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Well the Manhasset stand I ordered arrived today and is being set back just as quickly. Husband assembled it and the thing rattled every time I turned a page. Something very amiss with the stand not sure what but seemed unresolvable by us. Musicians’ friend was very helpful and offered a quick refund and free return shipping. so the hunt contiunes.
thank you Sylvia I do have special music glasses focused at arms lenth. My problem is arrising from the base of the music stand it is very wide making it very stable but unsuitable for a harp with pedals.
I have spoken with both composers this afternoon. One wants his glissandi to sound muddy the tone poem is about a river so he said the muddier the better. Ah well it is his piece but he did at least say to not play the key change gliss from E flat maj to E maj he will have the violins play it instead. The rest of the piece other than being a gliss party is playable and can’t be all bad as the harp has a nice cadenza at the end.
The other composer is open to perhaps the dim. 7th gliss but wants to hear how it sounds with the rest of the orchestra fair enough. He said to leave the key change glisses out as they are duplicated else where except for one which I have a couple of measures to prepare for so should be OK.
Thank you everyone for the excellent suggestions and sharing your knowledge.
Love the harp Tuesday youtube my old feet can not move that fast!Yes, Alison P. I believe that would help a lot. Could you also make suggestions for the other composers equally difficult transitions which by the way are all also glissandi? In one measure the transition is from E flat maj to G maj with in 1 beat. Another from F maj to A maj also in 1 beat. And lastly from A flat maj to D maj in one beat.
I love playing these fellows new music and they are very open to suggestions as neither one knows diddly about writing for the harp. Thanks bunches. JulieOh good grief the second composer in the same community orchestra sent me his piece for the same concert. It too has a lot of glissandi with major key changes in less than one beat. I guess when they put into their computer program they are using to compose and it has no difficulty with the key change they figure it’s fine.
