Just found your wonderful channel and subscribed. The topics you’re choosing are exactly what I need, and your explanations are great! Thank you!

Thanks for the pointers 🙏🏼

Hi dear Thank you so much I am Esther from Ghana 🇬🇭 Can you assist me with where and when to add Chords to a melody.. I’m a beginner Thank you

Thank you :) I was using the static, now Im going to try this one.

Stretching is always good;

So good, Samantha! Well done 🎶❤️

You do such a WONDERFUL job breaking down each technique. Thank you so much for taking the time to share your knowledge with us!

In short: don't press so hard against the harp and just chill

Hi Samantha Please can you teach me..I’m from Ghana

Thank you for this excellent video. Positioning is very often ignored in teaching videos but is so important. If your back starts hurting your practice session will be cut short.

In the past i was sitting on my sofa playing my harp. Obviously my knees were way to high for that. Now i switched to a chair and my harp started to sound a lot better :D From your videos I noticed that I am still sitting to low, because my hands need to reach a bit up, as specially my right arm. It starts to hurt after a few minutes... BTW. I had to play "Down by the Salley Gardens" a bit again, because i heard you playing it :D :D What a nice song. I love it.

Thank you so much, Smantha. You definitely have a talent in breaking techniques down. Cheers to you!

Thank you for all amazing teaching❤❤❤

Very interesting thanks for sharing your views on the subject it's a subject I've problems with.🎶🌈😎

Such a helpful video! Thanks Samantha 👍🏻

This is a great video. I have a problem with tension in my back. It is so frustrating. And I can’t figure out what is causing it. I try every day to figure it out.

Thanks Samantha, its always good to revisit hand and finger positions every so often. Its so easy slip into bad habits.

As a begginer I feel this so hard, I'm always thinking "when I will learn?" "will I learn?" "why I started so late?", sometimes I feel a little bit discouraged by my own thoughts :(

Thanks for the great advice. I had pain and improving my left hand technique definitely helped, also worth thinking about tension from elsewhere we might be bringing in. In my own case I ended up realising most of the pain was caused by poor posture and wrist position at the computer while working and oddly enough washing dishes was actually the cause of the majority of the tension. In my case getting a dish washer and a wrist support while working got rid of the pain over time. For me it was carpal tunnel and would recommend casting your summon medical professional powers to anyone if its gets as far a pain.

Sometimes our mind is our greatest enemy.

I love this it frames mistakes and things we don't like positively as opportunities to work. Also I am guilty of noticing my fingers and arms but not being mindful about how the rest of my body or even mind factors into things. Thanks Samantha.

Simple changes that make such a big difference. Thank you!

So true! So true! How do you KNOW me so well? Thank you for your insight.

Such a well-spoken woman! You do such a giid job at breaking things down. Thank you!

Is the PDF handout for more tips in your studio link, by chance?

Thank you so much for making this. I've notice for a little while just recently my position has been less comfortable and I have been Ignoring it. Thanks to you I took the time to look at it and noticed the adjustment knob and feet of my stool had worn out and I was now lower than I used to be.

Thank you for putting this out there! I feel like these points can all get so easily forgotten or overlooked, and as someone who has ouchy posture problems already it really helps to go back to the core of good positioning for playing to make sure my body has the least friction possible. It really helps when i try to make sure old problems don’t cause more problems 😅 P.S. i’m really excited for this channel!