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February 20, 2010 at 3:58 pm #108396

michael-rockowitz
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Hi all,

For those who haven’t seen this (and I hadn’t) – Mariano Gonzalez demonstrates that you can play the equivalent of a double strung harp, using 2 harps-

Pajaro Compana on 2 harps at the same time!

Michael

February 21, 2010 at 1:29 am #108397

patricia-jaeger
Member

Michael, another harpist, Betsy Mills, had a long restaurant job in California, about thirty years ago, playing two instruments at once: an electric keyboard with one hand, (I seem to remember her left), and her pedal harp with the other. It was very pleasing to hear, especially as she could sustain bass clef

February 21, 2010 at 1:38 am #108398

jennifer-buehler
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It’s interesting to see that he plays a “hybrid” paraguayan harp with levers.

February 21, 2010 at 12:06 pm #108399

michael-rockowitz
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Patricia,
Since you mentioned it, I decided to play around with my little sampling electric keyboard from 20+ years ago, and my harp – I see that it could be done, in various ways- the main part of the trick is positioning the keyboard so that it is conveniently located.

February 26, 2010 at 6:48 pm #108400

Liam M
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South American harps with levers or “Llaves” have been around for some time. My arpista amigos tell me also of a thumb ring they use to sharpen.
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