Phonenix Autoharp Retreat
The Phoenix (Arizona) Autoharp Retreat launched in February 2018 to help autoharpists perfect existing skills and learn new ones with the goal of sounding goal through it all. Each Retreat focuses on a different, yet essential, aspect of autoharping.
The topic for PAR 2025 (occurring Tuesday dinner through Friday dinner, Feb. 25-28, 2025, in Phoenix AZ, of course) will focus on a freeing jamming technique that I call Swing Picking. And boy, I can’t wait to hear all of us swing while we jam!
Below is everything you need to know about PAR 2025, including a registration form inside the information packet to fill out and send in, and the music we’ll use during guided jam sessions. (I will encourage all registered PARticipants to bring their own jamming tunes, too.) Registration is limited, so sign up now! The deadline for registration is February 10, 2025.
CORE REPERTOIRE FOR PAR 2025: SWING PICKING
| Information Title (click on a title to open it) | Tune (click on a title to open it) | ♫ Listen! ♫ | Details (if any) |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAR 2025 info packet & registration form | -- | Everything you need to know about PAR, including the registration form, is here. Be sure to see the essential autoharp details on page 3. | |
| PAR: lodging options, and a good place to visit! | -- | ||
| GD & GDA chord-button layouts over >3< rows | -- | Recommended button set-ups for GD and GDA diatonics. OK to use another set-up, but these arrangements will be referenced to at PAR. | |
| GD-diatonic tuning and chords for a 36-string autoharp w >3< rows of buttons | -- | This chart is for those who wish to convert a 36-string, chromatic autoharp to GD diatonic. | |
| GD & GDA chord-button layouts over >2< rows | If your diatonic autoharp already has its buttons arranged in 3 rows, you don't need this! | ||
| GD-diatonic tuning and chords for a 36-string autoharp w >2< rows of buttons | |||
| About Lock Bars on 2- or 3-Key Diatonic Autoharps | -- | To assist clean Swing Picking, you need lock bars. Here's the scoop! | |
| -- | Read Me FIRST: About PAR 2025's core tune list | Everything you need to know about PAR 2025's core song/tune list. | |
| -- | Careless Love | ||
| -- | Faded Love | Faded Love audio, played twice | This is the only tune for which an audio file is supplied. We are pretty sure you know how all the others in this list go! |
| -- | Golden Slippers | ||
| -- | Keep on the Sunny Side | ||
| -- | Mama Don't 'Low | ||
| -- | Old Joe Clark | ||
| -- | On Top of Spaghetti | ||
| -- | Red River Valley | ||
| -- | Red Wing | ||
| -- | This Land Is Your Land |