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No, Lyn, nearly everyone finds it confusing at first. Don’t worry–one day it will suddenly become very obvious. Sorry to hear about the loss in your family.
Hi, Sherri. Actually that won’t make a difference. It’s not an actual problem–things like the Blue worked just dandy in early versions of iOS, but then about iOS 4 Apple changed it so that you couldn’t run most things just by using the USB part of the camera connection kit to connect things. It doesn’t matter how much power a device actually draws–if the iPad can detect something pulling power from the device via the USB only, it shuts it down. So it doesn’t matter whether or not the iPad itself is plugged in, unfortunately. What you suggest is logical, but Apple doesn’t always waste time on logic. 🙂
You can use a powered usb hub and that works, but the power cord limits where you and/or the mic can be.
Hi, Ricky. I have and am very pleased with the Yeti also, but the fact that it requires power in recent versions of iOS is a drawback for many people. I liked the whole situation so much better before Apple throttled down the amount of power a connected device could draw.
It’s actually a lot harder than you think to increase your price, Angela. Word gets around and Ms. X expects to pay what Ms. Y said she paid you.
In my area we mostly distinguish between weddings and other gigs, because weddings are a lot more work. So we charge one price for a two-hour minimum for most gigs, and that two hour price is the price for one hour of wedding, because they’re going to take out of you in many additional calls, special requests, etc. in ways that a party or a memorial service usually doesn’t.
Hi, Sherri. I think you need to be a member of the folk harp society to get the current issues. They do have a link saying to email Jerry Brown (at Musicmakers) for back issues, but I don’t know if that’s only for members, too.
You might check academic libraries in your area. Some of them subscribe, even if there’s no folk harp program or folk music program of any kind at the college or whatever.
Just wanted to add that the current issue of the Folk Harp Journal has an article that’s basically just a big list of tablet apps (mostly iPad, of course) for harpists and musicians. Not reviews or any kind of evaluation, and she missed one or two fairly important ones, but it’s a valuable resource if you can get hold of a copy.
I think most pedal harpists in mainland China play the Salzedo method, thanks to all the work Grace Wong did over there back in the early days of detente with the west. Of course they have their own harp traditions as well.
I found that once you get used to it, higher heels make for easier pedaling. It’s nice being able to pivot on the heel when you’re going fast.
>Grandjany (correct me if this should be called “French”)
Yes, Mr. Grandjany never invented a method, only played and taught the traditional French method.
I was assuming that your mother already has a harp that she wants to give to your daughter. If that’s not the case, any place you buy the harp should be able to arrange shipping. They do that all the time.
Take it to a place that packs and ships antiques to have it foamed and boxed up. If you know the maker of the harp they may be willing to sell you a shipping carton, too, or have some advice about their preferred way.
EDIT Oh, and take the weather into account. You can’t know for sure that the harp will be in any kind of climate control along the way, so you want to avoid times when it’s freezing or very hot.
I would keep in mind that those threads are a couple of years old, while the baggage situation deteriorates all the time these days. I hope it’s still the way it was, but I would not count on any airline having the same policy now that they did n 2010, unfortunately.
You don’t have to do it that way, but for one thing teachers and other professional harpists often hear of good deals on used instruments that never make it to the open market–when someone’s student has quit and decides to sell a harp they don’t play anymore, for instance.
Hi, Elzbieta. Welcome! Does your mother have a harp already? If not, your best bet would be to find a teacher first, who can probably hook you up with a rental harp till you have a better idea of what you like. There are a lot of harpists in NYC, so you should be able to find someone quite easily. Here’s a link to the Harp Society teachers’ directory, but there are many more people than have listings here:
http://www.harpsociety.org/Resources/TeachersDirectory.asp
You could also contact any of the big schools/conservatories, the union, etc. to find someone.
EDIT A pedal harp is a substantial investment, not something you’d buy on a whim. You want to be sure you like playing the harp and find a harp you absolutely love before shelling out that kind of money.
