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In addition to the finger fitness I would recommend 3 other ways to to improve.
1) like previously mentioned get a digital keyboard (~$90) and one of the many basic musicianship/theory books/workbooks available. Your ear training and music reading app will help in this area too.
2) practice reading and sight reading music. It’s not a fun with out the pitches there, but just look at a lot of sheet music and read the note names ALOUD, if you do this a lot reading music will be easier once you regain access to an instrument.
3) listen to a lot of music. Figure out what songs you want to learn how to play, listen to them repeatedly, so the tempo, volume, accents, notes, and rhythm become ingrained in your head, that way it will be easier to reproduce and recall, once you regain acess to a harp.
Hope that helps
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WaldenwaldenParticipantI am a novice harpist, taking weekly 1 hour lessons for 5 months now.
Knowing what I know now, if I were in your situation where I would be stripped access for an extended period. One of many things I would do to continue to improve would be to follow the finger independence and fitness techniques developed by Greg Irwin.
The following link has a 1 minute performance and all of his exercises. He is not the coolest cat, but his teachings will help your finger independence, strength, endurance. Still there is no substitute for a real harp.
I am no pro but I think any harpist could benefit from these exercises, especially if they wish to get better while they do not have access to an instrument. While traveling, at work, or watching TV.
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