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Thank you Balfour-Knight!
Indeed, I don’t know how, but my message has disappeared (I edited it because the autocorrector changed a word and I didn’t notice it until I sent it, maybe that’s the reason?)Summing up, and as Balfour-Knight could see, I bought a second hand harpsicle and I’m very happy, I hope to learn just enough to start the classes with good foot but without bad habits when I can finally take them.
At the moment I have to go over the sheet music, I haven’t read in the F key for 15 years and I’m still struggling!Thank you all for your advice, I hope to be able to continue learning and to be able to give advice like you do someday!
Oops, sorry first of all for the long text before.
And secondly, I didn’t read well about MusikMakers and focused only on their marketing in America, I will contact MusikMakers to see if they have authorized dealers in the EU.
Thanks again!Hello Biagio,
Thanks for your tips (especially the “harp fist”).Asking a teacher was my first idea before asking here, but until January-February I won’t know on which days/times I will be able to give lessons (restructuring in my company), and I don’t want to contact a teacher and waste his time and then tell him that I can’t take those lessons, it would make me feel bad. I was actually planning to wait until January, get organized, contact the teacher and ask, and then buy the harp and close the classes. But I found the forum and thought that if I can get the harp before then, I don’t think in a couple of months I’m going to get into bad habits (I hope!).
If not, I’m back to my initial plan and when I know when to take lessons, I’ll track down a teacher and ask.Practicing hand posture without instruments I also did it with the piano when I took lessons and sometimes with the dulcimer, but in this case I have no one to correct me, I don’t know if I’m doing it wrong.
My fear with harps from the US or UK is customs, I know people who have had problems with instruments and they have taken a long time and paid more…. Of course I can have problems with harps bought in the EU, but from my experience it seems to me that it is more easily solved, although you never know.
It’s a pity, because I’ve read good reviews of MusicMakers, and it would be satisfying if my first harp had been “built” by me (or assembled, at least).And regarding the levers, if you tell me that for starters they are not so necessary I can widen my field of search. The thing is, with both my pentatonic lyre and dulcimer I feel like I’m missing notes. I can play with the tuning, but I miss having all the notes at my fingertips like with the piano….
Still that opens up my range of options, without levers I may find one of average quality and cheaper.At the moment I practice the hand position on my lyre by watching videos, it’s not the same, but it’s something.
I will practice the harp fist as well.
Hello Biagio,
Thanks for your tips (especially the “harp fist”).Asking a teacher was my first idea before asking here, but until January-February I won’t know on which days/times I will be able to give lessons (restructuring in my company), and I don’t want to contact a teacher and waste his time and then tell him that I can’t take those lessons, it would make me feel bad. I was actually planning to wait until January, get organized, contact the teacher and ask, and then buy the harp and close the classes. But I found the forum and thought that if I can get the harp before then, I don’t think in a couple of months I’m going to get into bad habits (I hope!).
If not, I’m back to my initial plan and when I know when to take lessons, I’ll track down a teacher and ask.Practicing hand posture without instruments I also did it with the piano when I took lessons and sometimes with the dulcimer, but in this case I have no one to correct me, I don’t know if I’m doing it wrong.
My fear with harps from the US or UK is customs, I know people who have had problems with instruments and they have taken a long time and paid more…. Of course I can have problems with harps bought in the EU, but from my experience it seems to me that it is more easily solved, although you never know.
It’s a pity, because I’ve read good reviews of MusicMakers, and it would be satisfying if my first harp had been “built” by me (or assembled, at least).And regarding the levers, if you tell me that for starters they are not so necessary I can widen my field of search. The thing is, with both my pentatonic lyre and dulcimer I feel like I’m missing notes. I can play with the tuning, but I miss having all the notes at my fingertips like with the piano….
Still that opens up my range of options, without levers I may find one of average quality and cheaper.At the moment I practice the hand position on my lyre by watching videos, it’s not the same, but it’s something.
I will practice the harp fist as well.Thanks for the tips! 🙂
The possibility of lessons is included in my budget for the harp. The problem is that it will have to be online classes, and for that I need a harp (there are teachers who rent you the harp for their in-person classes, that was my first intention, but due to logistical problems it won’t be possible).
I have experience playing the piano (I went to lessons for 4 years, although it was a long time ago), so I have a base, but I don’t want to get into bad habits that are difficult to get out of.
Hand position is said to be fundamental with any instrument.
I’m learning the dulcimer on my own and I realize that no matter how many books I have and tutorials I watch, at least in my case, I need someone to watch what I do and correct what I do wrong.
That’s why face-to-face classes would be ideal, but since I can’t, online classes are a good option. But for that I have to have the harp. In the meantime, I can always create the concept of “Air Harp” to be prepared 🙂Thank you very much! I thought I had done a good research ….
I didn’t know that Camac had smaller harps, there is a distributor in Spain, I will contact them, because it is possible that it fits my budget (or making a little effort).
About British distributors, I discard them out from the beginning, for fear of costs. It’s like with the US stores…. I prefer not to risk it, I have already seen cases of guitars that spend weeks in customs, you pay more than what it cost you and it arrives crushed… I don’t want to risk it…
I didn’t know detrobadourharpen, I will contact them as well, thank you very much! I’m glad I found this forum, I wouldn’t have found so many sites on my own.
I’m glad you know the dulcimer, here it is a great unknown. It’s fun to play, but a harp is my dream since I was a child. It will be fun to combine the two instruments.
Thank you very much for your help!!Hi Naisha! It’s great to coincide here with someone from Spain (we can share common problems in this field).
I had already read about floor harps to start with, but my budget is not enough to buy a decent floor harp. I can buy a cheap floor harp or a decent lap harp. Because of space and money issues I’ve gone with the second option.
I also play the mountain dulcimer (not very well), so I’m used to struggle with a lap instrument (although the difference between a horizontal and a vertical instrument will have to be seen) and I have adapted tricks and furniture.
Anyway maybe I can wait a bit and try to scratch a little more money, although I’ve been waiting so long that I hesitate between “I want it now” and “I can wait a little longer”.
Camac I think it was a little out of my reach but it’s a matter of looking or waiting.
The ideal option would be a second hand harp but I have not been able to find anything (I once bought a bandurria for 5€, I dream of finding something similar with a harp, hahaha).
Thanks for your advice, I’ll keep you posted.
