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Sometimes harp teachers could look into how rhythm may be taught to other instrumentalists. Sally O’Reilly’s String Rhythms (published by Neil A. Kjos Music Co., in San Diego CA has a very flavorful way of doing this; with pies! Apple pie is eighth-eighth-quarter. Banana is sixteenth-eighth -sixteenth. Peppermint pie is dotted eighth-sixteenth-eighth-dotted quarter, and so on toward the end of the book where the mixed pies are found such as March from “The Nutcracker”, Promenade by Moussorgsky, etc.
Laura, Louise Trotter was also first a fine pedal harpist (her father built a pedal harp for her so she could perform in the band that he directed) and then she
Laura, Louise Trotter was also first a fine pedal harpist (her father built a pedal harp for her so she could perform in the band that he directed) and then she
Laura, Louise Trotter was also first a fine pedal harpist (her father built a pedal harp for her so she could perform in the band that he directed) and then she
Susan, look at http://www.pacificharpinstitute.org, a camp in Kirkland, WA, that accepts all young harpists, whether lever or pedal players.
Susan, look at http://www.pacificharpinstitute.org, a camp in Kirkland, WA, that accepts all young harpists, whether lever or pedal players.
Susan, look at http://www.pacificharpinstitute.org, a camp in Kirkland, WA, that accepts all young harpists, whether lever or pedal players.
This can be confusing the first time you notice it. Grandjany may have been the first one to use it. It means the thumb plucks the note and quickly returns to dampen the sound.
Greg, In the late 90’s I also took the excellent summer course with Rita Costanzi when you, and Ariel Weingarten from Portland, Oregon also attended. It’s wonderful to learn you kept up your harp study since then, and even have your own web site! Rita is an outstanding teacher, and is now in New York City. Very best wishes to you!
Take a look at the Pilgrim Harps (just south of London, England, in Surrey) that has a 34 string clarsach. Such a mellow tone, pedal harp spacing, light-weight and fully levered. The late Derek Bell, harpist with The Chieftans, played a Pilgrim clarsach harp.
My recommendation is for the Eastman School of Music, at the University of Rochester, in Rochester NY. Not only has the U 0f R several Nobel prize winners on its faculty, but Eastman School has Kathleen Bride, excellent teacher of Grandjany harp technique. There is a summer harp program for those who want a short introduction to serious harp study after high school; first class dormitory and dining facilities; wonderful Sibley Music Library connected to the School.
