in temrs of fingering with the EG and DF sequnences doubled