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Barbara, It’s true that in four of the Twenty Carols, there is a one-time optional use of an F or a C lever, but even these slight moves can be ignored at will, if necessary, since the inner voices will carry the needed harmony through those spots if players on violins, viola, and cello are also used in the performance.
Jerusha, two pieces that come to mind are sold as Maestoso Harp Solos ($5. ). Included are Finlandia Theme, Sibelius, and March of the Priests, Mendelssohn; both arrangements by Herald Music are quite chordal in nature.
Jerusha, two pieces that come to mind are sold as Maestoso Harp Solos ($5. ). Included are Finlandia Theme, Sibelius, and March of the Priests, Mendelssohn; both arrangements by Herald Music are quite chordal in nature.
More harp and violin suggestions:
Sea Shell by Carl Engel, composed in 1911; edited for violin and piano by Efrem Zimbalist (father of the actor)
Yes, a few years ago at a big Harp Conference in the Tacoma, Washington area, Mr. Kim Webby exhibited his harps. They are all handmade, from
Mildred Dilling told those of us at a workshop she held, in February 1978 in Eugene, Oregon, that she wrapped a satin ribbon around her right wrist when performing, so that it would “slide more easily”.
Thank you, Paul; that is a great help. And Carl, the notes in that movement with those fine lines through the stems are sometimes eighths, and sometimes sixteenths. Paul’s explanation seems reasonable. Sometimes, with oversized music from French publishers that is difficult to file without trimming the edges somewhat, and other things such as these markings, makes me wish there could be a summit meeting of publishers (!) where it would be decided that all would use the same standard in size, notation markings, etc. I’m not holding my breath! Another need of standardization: Chord symbols!!
Thank you, Paul; that is a great help. And Carl, the notes in that movement with those fine lines through the stems are sometimes eighths, and sometimes sixteenths. Paul’s explanation seems reasonable. Sometimes, with oversized music from French publishers that is difficult to file without trimming the edges somewhat, and other things such as these markings, makes me wish there could be a summit meeting of publishers (!) where it would be decided that all would use the same standard in size, notation markings, etc. I’m not holding my breath! Another need of standardization: Chord symbols!!
One useful tool for forcing a stuck knot out of the soundboard hole, is a large safety pin. Keep one with your other harp tools, just in case. You bend the pin apart so the closure part is in line with the point, so that you have a kind of a handle to hold onto. Put the point of the safety pin trom the front of the soundboard, into the hole; when it stops, that is where the knot has stuck. Push gently but firmly. You haven’t damaged your harp or the string “shoe” on the sounboard string strip
Marie, Guardian Angels by Harpo Marx is also arranged by Maryjean Zarick, and available as a downloaded printed copy from her site, HarpMusicNow.com. Over 50 compositions she has arranged are available”free” on subscribing for a year, which is currently $22. She also offers 10 free video harp lessons to subscribers. Some examples besides Guardian Angels are Stairway to Heaven, As Time Goes By, Chariots of Fire, Norwegian Wood, as well as many Christmas carols, hymns, Irish and Scottish, and other items suitable for pedal, lever, or
Laura,
Bridesmaid dresses might be another source. One harpist I know has a beige Jessie McClintock lacy dress bought on sale, that is highly appropriate for any age harpist.
Oops! Instead of Merrily…, the tune I spelled out in numbers, above, read London Bridge is Falling Down. Sorry about that.
