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cool names for your harps guys

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your right
how did you know that she is a floor harp

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wow thats cool
i don’t have a wire harp
my lever harp is named emily & she has celtic designs on her soundboard
she’s a shamrock lever harp from Lyon & Healy
she has 34 strings 1st octave a to 6th octave c & natural in color

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i’ve ben playing for 7 years
did you know that I’m legally blind in my left eye & blind in my right eye
so it makes things a bit of a calange & i also have CP

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i love christmas, classical & celtic harp music
i play lever or pedal harp & i sing silent night in irish & in english
some other song i like doing on my harps are
you raise me up lever or pedal harp & voice
this song is a tear lurker draw me close lever or pedal harp & voice
be thou my vision lever or pedal harp only
amazing grace lever or pedal harp only
russian lullaby pedal harp only
this is the newest song that i learned, the prayer pedal harp only
i sum times compose my own harp music for both lever or pedal harp

here are some cds i like to sing along to
all the celtic woman cds
my harp teachers cds
Kim Robertson’s cds
our daily bread hymns of grace cd
our daily bred celtic hymns cd
christmas moments the christmas harp quartet cd
the heart of christmas harp & strings cd

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oh i must have missed that
btw thanks sherri
i cant see very good
i use my iPad voiceover to read to me
i must not of seen it on my iPad

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I’m surprised that no one wrote on my form

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I’m double jointed & I’m from Romania it doesn’t bother me when i play the harp I’m rather strong i do give my harp teacher a bit of a challenge because of my small hands & double joints but we always have fun together

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i have almost no sight in the right eye & just enough sigh in my left eye to see my harp strings i’ve got to have my sheet music almost life sized to me I’m 4 feet tall & both my harps are taller than me i memorized my music it takes me forever to learn a new song because my teacher & i have to break the song up into small patterns once i’ve got it than we move on until i’ve got it memorized

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during Thanksgiving i took my l&h shamrock lever harp to her house i played for the last time ever

after my grandma died i got to play my l&h 85 GP harp i played going home at her funeral 1 of my aunts on my dads side family said “i could listen to Mia play glissandos all day” my heart was broken for my grandma’s death but I’ll cherish that forever

PS i still miss her

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yes I’ve even named them

i love my harps a lot

I’ve got 2 harps both are girls, from Lyon & Healy in Chicago & their taller than me

ever time i play it feels like I’m hugging them & after i play i give her a kiss on her body

one is a natural shamrock lever harp named Emily the other is a 85 GP in mahogany & her name is Gina

go to harps & harp accessories & check out harp names tab

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i myself am an example of a visually impaired harp student

i have low vision in my left eye & only light perception in the right eye though i don’t have much sight i can still play both my harps i just have to play by ear & memory it’s a little harder to do because i don’t read sheet music & my harp teacher has to teach me a slightly bit differently than she teaches the rest of her other harp students

i also have CP but it’s very slight

i have to have more light so i can find my strings

i give my harp teacher a good challenge

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i own a l & h 85 GP

i love my harp

44 string is more than enough

69 ibs is good for someone who is about 4ft

the sound is rich, warm & good for solo harping

the extended soundboard is big & beautiful

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