Title	Nouvelle Méthode pour apprendre à jouer de la Harpe en moins de six mois de leçons […]
Author	Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité
Place	Paris
Publisher	Duhan
Year	[1811]
Plate	189
Physical Description	65 p.

Language	French
Type of Harp	Simple Action Pedal Harp
Target Audience	Teenagers (12-18 years)
Speed of Progression	Fast
Structure of Method	Lessons: many subjects studied simultanously
Type of Illustrations	Drawings
Style of Music	Classical
Musical Structure	Exerices; Pieces
Elements of harmonical Theory	No

Introduction	1
Position of the Harp	2
Tuning
Elements of Musical Theory
Beginning with 1 finger
Beginning with 2 fingers
Beginning with 3 fingers
Beginning with 4 fingers	3
Intervals
Chords, 3 fingers
Chords, 4 fingers
Pedals / Levers
Glissando
Harmonics
Scales	4
Slides
Arpeggios
Trills, Tremolos, Bisbigliandi, Ornaments
Muffled Sounds

" Combine all these different movements … who will play well these lessons will know how to play the harp "

Introduction: long, with history on where from comes the harp, how the invoice to evolve, and who discovered pedals ( the brothers Gaiffres). Site all the big harpists, the composers and the professors of the epoch.
Chapter on the taste and the expression: treat the dynamics, the ornaments, for example.
Advices to the composers on the possibilities of the harp (explanation of the use of enharmonies)
First Lesson: presentation of the instrument: pedals (how use them); position in the harp (see drawing); position of fingers; work on pedals and tonalities; explanation of the scale.
Every lesson mixes several technical subjects such as: scales, arpeggios, cadences, ornaments, intervals, batterie, harmonics sounds. In each lesson there is a progression in the difficulties.
The method is divided in 2 parts : 1ste is texts and explanations ; 2de exercices, preludes and pieces with variations.

Originality: - suggest playing with the 5th finger and makes exercises to develop it!
Suggest learning the harp in 6 months (work 4 hours a day)
She advises to work separate hands and a lot to develop the left hand (work it more than the right hand)
Recommend that all the pieces of harpsichord can be played on the harp