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The important aspect of dress here is what it communicates, what it says to others. Self-expression is secondary, like accessories, I think. While I would like to see men have the same range of options in dress as women, we are not there yet. Why women would want to wear pants, I’ll never know. They’re hot and restricting. Anyhow, unless they are “fancy pants”, I think they tend to come off as either casual or underdressed, probably depending on the whole combination and situation. For women to wear pants on stage, there is also a risk of looking like a free-lancer, or orchestral player and not a soloist. I think we must need a tv show all about musician’s wardrobes.
I’m not offended. I think any and every teacher should ad-dress the issue. Why not an official guide to wardrobe for the harpist? Calista’s list is a great start. I hate spaghetti straps and topless gowns. Why? Every man in the audience is thinking, is a strap going to fall, what keeps it up. Believe me, we do. And I still don’t know the answer.
I saw a young male violinist wear a long black shirt with a straight-across bottom, no tails, and buttoned up to one below the collar, with black pants. It was okay, though dull. Since he had wild curly hair, there was a balance achieved. He certainly had mobility, which we need. At my festival performance, I wore a black t-shirt under a silk light purple short-sleeve shirt (it was summertime already). I need an open neck to breathe, so I look at what conductors wear, sort of like Nehru jackets with envy. If only soft, unstructured jackets like we had in the 80s were still around. A men’s jacket, at least in my case, has to be custom-tailored to have enough room in the sleeves, so I don’t think we should have to wear them. But the alternative is? The only solution I’ve come up with is layering, using a large silk shirt as if it were a jacket. It’s good to play in, and looks pretty good. However, jackets do a better cover-up job when you sit down, but if the shirt is loose you can open it to hang loose.
My tux when I was finishing school was black velvet, which was smashing, but is long gone.
Yes, that is just what her mother said. Thank you for the term tea length. I presume that is about one-third down the calf, between midi and just below the knee.
I gather that pump means a low-heeled shoe like a small high-heel. What do you call loafers with one-inch heels or other shoes like that, is it block heels?
“In this day and age” really bothers me. People are far too ready to censor others in the name of “sensitivity” or “correctness.” There is absolutely no reason why I shouldn’t discuss clothing. I’m not talking about singling one girl out in a group, anyway.
Now, what about hair and make-up?
I wonder how Salzedo dealt with all this. His students were impeccably groomed and presentable, very photogenic.
If you want to write well for the harp, avoid repeating the same string within two beats. The more you keep your line moving around the instrument, the better it will sound. In time you will master the subtelties, but in learning to write for the harp, do what you know will work and build on that. You can make an excellent piece out of the same resources that Tchaikovsky used: scales, arpeggios, glissandi, melody and standard patterns. It’s all in what you say with them.
Having had some harpy hopes for my nephew, forget about it. The kid will do what the kid wants to do, and if it’s harp, it may not be with Grandma, but I hope it is harp anyway.
Casper Reardon has a solo segment in the movie “Young at Heart” which is posted on YouTube. See my thread on Casper for the link.
Some pianists or organists may be a bit stiff depending on their training, and their muscles are perhaps stronger than most harpists’, which affects their movement, perhaps for the better or perhaps less flexible. I haven’t been able to investigate closely enough, but I have seen commonalities.
They are perfectly legible, but in older English-style engraving from the late 19th century or early 20th century. A little small but you can read and play from them.
There is a huge two-volume collection published by Dover, and inexpensive, called The Fitzwilliam Virginal Collection. This and a few others like it are the source for most or all of Byrd’s keyboard music and the others of his period.
Yes, but can you gather a group of harpists in the same room and have them all come out intact? I have always dreamed of that sort of thing. If we all lived in the same neighborhood. Wouldn’t it be neat to have a lounge for harpists, where we could do that?
I suggest taking about one measure at a time, very relaxed and feel the coordination requirements, spell out the chords, listen to the balance between the notes, say the names of all the notes and pedals, then do the next measure. Do you have fingerings for it yet? It takes longer if you have to figure out your interpretation, too.
This could be legit or spam. The website looks official, but has no-one listed under music at all, and requires no credentials, and encourages people to teach without any credentials, which is suspect, spurious, fishy, creepy, dangerous, etc.
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