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Hi,
I am 63yrs of age, and started learning the harp a year ago, and I love it. I could not read music so I started from scratch, but I am getting better and enjoying every second of it. If possible get a good teacher so you don’t learn any bad habits with your hands etc. If you have a chance go for it, I don’t think you will regret learning to play the harp.
I am an older adult who started taking harp lessons about a year ago, and I could not read music. My teacher told me to let the harp lead me, so with each measure I do learn the notes, but don’t always remember- so learn the first note of the measure and look at spacing of notes, if a space skip a string, if all notes are in line then play each string. Look for a pattern, especially with the beginner books – measure one may be the same as the second or the third. There is two web sites that are like flashcards one is musictheory.net and the other is musicards.net. It still takes me awhile to learn music with new notes, but knowing that the harp will help has made it much easier to learn the notes.
I am an older adult who started taking harp lessons about a year ago, and I could not read music. My teacher told me to let the harp lead me, so with each measure I do learn the notes, but don’t always remember- so learn the first note of the measure and look at spacing of notes, if a space skip a string, if all notes are in line then play each string. Look for a pattern, especially with the beginner books – measure one may be the same as the second or the third. There is two web sites that are like flashcards one is musictheory.net and the other is musicards.net. It still takes me awhile to learn music with new notes, but knowing that the harp will help has made it much easier to learn the notes.
Thanks to all for your replies –
I have heard that solid do get cracks but it does not affect sound, but as you said you pay big bucks for a harp and cracks appear is very scary. I wonder if there is something one can do to keep the cracks from showing up or is that just part of what is going to happen if you buy solid rather then veneer!
I will have to do some more research on the subject before I make the decision.
Thanks
They do have the small harp, but the tones are too bright, the timothy has 27 strings and has the deep tones of a larger harp, which is what attracted me to the instrument.
I love my Dreamweaver, and it is concert spacing and I do not have any trouble with playing the lower notes. I am new at learning the harp, but I absolutely love it.
I was asking about the Timothy harp because I want a small harp to take places and the Dreamweaver is a bit large to move easily. Timothy has a new 27 string harp that has deep tones, but I was wondering if solid wood would be harder to care for than veneer.
Thanks
