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I have a Camac Clio straight in Ebony. The lighter weight and slightly smaller size is definitely beneficial for me as I am quite petite and it is easily transportable as it fits into my Toyota Yaris.
It’s a great little pedal harp. I’ve found the tuning holds very well and agree the high end is comfortable. I haven’t tried many other pedals so couldn’t give you an accurate comparison but I haven’t had any problems with it, hope this helps 🙂
Hello all,
I Just want to say thank you for all of your input, feedback and advice, it has been a great help. I am quite eager to talk to a few more male harpists and ask a few questions to gain a perspectives from your points of view on the harping world and personal experiences.
If any male harpists out there could volunteer a few minutes to answer a couple of questions, please comment below and I will get an email right out to you or give me an drop me an email (click on my name and it will be in that section).Thank you
Kate
Hi Tracye, Yes from what I’ve read it seems she was the trendsetter for harps in the French court.
Hey Paul, If anyone would like to read my end research then I will happily email the paper.
Georgina, Thanks for your input. It’s really interesting that men are so prominently featured at a professional level yet not so much at a beginners.
“Is that cos they only see girls playing and that perpetuates the divide or is it just not as appealing to them?”
That’s a great question, and on the student who had his parents choose the violin for him, the cost of the instrument really swayed the verdict on which instrumental path he would take.
A majority of people I have asked to ‘define’ the harp are not classically trained musicians so the only exposure, they have had to harps are at functions such as weddings… I suppose the environment of which the instrument is situated adds to the perception.
So far my sources are mainly books, internet, and paintings for the iconography part but if anyone has any more sources which could be useable then please do get in touch. Thanks again for the feedback, there’s lots of interesting facts and questions I can highlight in the project.
Hi Saul, that would be wonderful! I’ll send you an email in the next couple of days if that is ok.
Again if there are any sources which I haven’t highlighted and comments, opinions, personal experiences anyone would like to add, please do get in touch.
Thanks, Kate
Hi CC Chiu, I’m studying Creative Music Technology so this project is quite different to what I’m usually researching along with the methods I’m doing to obtain the data.
Totally agree with how you can finance a harp only if you have the relative funds to do so, but there are some great finance schemes out there now to loan before you buy and then getting the cost of the loan knocked off the harp price if you buy which is what I did and have not looked back since, so in this case I guess its becoming more accessible to people who previously thought it was an out of reach instrument of choice to learn. I hope so anyway, more harpists can’t be a bad thing.
Iconography is a huge topic definitely and I would absolutely love to go into so much more detail about paintings, sculptures, architecture etc…. the project is limited to around 3000 words so sadly I cannot go into too much detail on one topic but definitely cutting down the topics to accommodate a more in-depth research for one or two questions and analyzing the data would be appropriate.
I don’t have the art knowledge but could very happily spend a great deal of time trawling through books, internet, museums researching the instrument…. I can definitely say its pretty fascinating.
My title is a working one so yes giving it a definitive question, which can derive from the findings, would really give it interesting starting point.
I can’t find any previous studies on this topic or of similar value, which is a shame but starting afresh can be quite pro-active.This is incredibly helpful thank you!
Angel Zhou, Thank you very much for your comments, they are great to read and will contribute really well to the project!
As the Harp seems to be attributed to one gender more than the other, would any male harpist care to comment on how/if this perspective is changing?
Rightly so there are many wonderful male harpists and it’s really great to see anyone play an instrument with such talent.
I totally agree! His compositions are so beautiful. Aquatintes IV is my favorite, so simple yet really mesmerizing.
Danses D’Automne is a great book too but a real challenge for me at the moment .
Dance No 4 is the one I’m working on, can’t wait to be able to play it so fluently like this reacording.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gtyLFLhGdQ&list=PLB9BCDBECD84A0419&index=8&feature=plpp_video
Sounds like you have a real passion
and thats pretty much exactly what you need, you don’t need to be a pro to “reap the rewards” of your efforts and the enjoyment just comes naturally. Thats why we do it I guess ! Seriously look into music therapy though, sounds like a winner.
