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Hi everyone! As one of those 2 finalists, may I make a shameless plug for your votes? I love playing in orchestra, and I love NYC, so this was the perfect contest for me! For those of you who don’t know, the winners (on all instruments) go to New York in April for a concert in Carnegie Hall with conductor Michael Tilson Thomas. I hope you enjoy my video.
I teach in Lakewood, a suburb just west of Denver. If you’d like to contact me, my email is lynneal@champmail.com.
Lynne
If the string is breaking right at the peg, it could be that the hole the string goes through has a sharp edge or rough surface which cuts into the string and that’s why it keeps breaking. Slide one of those broken strings back and forth through the hole – can you tell if it’s catching on anything? If that’s the case, you would probably need some kind of small cylindrical metal file to smooth it out.
I have also used some of the Gustavson and Andr?s pieces, which I like. However, my
favorite lever harp piece with special effects is Kymation by Darhon Rees-Rohrbacher,
published by Dragonflower Music. It calls for tuning of F#, G#, A#, B#, C, D, and E natural,
so some re-tuning may be required, but it’s worth it. The special effects include glisses,
harmonics, pdlt, xylophonic sounds, nail glisses, tapping with fingers and knuckles, and a
whistle (quickly sliding your flattened hand up on the wire strings to create a whistle
effect). The students I’ve used it with have also enjoyed it. I would probably rate it
advanced-beginner or early intermediate (definitely easier than Andr?s’ Epices, for
instance).
