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Soo……. it is my understanding that Lucile Lawrence advocated that nail polish impedes the sound quality of the harp / harpist. Am I correct?
I’ve been wearing my marriage/commitment ring on my right hand for 28 years. I was only playing piano back then, but since I place stride piano with walking 10ths and often play with a flat left hand to reach large intervals, I could not play with a ring on my left hand.
Now since I’ve been playing harp for 25 years, I do lots of 10ths and large intervals on the harp with my left hand, which flattens the left hand and a ring on the left hand actually hits the bass strings.
Soo…… it’s only a ring on my right hand, which works very well for both piano and harp.
I agree with Saul. She very well may be innocent. Possibly, she was in the wrong place at the wrong time, or another scenario.
I was impressed that you were playing by memory! Wow. That takes a lot of trust of yourself, and the singer has to trust you.
Did you have a lyric-chord chart-sheet music monitor just in case of a “senior moment”?
Flawless!
I’m a Michel Legrand junkie. He’s my favorite composer ever! Right now I’m in the process of learning (memorizing) all the songs from the movie Yentl.
His music interprets very well on piano. But…… unless you are very advanced on the harp, his music, in general, is VERY difficult on harp because of multiple key changes, very often several in one bar. He does not go around the circle of fifths (which is easy on the harp), but rather goes from flat keys to sharp keys from beat to beat. His music can sound very clunky on the harp, even for very advanced harpists.
Thanks for sharing Carl. I’ve learned more in my musical life by watching and listening to great performers, more than any lesson(s) and more than any one teacher could ever teach me.
Briggsie,
That is VERY funny! I had a good chuckle.
Some people here are sounding like the Fox News version of the Harp World.
Thanks all….
Yesterday passed just like any other day, except they gave me a pin to officially be “Disney Ambassador of the Day.”
Jennifer…. I would love to say hi. Email me few weeks before. Here’s my normal schedule if there are no changes.
Grand Floridian Resort (next to the Magic Kingdom on the hotel monorail line)
Sundays: Lobby Piano 3-9 PM
Mondays: Lobby Piano 3-9 PM
Tuesdays: Victoria & Albert’s Harp (reservations required)
Wednesdays: Victoria & Albert’s Harp (reservations required)
Thursdays: Lobby Piano 3-9 PM
The lobby is open to the public and accessible from the monorail.
Also, I put together a small online photo gallery. I wish I had more photos of the people who have touched my life on this journey.
Hey, check out the unique way this guy plays a harp!
Diane,
I’m looking for new music to learn. I’ve had requests for Coldplay. Do you think Clocks is a good tune to learn?
The last couple of years I’ve had trouble finding new music.
Both. A lot of the harp I play has evolved from piano. It’s a very similar instrument, except since the harp does not have dampers, the harp usually has less notes in the lower and mid section.
Also, I’ve been thinking about this thread, and in my opinion, simple and easy piano arrangements work best on harp for starters. Then you can change and evolve those arrangements to works best for you. There are a lot of easy piano arrangement books available to purchase on the Internet.
I think easy piano arrangements work much better than harp arrangements. I have fond no harp arrangements that work for me, or that I would recommend. I encourage people to continually add their own ideas and eventually the arrangements become totally theirs. You may want to view other people’s harp arrangements to study, but I do not recommend playing them in public.
Hi… I’m not sure if I totally understand your question, but you speak English better than I speak Russian, so I applaud you.
Do you mean you play seven nights a week? You really need at least one or two days off a week.
Also, how long is your shift? If it is four hours, you can play 40 minutes and take a 20 minute break. When I take a break, I usually walk, get some fresh air, and do little exercises, such as shake or swing my arms a little.
You should definitely play music that works for you. So, if you are a classical player, then play some classical music each set. But, you should also play music the audience recognizes, so I think French love songs are good as you mentioned earlier. I play for a lot of tourists from the Northeast in the USA, and that is the center for Broadway musicals, so I play a lot of Broadway show tunes and the audience loves it. A good bet to start is learn some music from Phantom Of The Opera. Worldwide audiences love that show more than any other! And of course, please try to avoid playing an entire set from printed music. Memorizing is very, very, very important.
I’m ALWAYS working on new music, since I started my first steady gig in 1974. If you play the same old tunes night after night you will become bored.
Hope this helps. Please keep a positive attitude. Be nice to everyone, especially the staff of the hotel.
