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  • June 21, 2012 at 7:23 pm #145936
    lisa-fenwick
    Participant

    How hard do you think the

    June 21, 2012 at 10:15 pm #145937
    Sylvia Clark
    Member

    http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Composers

    You can find it there.

    June 22, 2012 at 12:07 am #145938
    alice-freeman
    Spectator

    Hi Lisa

    I played it with the University symphony when I had only completed 2 years of harp lessons. The harmonics are tricky but you can fake them by playing quietly an octave higher. There are 5-finger chords in each hand, but just pick the notes that you want to play.

    — Alice in windy Wyoming

    June 22, 2012 at 1:14 pm #145939
    melissa-gallant
    Participant

    Try transposing the harmonics section

    June 22, 2012 at 4:02 pm #145940
    barbara-brundage
    Participant

    As others have said, the part is pretty easy to play, and it’s not hard to follow to fit in with the ensemble, either. A really nice part–audible and fun to play.

    June 24, 2012 at 1:07 pm #145941
    lisa-fenwick
    Participant

    Thanks everyone. Really appreciate it as always.

    Barbara, Just wanted to say I really enjoy your arrangements-especially Scherezade.

    June 24, 2012 at 3:09 pm #145942
    barbara-brundage
    Participant

    Thanks, Lisa. If you play pedal harp, you should check out Robert Maxwell’s ‘Scheherazade’, which includes a lot of the bits that don’t work well with levers.

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