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the Inglefield book has some information on the Rhapsody from Mrs. Grandjany
that is why I recommended it.
The Weidensaul article in the AHJ is not on everything about Grandjany but just about the Rhapsody. It will answer a lot of your questions.
can’t say I’ve had the courage to make a harp on my own but I have an old 22 and a 23 that’s not old but I bought it used
people don’t expect a man to play the harp I always tell them that it used to be an almost all male profession (music) and they seem to get that
women played the harp but just not a lot did professionally like in orchestras many times only men were hired
John you have so many stories
I wish someone would do an oral history with you about your experiences playing the harp
it’s still pretty and we could use more harp pictures out there to get people interested in the instrument
try not closing as much. it’s called short articulation. still need to relax the fingers and close but just not as far in. you can play faster that way but check with your teacher to be sure you’re ready for it since it’s an advanced technique
Saul’s right too that Grandjany studied with Renie. Both Hasslemans and Renie.
Those videos of Grandjany that were made when he was in his 80’s should help and there’s an introduction on there by one of his students.
Thanks for the advice and the stories. I know you’re right but sometimes you have to hear it from other harpists to feel okay.
Maybe the problem isn’t Salzedo “aggressively” marketing his method or with people wanting to make gurus. Maybe it’s just that sometimes when you don’t have the teacher around anymore you want to gather all the information they had so you can still learn from them or share it with your students or hold on to something. It’s really human nature to do that. A lot of people probably talk about Grandjany method because they don’t know if there was one or not because they didn’t study with him or because they did study with him and want to make sense of the valuable lessons they learned and maybe they feel bad there isn’t a published method because lots of his students have little exercises and things he wrote for them.
