This is the final stage of Harp Olympics and is designed for the student who has completed the material in Harp Olympics Stage III. It is recommended that the "Marathon" exercises from Stage III be played every day as a review until no longer necessary.
For an overview of the entire Harp Olympics series, please refer to "Introductory Notes" in Stage I.
Stage IV includes more technical studies than the previous volumes, and the student should expect to stay with this book a little longer in order to be comfortable with all the "Workouts". The solos included are not required but offered as a supplement to other existing material. Students are encouraged to keep up with the "Games and Drills" and to play the exercises in new and different keys as often as possible.
At the completion of Stage IV, the student will be at the level of the many fine books of etudes, studies and compositions already in existence in the harp repertoire.
Contents
Introduction to Harp Olympics
Workouts
I. Work Outs
A. Warm Ups
B. Balance Beams
C. Four - Finger Arpeggios
D. Advanced Weight-Lifting
E. Pivots and Turnarounds Study in Directional Placing
F. Slides - Review Two Studies in Slides
G. Trill Study Bisbigliando
H. Advanced Glissandi
I. Pedal Technique Pedal Study
J. Harmonics - Sharps & Flats K. Scales
L. Etouffees (Muffled Sounds)
Games and Drills
32nd and 64th Notes & Rests
Rhythm Review
Brain Drills
Count and Tap
Combined Rhythms
Key Chart - Circle of Fifths
Circle of Fifths - Key Signatures Writing Major Key Signatures
Scale Degrees
Dominant Seventh Chords
Chord Progressions: I, IV, V, V7, I
Altered Chords: Augmented Triads, Diminished Triads, Diminished 7th Chords
Minor Scale Review
Solos
Sonatina - Zamara
Ar Hyd y Nos - Corri-Dussek
Valse Isabel - Rogers
Theme and Variations - Naderman
Variations on "God Save the King" - Boscha
Etude in F Major - Godefroid
Sonatina - Bochsa
Waltz of the Flowers Cadenza - Tchaikovsky
Perpetual Motion - McDonald
Marathon
I. Work Outs
Theme & Variation
Balance Beams
Four-Finger Arpeggios
Directional Placing
Slides
Pedal Study
Scales
II. Games & Drills
III. Solo Rounds
Harp Olympics Certificate - Stage IV
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Other recommended material from MusicWorks:
Graded Recital Pieces: Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Haiku for the Harp
Canon in D (Pachelbel)
Song Without Words (Godefroid)
Greensleeves