What to play?

How about a free arrangement of a classic?

We are always casting about for new things to play.  I am forever looking for tunes to add to my repertoire that meet my criteria...

So this week, the tune I’ll share with you is a classic traditional tune – well-known, well loved, and currently well used.  Everyone should have this one in their toolbox. 

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Are we done stretching? Not yet!!

So, throughout August we have stretched our artisticness away from the harp. We’ve stretched our bodies and we’ve stretched our repertoires.  What could possibly be left?

Maybe the most important part. Have you stretched you?

I hear you grumbling. I’m all stretched out. Yes, I’ve stretched me.

But have you stretched all of you?

Join us at the blog  https://www.jeniuscreations.com/are-we-done-stretching-not-yet/

Expand your musical reach – another stretch (or 7!)

We have talked about stretching through making art and stretching our bodies.  There’s another place we need to stretch and that is in our music.  And it’s the perfect time to think about it – it will be the winter holidays and all the lovely opportunities to play will be coming.  I mention the holidays because they are the perfect foil for stretching our music.

Read more and get all the details on the website: https://www.jeniuscreations.com/expand-your-reach-another-stretch/

Can there be a First Inning stretch?

Last week we talked about stretching yourself in your art and I hope you’ll agree that is important.  But, we might have been a little bit ahead of ourselves.  Typically when we talk about stretching, we are talking about moving our bodies, stretching our muscles.  Maybe that's the First Inning stretch?

Well, that’s pretty important too. And for a lot of the same reasons.  And for a few different ones.  Physically stretching may be important purely because playing the harp is a physical activity.  Don’t believe me?  Play a 3 hour gig!  Or even an intense hour long practice.  Then you’ll know. 

Read the rest of the post here.

7th Inning Stretch

The start of August is sort of the “7^th Inning Stretch” of Summer.   
Most of the Summer is gone, but there’s easily another six (or more!) weeks to go, so it is the metaphorical 7^th Inning.

 
We actually started stretching ourselves in July by giving ourselves permission to cross into making art in other media.  This challenge to ourselves is a type of stretching -

Why is stretching so important? There are loads of reasons you should stretch yourself, but here are 7 (one for each Inning up to the stretch? Maybe 😊)

See more at  https://www.jeniuscreations.com/7th-inning-stretch/
 
PS - as I mentioned last week - if you've got a piece of art from another medium that you'd like to share - I will add it to the post.  If you missed last week's post where people shared their amazing art from other media, prepare to be amazed and check it out here: https://www.jeniuscreations.com/challenge-accepted/