Victor Alvarez's concludes his harp series with a brief introduction of "El Jarabe Loco". Viewers will take the harp basics learned in parts 1, 2 and 3 of this series and use them as the fundamentals for learning to play a simple version of "El Jarabe Loco".

In this harp series, Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán's harpist Victor Alvarez introduces students to the fundamentals of harp technique, explaining and demonstrating hand positions, fingerings, intervals, arpeggios and bass lines. He teaches basic exercises, in ascending and descending form, to be practiced up and down the three registers of the instrument. .

For the full series visit:
Part 1 - Getting to Know the Mariachi Harp - https://youtu.be/IfLG8fx29Zc
Part 2 - Playing the Harp in Octaves - https://youtu.be/keaurUGff_Y
Part 3 - How To Play Chord Inversions - https://youtu.be/Uf-Sp5orx4c
Part 4 - How to Play El Jarabe Loco - https://youtu.be/qwJ8A11hg_4

This video was made possible with support from Gonzaba Medical Group, H-E-B, the San Antonio Independent School District Fine Arts department, SolarShot and Muñoz Public Relations (MPR) – producers of the 26th Annual Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza.

Spanish brief: Victor Alvarez, arpista del Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán nos demuestra "El Jarabe Loco" aplicando ejercicios basicos de arpa folklorica Mexicana.

Video by: Solarshot https://www.solarshothd.com/

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