Berklee Press

Reading, Improvisation, & Arranging for Pedal & Lever Harpists

Author: Felice Pomeranz
Format: Softcover with Audio Online
Instrumentation: Harp

Become a better improvising harpist. Learn basic chords, chord symbols, and harmonic progressions used in a wide range of music, including jazz, folk, and other styles. Whether you play pedal or lever harp, this book will help you to explore your personal musicianship and creativity. You will learn techniques for soloing and for accompanying yourself or others. The harmony exercises will help you to master chord progressions in several grooves, practice modulating freely and without fear, and improve your chord recognition and smooth voice leading.

The accompanying audio tracks, accessed online for download or streaming, include demonstrations and play-a-longs. The audio tracks include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right - available exclusively from Hal Leonard.

Endorsements
"It's great to read a book that explains so much, and in such a friendly way. It's easy to understand, but doesn't 'dumb anything down.' Great for beginners as well as harpists looking for information (and practice ideas) on advanced chords, comping ideas, etc. I wish it had been around years ago!" - Park Stickney, Jazz Harpist, Composer, Arranger, Educator

"Felice Pomeranz has created a marvellous addition to the harp repertoire with her new book, Berklee Harp. It is a sophisticated and thorough improvisational method for both the pedal and lever harp, including the basic theory training that is needed to be a good musician. I can't wait to share it with my students." - Linda Wood Rollo, Harpist, Educator, Composer; Co-Author (with Susann McDonald) of Harp for Today

"This new, important book by Felice Pomeranz is a comprehensive guide to music theory for the harp. It will be excellent for lever and pedal harp players who want to go beyond the basics of music theory, and learn about real-world applications and scenarios. Anyone who follows Felice's advice and diligently practices the many great exercises in this book will become a true master of harp theory, and be a much better musician as a result." - Sylvia Woods, Lever and Pedal Harp Author and Arranger (Sylvia Woods Harp Center)