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This response comes a little late – I only noticed your question now as I was looking through the threads I’ve replied to.
My favourite book series is the Deverry series by Katharine Kerr. It’s set in a Celtic fantasy world, and is written so beautifully and with such intricate characters and plots I just love it!I have the same problem with small hands and short fingers. Octaves are really hard to do for me, so I often find myself “cheating” and making chords instead… Which I probably shouldn’t do, because then I’ll never be better at octaves. Who said playing the harp was easy?
Thank you so much, everyone!
I realise that maybe it was a mistake writing out the letters of the notes under the staves, and will try from now on to learn the pieces by identifying the notes instead, although it may take some time at first. I will also try to learn music as best I can.
It’s not easy for me to find a teacher, and that’s why I have been teaching myself. I live in Norway, and harpists are hard to come by. I only know of three, in fact, and I am trying to see if any of them could give me some lessons. They are all concert harpists, and so they are very busy.
If I am unable to get a teacher, would it be a good idea for me to buy Pamela Bruner’s Play the Harp Beautifully books and dvd? Maybe it would help me catch any mistakes I am making in fingering and hand position, because I worry a lot that I’m not placing my hands correctly.I found my first harp on ebay, and it only cost me about 300 $. It was a 22 string lever harp. A small harp is good for learning the basics, and then you can save up for a bigger harp.
Thank you for the replies.
I’ll try playing it in the bedroom tomorrow to see if it still buzzes, then.
And I’ll try to find out which levers are buzzing, too.My lap harp is named Roisín, which means “little rose” in Irish. I thought it was fitting because it’s made of rosewood, and because it has little rose carvings on it. My new Elysian Hempson 34 is named Elyssa, after Elysian and a character in my favourite book series.
I used to dance, first ballet, then modern, and then Irish Dancing. I really loved Irish Dancing the most, because Ireland and Irish music and culture has been my passion since I was about twelve or thirteen. Sadly, I had to stop dancing at 18 because I didn’t have the time because of all the preparations I had to do for the final exams at high school, but I will always have a great passion for Irish Dancing.
I struggle with finding the rhythm when playing music, which I didn’t when I was dancing, but that may be because I’m better at hearing a rhythm than I am at creating one. For instant, I couldn’t keep my rhythm when dancing without any music on.
Thank you for the tips. I’ll make sure my levers are disengaged when I tune. I’m quite sure my levers are properly regulated, I’ve tested them with my tuner and they seem to be all right when engaged as when disengaged.
Hey, that sounds like a good piece of advice. I’m glad I found this place 🙂 It’s hard without a teacher. Thank you so much!
