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They never stop. Don’t answer such e-mails. If the language is too formal, if they are foreign, it is spam.
They never stop. Don’t answer such e-mails. If the language is too formal, if they are foreign, it is spam.
They never stop. Don’t answer such e-mails. If the language is too formal, if they are foreign, it is spam.
Sometimes I feel extinguished. As I said, there is nothing better to do. As in, nothing could be better than playing the harp. Everything is worse, lesser, coarser, cruder, lower, less interesting, less beautiful, etc.
The sound is what inspired me, the purity of it, the harmonics, the range of color, the organic act of finger flesh on string, the audibility of overtones. To me it is the music of the spheres, of God’s presence. The pure delight of Harpo in his harp.
You can string your harp any way that you want to, as long as it is the right tension for your model. Do not believe factory talk that it has to be strung the way they say. They are wrong in saying that. You can certainly use good quality nylon strings in place of gut. I don’t know what strings a Shamrock or other model use, but an Ogden uses standard strings, the same as a pedal harp.
To elaborate a little further, you place the palm against the strings, flat, with the fingers pointed upward, and play with the thumb, using your palm to muffle the strings below, and if it is a sequence of notes, then to return to the string played and muffle it as you get ready to play the next note. It is not an abrupt muffle, as far as I have seen. It could also be used with the fourth finger, I think, to signify muffling the strings above the bass note.
Yes, it seems they have messed with the string spacing and angle, as well as the finish. I’m not pleased. I heard a recent style 30 played, and it looked dustier than it was, with the dull finish, and while it had
Yes, it seems they have messed with the string spacing and angle, as well as the finish. I’m not pleased. I heard a recent style 30 played, and it looked dustier than it was, with the dull finish, and while it had
Yes, it seems they have messed with the string spacing and angle, as well as the finish. I’m not pleased. I heard a recent style 30 played, and it looked dustier than it was, with the dull finish, and while it had
I call it acoustic harmony. You can just write a 5, designating the root and fifth, or 85 for octave, fifth, root.
Either purchase a shipping carton from Lyon & Healy, who will send you one ready-to-use, or drive it yourself. Shipping is not safe, and if there’s a problem, you have to check the insurance policy immediately. Sometimes you only have two weeks to file a claim.
Look at the microphone setting options in the set-up guide. It definitely will not be good up close. Too many recordings are done that way today, and like you found, there is a lot of attack and finger noise. You need a setting for a farther-away mic, perhaps a different pick-up pattern. I found my concert recordings to be rather faint too, I guess that’s why. There are level adjustments, but you need someone to do that while you play. I would honestly recommend doing it on any kind of tape first, then feeding that throught the H2.
I also use the Korg Orchestra tuner, and like it quite well. The only drawback is that the speaker is in the back, so if it is on your stand facing you, and you want to tune to its pitch, it is muffled. Korgs are always good for producing a pitch that is easy to tune to, and it meters all the strings, though you may have to move the pick-up. It doesn’t come with an adapter, which is worth paying for, as batteries only last about 3 months. I do not use a suction cup pick-up on my sounding board, it leaves a mark.
