Index of Donald Hall's Textbook

The Complete Chromatic Harp

CHAPTER ONE - HISTORY OF THE CHROMATIC HARP

CHAPTER TWO - NEURAL PATTERNING

CHAPTER THREE - THE INSTRUMENT AND THE PLAYER
THE CARE OF YOUR HARP
TUNING
WARMING-UP BEFORE PRACTICE
POSITION AT THE INSTRUMENT
THE SEAT
THE POSITION OF THE FINGERS ON THE STRINGS

CHAPTER FOUR - PRELIMINARIES
THE RIGHT THUMB
THE LEFT THUMB
RIGHT HAND AND LEFT HAND TOGETHER
THE INDEX FINGER (RIGHT HAND)
THE INDEX FINGER (LEFT HAND)
LEFT AND RIGHT HAND TOGETHER
THE THIRD FINGER AND THE TRICHORD (RIGHT HAND)
THE THIRD FINGER AND TRICHORD (LEFT HAND)
TRICHORDS FOR THE LEFT AND RIGHT HANDS TOGETHER
TETRACHORDS FOR THE RIGHT HAND
TETRACHORDS FOR THE LEFT HAND
TETRACHORDS FOR BOTH HANDS
THE TURNUNDER AND TURNOVER
THE SCALE OF C MAJOR

CHAPTER FIVE - THE TRICHORD
TRICHORDS FOR THE RIGHT HAND ON BOTH ROWS
TRICHORDS FOR THE LEFT HAND ON BOTH ROWS
TRICHORDS - DOUBLE HANDED
TROUBLESHOOTING

CHAPTER SIX - THE TETRACHORD
TETRACHORD FOR THE RIGHT HAND
TROUBLESHOOTING
TETRACHORDS FOR THE LEFT HAND
TROUBLESHOOTING

CHAPTER SEVEN - THE MAJOR SCALE
THE TURN-OVER AND TURN-UNDER
LINKING
MAJOR SCALES USING FLAT - RIGHT HAND
THE SCALE OF F MAJOR - RIGHT HAND
SCALE OF B FLAT MAJOR - RIGHT HAND
SCALE OF E FLAT MAJOR - RIGHT HAND
KEY OF A FLAT - RIGHT HAND
SCALE OF D FLAT MAJOR - RIGHT HAND
TROUBLESHOOTING
MAJOR SCALES WITH FLATS - THE LEFT HAND
SCALE OF F MAJOR LEFT HAND
KEY OF B FLAT MAJOR - LEFT HAND
KEY OF E FLAT MAJOR - LEFT HAND
KEY OF A FLAT MAJOR - LEFT HAND
KEY OF D FLAT - LEFT HAND
TROUBLESHOOTING

CHAPTER EIGHT - MAJOR SCALES WITH SHARPS
MAJOR SCALE WITH SHARPS – RIGHT HAND
KEY OF G MAJOR – RIGHT HAND
KEY OF D MAJOR - RIGHT HAND
KEY OF A MAJOR - RIGHT HAND
KEY OF E MAJOR - RIGHT HAND
KEY OF B MAJOR - RIGHT HAND
KEY OF F SHARP MAJOR - RIGHT HAND
TROUBLE SHOOTING
MAJOR SCALES WITH SHARPS - LEFT HAND
SCALE OF G MAJOR - LEFT HAND
KEY OF D MAJOR - LEFT HAND
KEY OF A MAJOR - LEFT HAND
KEY OF E MAJOR - LEFT HAND
SCALE OF B MAJOR - LEFT HAND
KEY OF F SHARP MAJOR - LEFT HAND
TROUBLESHOOTING

CHAPTER NINE - THE CHROMATIC SCALE
CHROMATIC SCALE - RIGHT HAND
CHROMATIC PASSING NOTES - RIGHT HAND
CHROMATIC SCALE - LEFT HAND

CHAPTER TEN - TRIADS ON THE DIATONIC ROW WITH THEIR INVERSIONS & ARPEGGIOS
INVERSIONS OF TRIADS
DOUBLE HANDED ARPEGGIOS

CHAPTER ELEVEN - TRIADS PLAYED ON BOTH ROWS WITH THEIR ARPEGGIOS & INVERSIONS
TRIADS FOR THE RIGHT HAND - GROUP TWO
INVERSIONS OF THE TRIAD - RIGHT HAND
THE ARPEGGIO
TROUBLESHOOTING
TRIADS ON BOTH THE DIATONIC AND PENTATONIC ROWS WITH THEIR INVERSIONS AND ARPEGGIOS - LEFT HAND
TRIADS AND THEIR INVERSION - LEFT HAND
DOUBLE HANDED ARPEGGIOS
TROUBLESHOOTING
TRIADS TYPE THREE - RIGHT HAND
Root position
First inversion
Second position inversion
TROUBLESHOOTING
TRIADS TYPE THREE - LEFT HAND
DOUBLE HANDED ARPEGGIOS
TROUBLESHOOTING

CHAPTER TWELVE - OCTAVES
THE RIGHT HAND
LEFT HAND OCTAVES
DOUBLE HANDED OCTAVES
OCTAVES - OTHER FINGERINGS
TROUBLESHOOTING

CHAPTER THIRTEEN - FOUR PART CHORDS
FOUR PART CHORDS ON THE DIATONIC ROW
FOUR PART CHORDS ON BOTH ROWS
FOUR PART CHORDS - RIGHT AND LEFT HANDS
TROUBLESHOOTING
PLAYING COMPLEX FOUR PART CHORDS

CHAPTER FOURTEEN - THE MINOR SCALES
THE HARMONIC MINOR SCALE
THE MELODIC MINOR SCALE
TRICHORDS AND TETRACHORDS
TROUBLESHOOTING

CHAPTER FIFTEEN - THE MODES
THE JAZZ MODES (ALSO CHURCH MODES)
THE MIDDLE EASTERN MODES
TUNING
PERSIAN MODES
ARABIAN MODES
THE GYPSY MODE
MODES WITH SIX NOTES - THE BLUES SCALES
THE MAJOR BLUES SCALE
THE MINOR BLUES SCALE
THE FULL-TONE SCALE
THE PENTATONIC SCALE

CHAPTER SIXTEEN - THE SPANISH METHOD