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Levels 1-3

Please note there is NO SET REQUIRED Repertoire for Levels 1 through 3. Please choose appropriate pieces for the “Required Repertoire” based on the outlined expectations. The Festival Board reserves the right to re-level a student if their planned pieces are outside the parameters for a level.

Level 1: New Beginner

Target Skills:

  • Good Posture

  • Correct Hand Position

  • Basic Technical Facility

  • Good Tone

  • Placing - Clean on Turn-arounds (1-2-3-4-3-2-1)

  • Correct Dynamics/Clear Contrast


Repertoire Parameters 

Suggested Repertoire

  • 2 lines

  • Utilizing both hands (trading off, playing same melody, or simple LH accompaniment

  • Utilizes at at least 2 fingers

  • Minimal or no chords

  • No accidentals or lever changes

  • Suzuki Harp Book One, Songs 1-5

  • Old Tunes for New Harpists, Songs 1-17

  • Harp Olympics Preliminary Book, pgs X-X

  • First HarpBook pgs…

  • Small Tunes for Young Harpists pgs….

Level 2: Beginner

Target Skills:

  • Glissandi

  • Accidentals - setting levers or pedals at the beginning

  • Arpeggios - root and inversions, predictable pattern

  • Scales - hand over hand


Repertoire Parameters

Suggested Repertoire

  • 3+ lines

  • Utilizing both hands where LH harmonizes or adds basic accompaniment

  • Utilizes at least three fingers consistently, 4th finger included

  • May contain accidentals - no mid-piece lever/pedal changes

  • Suzuki Harp Book One, Songs 6, 7, 9, 10-14

  • Old Tunes for New Harpists, 32, 33, 34, 40, 41-44 

Level 3: Advancing Beginner

Target Skills:

  • Placing/Scales - cross under and cross over

  • Accidentals - lever changes mid-piece

  • PDLT and other introductory tones


Repertoire Parameters

Suggested Repertoire

  • 4+ lines

  • More complex fingering or faster tempo requiring more developed finger facility

  • LH and RH can move independently

  • May contain accidentals or basic lever changes

  • Suzuki Harp Book One, Songs 17, 19, 20

  • First Grade Pieces (Grandjany): Barn Dance Memory

  • First Grade Pieces (McD/Woods): Moonlight, Stars


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