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I don’t know of any string that is wire over gut for standard harps. Pedal harp wire strings are wire over silk over wire.
I didn’t know there was an Italian company. I only saw wire strings on their site. I wonder if they manufacture or only distribute. Given that they primarily do guitar strings, I might think that they are distributing D’Addario strings. Do you happen to know any details about them?
I have always found a definite difference. They lack the brilliance and overtones of silver and copper strings. Less so, the copper, but very much so, the silver. I also found that they got even more dull with time, and by a year’s passing, even though not tarnished, they needed replacing. I don’t think they really save any money. I also don’t think we need rely on their being colored to find our way around, except in bad lighting situations. I really don’t recommend tarnish-resistant strings. Our tone quality should be our first priority, I think, not convenience.
I played on a super-sized Venus harp. It did have a full bass and middle, but the top was not in the same league, though being a young harp, that is not unusual.
I opened one recital with the Alojz Srebotnjak Preludes. I liked that. The first one is excellent for that and they progress in an interesting way. There are several modern pieces that are good to start with, I think. But I do like starting in the baroque period or earlier. I think the audience’s ears need to be warmed up as well as our fingers.
The ABC of Harp Playing by Lucile Lawrence is based on learning to read and play at the same time by literally instructing that, having the student say the note as they read and play it. It is completely basic, a good first book to use. I use it along with Betty Paret’s first book which has cute tunes that I
The ABC of Harp Playing by Lucile Lawrence is based on learning to read and play at the same time by literally instructing that, having the student say the note as they read and play it. It is completely basic, a good first book to use. I use it along with Betty Paret’s first book which has cute tunes that I
The ABC of Harp Playing by Lucile Lawrence is based on learning to read and play at the same time by literally instructing that, having the student say the note as they read and play it. It is completely basic, a good first book to use. I use it along with Betty Paret’s first book which has cute tunes that I
Dewey Owens’s collection of Purcell might provide the right kind of music, and a lot of it is just single lines for each hand, or the melody with a fairly simple accompaniment.
Dewey Owens’s collection of Purcell might provide the right kind of music, and a lot of it is just single lines for each hand, or the melody with a fairly simple accompaniment.
