BASIC MELODY TECHNIQUE

Second in a series of video Podcasts by Champion autoharpist Jo Ann Smith (www.autoharpist.com). This installment explains a basic melody playing technique called "pinching". Subscribe to this video podcast at: http://www.autoharpist.com/Autoharpist/Podcast/rss.xml

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[ebmayes]

great basic beginner instructions! want to see the whole series - how can I watch them in sequence?

[autoharpist]

You can find them all here on YouTube, but the easiest way to view them in sequence is to go to my website (a link to it is on my YouTube channel page) and click on the "podcast" link at the top of the page. So far the episodes are kind of hit and miss -- just topics I wanted to address without any real game plan. However, new ones are coming soon that cover a diatonic conversion from start to finish, and other techniques that will be helpful to beginners.

[Donegaldan]

Excelllent teaching speed and pleasant personality-easy to listen to. Thank you

[RuthAlAbal]

P.S. I always wondered how the HECK people managed to play a melody. You have "demystified" it for me! --Alison Ruth Defrese

[phlarrdboi]

i love your videos! i am spreading the word over hear in europe.

[daviddchapman]

Because of you I have ordered my first autoharp. I hope to some day be able to play as beautifully as you do. Thank you for everything.

[tessamat]

Thank you so much for demonstrating how to play melody. I'm having a hard time finding a natural movement in my strumming and pinching, especially when playing something with a quicker rhythm. Any tips?

[demarezmichel]

I play Autoharp in guitar orchestra The sound is very good

DEMAREZ Michel

[meriharary]

This is really helping me. I am frustrated because I can't play melody. I hope to try this technique.

[madenmoiselle]

i was wondering if this was a appalachian autoharp? and is there a big difference with sound between those two?

[keithstacey999]

This is absolutely wonderful.  Thanks for posting!

[FrTrane]

any way to build an autoharp system from a plain old harp?

[TheGeneLightShow]

man, i hate tuning my 6 string guitar i cant imagine the frustration with an autoharp

[autoharpist]

@james34565 Yes, absolutely. I didn't have a teacher; I figured a lot of it out by experimenting and using instruction books. However, I also attended every music gathering, festival, etc. I could that had autoharp players in attendance. That helped a lot, sharing ideas and seeing how other players were utilizing their instruments.