Double strung workshops at Somerset 2020

Friday 9:30-11:00
Double-Strung Harp: Introduction
Carolyn Deal
Come to this workshop and explore how the double-strung can make even a
beginner or intermediate player sound like a harp genius, and how an advanced
player can soar beyond their wildest expectations. Some reasons Carolyn thinks
you'll love double-strung: less dexterity needed, repeated notes are much easier,
you can sound fast without playing fast, arranging a tune is easier, your hands
don’t run into each other, you can do easy things and sound advanced because
of the overlap. You’ll hear some of the many exclusive techniques that can be
done on double-strung harp, and then get some hands-on to try them out for
yourself. You'll need a basic knowledge of harp playing to take this workshop.
You'll learn: Staggered 1-5-8s, Cascades, Waterfalls, Bass-Chord Glissandos,
Contrary Motion, Anchoring, Mirrored Three Finger patterns, and more. There
will be a small number of double-strung harps provided for those who don't
have them. Please contact Carolyn in advance to arrange for one.
smilingharp@gmail.com

Friday 1:30-3:00
Double-Strung Harp: First Steps
Joy Yu Hoffman
This level of workshops is designed for anyone who has no experience on any
kind of harp and who particularly wants to start playing double-strung harp. Joy
will start with the sitting posture and hand position and then move on to
learning double strung technique: scales, chords, and intervals. The class is all
hands-on and without needing to using music at first. You'll then learn to play
exercises from music and get some short pieces which Joy has arranged
specifically for this class. You can use this workshop to reinforce our other
Double-strung intro workshop given by Carolyn Deal or just jump into this class.

Friday 1:30-3:00
Double-Strung View of Therapeutic Harp
Nancy Beal
Whatever your level as a therapeutic harper, you'll want to find out how a
double-strung harp can be your best friend in therapy work. Based on her
thousands of hours of experience using her double-strung in her therapeutic
work, Nan will treat you to a brief therapy session, share stories and
demonstrate how the resonance possible with a double-strung harp can be
doubly effective in healing and show you how effortless improvisation is on a
double strung. In this demo you'll get suggestions concrete suggestions of various
double strung techniques that are most useful in harp therapy. You'll get detailed
handout on how to best use a 'mobile' double-strung in therapy. No harps
needed to enjoy this workshop.

Friday 3:30-5:00
Double Strung Harp: More Techniques
Carolyn Deal
Because covering 300 techniques exclusive to the double-strung harp is just not
possible in one workshop, in this class you'll build on what Carolyn presented in
her Intro workshop! Carolyn will cover techniques like Filigrees, Three Against
Four, Up Against Down Triads, Angel Finger, Squiggles, Anchoring, Offsets, and
more and you’ll get the hands-on instruction to try them out for yourself. Basic
knowledge of harp playing is needed to take this workshop, including knowing
your 1-5-8 chord position. Detailed handouts will be provided, including
reference to Carolyn's online tutorials. There will be a small number of double-
strung harps provided for those who don't have them. Please contact Carolyn in
advance to arrange for one. smilingharp@gmail.com

Saturday 9:30-11:00
Double Strung Harp 201
Joy Yu Hoffman
There are special techniques and effects that double-strung harp can accomplish
that cannot be done on a single-row harp. Things like Echoing notes, as the
Chinese say, " A thousand pearls fall on a jade plate." Joy will teach more
patterns, tricky fingering, and the fun unexpected placing of both hands to
achieve the texture only possible on double-strung harp. Joy will demonstrate
setting up both sides of the levers under a different scale or mode to make the
music sound " contemporary" . This will add to what you learned in either of
our introductory double-strung harp workshops on Friday.
Saturday 1:30-3:00
Double Strung Harp: Improvisation
Carolyn Deal
You'll get more a personalized coaching session and solidify your feel for
double-strung in this workshop. The first 30-minutes is a warm-up; a refreshing
musical campfire, or harpers circle, where anyone who wishes can share a
pattern or play a tune for the group. Carolyn will then teach improv on the
double-strung using things like White String Improv with Three Against One, Ice
Cream Cones in twenty forms, and improv with Offsets. For more experienced
players, here is a chance to get coaching as you do the various techniques.
Carolyn and helper(s) will be walking around the room looking at each person’s
experiments. Beginners and the Double-strung curious are welcome to observe.

Saturday 3:30-5:00
Double Strung Harp: Amazing Arranging
Carolyn Deal
On double strung harp, arrangements can sound complex without being
complex, because of the overlapping of the hands in the same register, and
techniques like Ping-Pong. Learn ten simple steps for arranging. You’ll learn the
usefulness of Delayed Thumb 1-5-8’s, Straight-Rhythm 1-5-8’s, New World
Symphony Walking Bass, and Ice Cream Cones. Also learn how to transpose to
best fit on your lap harp. This class will have some hands-on for double-strung
players who already know basic double-strung techniques. Beginners are
welcome to come and glean as much as they can and listeners are also invited.

SUNDAY DOUBLE-STRUNG ALL-DAY CLASS

http://www.somersetharpfest.com/doublestrungsundy.html
Complete Immersion into
Double-strung harp

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All-Day Sunday Add-on

Double-strung Deep Dive with Carolyn Deal

A full-day smorgasbord learning techniques &

building skills
"I love to help people get “aha” experiences," says Carolyn Deal. This add-
on is sure to give the double-strung players many “aha” moments! "There
are hundreds of things you can do on a double-strung harp, beyond what
you already know from playing single-strung."
Interest in the double-strung harp keeps growing and there are more players now
than ever before. If you've been playing on your own this is the ideal chance to
meet up with other players and share in the joyous sounds of this instruments.
Take this amazing opportunity to learn from one of the instrument's top teachers
and get together with players from all over the country to build your niche in the
harp community.
• Share and support each other!
• Learn new techniques.
• Experiment with arranging.
• Improve on your improvising skills.
This is the in-depth double-strung harp mini-conference you've been waiting for
and it's a first for Somerset. Add onto your Somerset weekend. Spend a whole day
doing a "Deep Dive" into the Double-strung.

Unlock Your Potential on the Double-Strung Harp

You are already aware that there are many things that you can do on the double
that just can't be done on a single-row harp. As a non-beginner double player
you've also probably been watching and learning from the extensive line of more
than 150 YouTube videos that Carolyn Deal has freely made available. Here's your
chance to spend a whole day with Carolyn and get up close and personal
coaching and instruction.

Some of the techniques and topics that will be covered during this full day of
double-strung harping:

• Tenths Against 1-5-8’s


• Improv Magic and Composing with Weaving


• Arranging on the fly


• Feathers for Musicality


• Borrowing Hands


This all-day add-on is targeted to the non-beginner player who has been playing
the double for a while. An experienced single-row harper who has just purchased
a double at the festival is welcome to attend this workshop and will get a lot out
of it; just be cognizant that it won't come as easy to you as to someone who has
been immersed in double! We want to be inclusive and welcome people in the
double-strung community while giving the more seasoned double players a
premier experience they won't be able to get anywhere else.

By Sunday, if you've been at Somerset all weekend, playing and absorbing

information, it's been pretty intensive. So the first part of the Deep Dive is a
relaxing break, to what see others are doing and connect with other double-strung
harpers. Then the second part is diving into new goodies, which will leave you full
of inspiration for your continuing journey with double-strung harp.

Any Prerequisites? You must have your own double-strung harp to attend this
workshop. Please watch any 10 of Carolyn's short instructional double-strung harp
tutorials so that all attendees can have the same frame of reference to start the
day. This full-day workshop will have exclusive material not covered in any of the
videos and it's in real-time! The course handout will be extensive.

Itinerary & What to Bring for the Day

9-10:45am: Session 1
11am-noon: Somerset Morning Concert

12-1pm Quick Lunch Break & Final Exhibit Hall

1-2:30pm: Session 2
2:45-4pm: Session 3
4:15-5pm: Campfire Camraderie & Wrap-Up

What to Wear: Please dress comfortably and come ready to play.

What to Bring: Recording device if you want to, music stand would be useful!

About Carolyn Deal

Carolyn Deal founded and directed the Southeastern Harp Weekend in Asheville,
NC for fourteen years, and is now sharing her discoveries of the vast potential of
the Double-Strung harp.

Her revolutionary Double-Strung teaching and demo videos are a "must"

destination for any double-strung harp player. She says, “I spent years having
misconceptions about double-strung harp, and now it has totally changed my
life.” Carolyn’s background is in teaching, including teaching her NLP regression
hypnosis method to professional therapists, and winning the President's Cup seven
years in a row as the most popular Silva Method trainer in the United States.

Because of her advanced knowledge of how the brain works, she has a way of
teaching that makes things easy. On Double-Strung harp Carolyn can show you
ways to sound way more advanced than you are. Novice players can sound
beautiful, and advanced players can go far beyond anything they have done
before. We have some of her videos below. More are available on her YouTube
channel

Cost & Registration

Double-Strung Deep Dive: Only $100 if you add it to your full festival
registration during our Early-Bird discount period, which ends May 1. If you just
come for Sunday it's $150 and includes the Somerset Sunday concert. You must
sign-up in advance for this event. If you signed-up during our Black Friday
promotion, you can add this and other add-ons by using this form.

Location & Hotel

The event takes place at the Sheraton Parsippany, 199 Smith Rd., Parsippany NJ.
Attendees can take advantage of the Somerset discount hotel rate of $122/night.
The discount applies for Sunday night too. For more details on the location, maps,
and transportation options see the Location page.

Questions? Need more information?

Call or email Kathy DeAngelo at 856-795-7637.