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Manly Harps, didn’t he used to cut my hair?
I agree on the Salzedo model, but I think the 23 and 3 are also manly, even the 26 and 11.
Hmm, an interesting deduction. It would explain somethings. He did mention getting a teaching position in the Damascus Conservatory, on a dirty harp, maybe it was smelly, too. That doesn’t make it him, but I am intrigued by your theory.
I’ve seen quite a few professionals or conservatory students who do this, and think it looks expressive, but I also find it makes me feel kind of sick. I’m not sure how to stop it except to spend a lesson holding the harp still. She can move all she wants if the harp stays still. She ought to realize how it feels then. Does she have it resting on her knees? That may be the problem. If it is on the knees and not primarily on the shoulder, then you can move your body without moving the harp.
Well, it goes without saying, if you don’t spend any time practicing, you can spend all that time promoting yourself.
Yes, I know, it is contradictory, but it is how I was taught to string, and I make them sound as unplasticky as I can. If I could afford gut strings and could find ones with as clear and liquid harmonics, I would use them. Are Concedos different in tone quality? But, then, plastics are natural, in that they are made of petroleum products.
A Byrd in the hand is worth about one page of Purcell. It is very tricky to transcribe this music. Some of it works well, a lot is far too dense with counterpoint and moving bass lines. The technique of composing is called division, which means taking slow themes and putting twice as many notes between them. The most fun pieces are ones like My Ladey Hunsdowne’s Dump.
I am willing to host such a “harmonic convergence”. I think Hugh Brock could clear this up by tracing the poster’s computer address.
Whereever they come from, they are a type of plastic, all right. My friend’s husband works in that field. And plastics give off fumes when fresh.
I suspect a guy who is really into harps and how they are made, who rarely posts here, but wanted to be able to dump off his gossip overload. Still a mystery.
Your photo on the home page is a bit dark, it is a little hard to see you, can you lighten the contrast?
