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WRCJ 90.9 FM in Detroit is awesome as well. You can get their streaming on the internet here:
http://www.wrcjfm.org/listen.htm
After a rather rugged start with some rather odd announcers, they seem to have gotten it together really well. My favorite is Dave Wagner in the morning, but that’s because he’s a personal
My first inclination is to check around the harp. I occasionally hear buzzing, begin to freak about my harp…..and find it is a pencil on the music stand. I use the plastic pencils where you screw out the lead, and they tend to buzz on the music stand. Amazingly it sounds exactly as if it is coming from the harp. Barring something like that, I would call the harp manufacturer and ask if there is something you can fix yourself.
Briggsie
YES, I support our public radio station. For 5 years we had no classical station, and now that we have one back, YES YES YES!!!! Four times of the same piece in a week is a bit much, but Haydn 4 times repeated is still better than what I hear on the other stations for regular listening.
Ours is quite good, however. You will often hear harp on ours.
Briggsie
The Vanderbilts have more harmonics to the sound. I hear a more bell-like tone because thet harmonic sounding the fifth
She doesn’t have to use Bow. You can use Vanderbilt or Pirastro strings. I buy my strings for my Camac Athena (47 strings) from Vanderbilt Music for the most part, just buy base wires for a pedal harp (most people like the coated with reds and blacks for Cs and Fs — I prefer silver/coppers for the sound) and pedal guts up as high as you wish. I put Vanderbilts all the way up until
Maybe they need to be told that when they play their pieces over and over again and call it practice that what they are practicing
Maybe they need to be told that when they play their pieces over and over again and call it practice that what they are practicing
Are you talking about all adult beginners on harp? Or are you talking about adult amateurs? I am a professional musician who plays organ/piano/harpsichord and have a bachelor’s degree in organ performance and
Are you talking about all adult beginners on harp? Or are you talking about adult amateurs? I am a professional musician who plays organ/piano/harpsichord and have a bachelor’s degree in organ performance and
You have a secret envelope where you stick every spare dollar towards your next harp.
Your dog has a “harp beddie” near your harp where he curls up every time you practice and knows what the sound of pedals going into flat position sounds like.
Your livingroom has become a “music room” because there is no room for a tv, couch or coffee table in there.
Briggsie
Even bad lessons are good….and help you get better. I found this to be true. When I have a bad lesson, I analyze it and sometimes it just means I need to take a break for a couple of days from working so hard….give my mind (mostly) a break. It usually works for me. Instead of digging into my literature and etudes I just play for enjoyment for a day or two. It does wonders.
Also, for me, my lessons are always much better if I am not doing 10 gazillion things that day beforehand. Normally, I get up at 5:00 am, teach elementary and middle school music all day (that alone is enough to blow your brain to the moon and back), zoom home, take the dog out, feed him, take him out again and play with him, play through a piece or two, zoom off and drive 40 minutes through rush hour traffic
Curls,
I see your point and understand the dollar values, but I’ll just happily stick with my wondrous beautiful well built Camac. 🙂
Briggsie
