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>t’s just that I often see here posts from people who plan to “move up” (I prefer the word “transition” myself) to pedal harp, and I wonder how many of us are more attracted to the folk instruments and their repertoire, and have no plan or desire to play the pedal harp?
But that’s what Tony is saying: what is the lever harp repertoire? It’s whatever you want it to be. People play all sorts of music without pedals, you know. To imply that it’s only suitable for folkies is doing it a disservice. You’re still implying that you need pedals for anything else.
I mean to leave the other fingers placed while you play the single strings. Sorry, forgot to mention that.
One way is to use your eyes as much as your ears. If you can see that one string isn’t vibrating or is vibrating much more than the others, that means you need to put in some more work. It helps to place the three notes and then practice playing each finger individually, too. Don’t always do this in the same pattern, like 321, though. Do 231, 132, 312, etc, as well.
I would strongly suggest finding a teacher first. You may be able to rent a lever harp to start with, maybe even for the duration of time before you transition to the pedal harp. In any case, renting for a bit will give you time to develop a better sense of what kind of lever harp you want, if you do decide to buy one. Many teachers rent harps very inexpensively to their own students.
> If they really don’t let them know that as well.
Who can say this, Tony? I sure wouldn’t presume. I might tell a student that s/he would need to work much, much harder if they want to do this or that, but nobody can know for sure about students. I’ve seen too many amazing young harpists burn out early while others just keep plodding along and eventually get there.
Anyway, mid-east manufacturing (link in my previous message) is the main importer, so you should be able to get a key from them.
This sounds very much like a Paki. You could contact mid-east manufacturing (www.mid-east.com), or you could also try the new universal tuning key from Dusty Strings, although they are pretty expensive.
