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Here is a nice website for research-
http://home.hetnet.nl/~percygrainger/repertoirelijst-gb.htm
The main page is
http://www.percygrainger.netJust think if you sat down at the harp and played 5 hours the very first time you every saw it. Your arms would feel like they were ready to fall off, your back would be in agony, your shoulders would be screaming…The same applies to knitting and crocheting. Do only a 1/2 hour or so a day and build up to longer time periods. Every year I pick up my knitting needles in the beginning of October to make xmas gifts and I am always suprised when my arms and hands hurt for days. The trick is to take it slow.
HelenI too have wondered about the copyright issue. Does anyone on the board have the legalese on this?
HelenYour best bet may be to let them tell you what current pop tunes they like, take a look at some piano versions and see if they might work for the harp. Even if they don’t work at first look you may be able to arrange them in a “harpy” way or have your students work on it as an excercise in arranging. Most pop piano stuff works well on the harp. I’ve been playing Evanesence (my immortal), several Joanna Newsom songs (although I guess she’s more indie than pop), a few Linkin park songs, Bella’s Lullaby (the official version and the Yiruma unofficial version) etc. Depending on what your student is interested in the skys the limit. I have also been playing songs from some of the movies I love, Twilight, Piano, all of the Jane Austin movies (amazon.com has 2 great books that contain pretty much all of the music from these movies including My father’s favorite which plays like it was made for the harp!), etc.
Oh and speaking of clocks, check out this great harp video on youtube-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3ZJ2TIjSaEI had to laugh, look under the “Persian Emperor” harp and you will see this:
“rich in clang and beautiful finish.”I use a body beat metronome because I have a terrible time listening to a beat and following it, the body beat actually pulses. Since phones can vibrate does anyone know if there is a metronome ap for phones that pulses physically as well as audibly (or instead of). THAT I would get!
HelenJust doing a quick search I found it here-
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Sheet-Music-9-songs-from-the-60s-70s-and-80s_W0QQitemZ270380557032QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Music_Publications?hash=item270380557032
I would guess since it is older and does not appear to be in print anywhere in the us your best bet would be to buy it from ebay/and or used.
I listened to part of it here
http://www.samgoody.com/Beating-the-Boards-Avant-Garde-Jazz_stcVVproductId35960543VVcatId458900VVviewprod.htm
And you’re right it is a lovely song! Good luck.
Helen
