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Let’s just say that playing in session is a great way to overcome a tendency to play tentatively!
I doubt it would be heard in a larger session, but with that particular group in that particular venue, it worked well.
Audrey
I’m third from the right in front (as you’re facing the picture)…short person with short hair (well, at the time the pic was taken, anyway.
Separated at birth! (well, separated by about 20 years!)
I never thought I’d be able to work out my own arrangements, but all of a sudden it seems to be clicking for me.
Sylvia Woods has a good basic theory book that is directly applicable to the harp, and that might be useful for you.
Welcome to the world of the happy harp obsessed!
I’ve also wanted to play the harp for a very long time (I’m 46, and the first time I remember drooling over harp music was when I was about 15).
My daughter’s first-grade teacher referred to the…er…derri��re as “the back porch” (because you sit on it, of course).
My harp teacher would like me to learn wire harp.
Audrey
Yep…those little shrines typically indicate that a Latino family lives there (not always, but the emphasis on the veneration of the BVM and the tendency to put up shrines is very much a part of that culture).
In the U.S., we often call those boots (galoshes/Wellies) “rubbers,” which is also a euphemism for “condoms” here. I believe in the UK and Ireland (don’t know about Australia), “rubbers” are what we call erasers.
An Irish acquaintance of mine was terribly embarrassed when he conducted a meeting here in California.
Hmmm…I don’t know if Aussie English has the same slang terms as English English, but I do know that you don’t use the word “fanny” in polite company in England.
Just a question…does the buzz go away if you pluck the string differently?
When I first got my Ravenna, I thought there was a buzz in my bottom D, but the problem was actually with my plucking style (and apparently the angle at which my finger was hitting that particular string)…as my technique got better, the buzz went away.
Failing that, it might be a good idea to take the instrument to someone with experience building and repairing harps.
Who is the maker of your harp?
