Many of the great performers in the autoharp community first became well known as contest winners. The specific regimen contest players follow puts the development of melody playing technical and musical skills into overdrive to where it affects everything else they play. We will explore this process working on 3 contrasting type tunes: "Fandango" (chords: G-C-D-D7-B7), "Farewell To Glasgow" (chords: Em-Bm-C-D) & "Great Big Taters In Sandy Land" (chords: G-C-D).
Many of the great performers in the autoharp community first became well known as contest winners. The specific regimen contest players follow puts the development of melody playing technical and musical skills into overdrive to where it affects everything else they play. We will explore this process working on 3 contrasting type tunes: "Fandango" (chords: G-C-D-D7-B7), "Farewell To Glasgow" (chords: Em-Bm-C-D) & "Great Big Taters In Sandy Land" (chords: G-C-D).