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Sylvia Woods Music Theory and Arranging Techniques for Folk Harp is pretty good to get started on, it covers left hand patterns in different time signatures, chords, plus contains many songs to play around with.
Most of the Finale software can be tried out for free (I think on a 30 day basis). I’ve used it before and it works well.
Karen
Could be the wind may have kept the temperature down where the soundboard was exposed to the sun. However, I would ask the person who replaced the soundboard what kind of finish they used. It doesn’t seem right that there should be such
Hmmmm….I can take a stab at this one, but hopefully a professional pedal harp builder (like Carl) will jump in with a better educated explanation. First, a couple of questions. What temperature was the harp at originally? Was the soundboard exposed to direct sunlight? When your harp was rebuilt, did they put a brand new soundboard in it?
Here’s what I think might have caused this: If the soundboard was originally at 70 degrees or so, then cooled to 55, then- if exposed to direct sunlight-heated up again (while the interior of the soundboard stayed at 55 or so) this could have caused the finish to contract and expand over a short period of time, causing the crackling.
Alternatively, if the builder did not replace the soundboard when they rebuilt your harp this crackling may be the result of aging, and you may not have noticed it before now. The brighter surroundings made the finish show up more.
Oddly, though, I’ve taken my harp out in cool temps (30’s, with a light cover) to warm temps (70’s) with vast humidity changes in transport and not had anything like this happen. It could very well be the type of finish on your harp.
I’m so sorry this happened to your baby
I hope you can get him (her?) fixed.Karen
That is wonderful, Pat! I was desperately searching for some nice Christmas cards with harps on them, all to no avail. I will keep you in mind for the future
Thanks for sharing!Karen
May I also recommend the 26 string Limerick from Musicmaker’s? It is available in cherry or walnut, with nylon or wire strings. It has a beautiful tone and wonderful projection. You can check out sound clips on Musicmaker’s website- http://www.harpkit.com
Karen
Try this thread-
http://www.harpcolumn.com/forum/message-view?message_id=2222516
Hope this is what you’re looking for.
Karen
If you do a google on Camacs, Truitts, and Lovelands, you should find at least a few threads here on these levers. I think just about everyone on these forums has a preference and has listed several reasons why.
Karen
I know this is an old thread, but I finally got around to posting a somewhat decent soundclip of my harp on YouTube (notice I didn’t say video clip, the visual quality is
Well, it does stretch you thinner- I’m sure if I concentrated on harp only I would probably be farther advanced. You know what they say- “Jack (or Jill) of all trades, master of none”. I currently play harp(celtic and irish), flute, hammered dulcimer, voice, and irish whistle. I do recall a thread about playing piano and harp, and many posts agreed that
I agree with you Saul- I have noticed this dulling (I prefer to call it mellowing) affect the gut strings have in the baritone range of my lever harp. I wondered how to explain why this is, but your assessment of the
