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I tried a course like this, and all the students really wanted was a chance to play, get an idea of how to play, and to listen to me play. They had very little intellectual interest in it.
There can NEVER be too many people thinking of pedal harps, in my opinion. I think guitarists work for less, and it is just a more popular instrument, even though they can only play a few notes at a time. If you play your harp in the guitar range (an octave lower), you will find that it is quite different, and more mellow. I think that is a large part of its appeal. And, yes, restaurants do not want to give up tables to have live music.
The Harvard Dictionary of Music.
Books about the music of great composers, especially ones that describe each piece.
Biographies of composers and performers.
Just read and listen a lot.
Nylon is preferable in the first, second and even the third octaves, if you ask me. Gut strings do not sustain long enough to produce good melody lines. They also do not produce as good harmonics. Time was, L & H supplied their harps with nylon in the first and second octaves. There are many reasons nylons can be preferable. But you should not mix between nylon and gut, each area should be separate, and gut sound better on the lower strings.
Since you mention the pedal harp in particular, I would recommend the Prelude, as it has much the same tonal qualities as a smaller pedal harp. What is being called brighter is the presence of more overtones and reverberation. It is close in size as well to a pedal harp, so it makes for an easier transition, as it was designed to do (as far as I know).
As they said about the elephant, one in the back seat, and one in the trunk, and the lever harp in the glove compartment.
I think it would be useful to have an understanding of the way hospitals are run as a business. Are the clinics and practices owned by the hospital or separate organizations that contract with them? If you could create it as a service and contract with them to provide the service with outside funding, that might be a way in, but you would still have to raise the funding.
For one man’s point of view, avoid strapless and spaghetti strap gowns. Believe me, the men are out there wondering what keeps it up, etc.
Where does one find a Nepalese jacket? I quite like the Indian clothes on display at the nearby import store, but sizes are an issue and tailoring is impossible.
Well, I grew up in a house with living-room piano lessons, and it is not easy to deal with. Marriage is not something to just throw away. Surely he knew of your working beforehand? I don’t know how old either of you are, but it might be a question of becoming more mature as well as more flexible. Teaching in the living room of a busy house is not realistic.
Another possible angle is that he is jealous, of course, but it could also be that he is not involved, and maybe there is a way you can involve his skills so he has some personal investment in it. Two-career homes can involve stress on the structure of the relationship, which way the gravity travels. All that needs to be addressed, I think, not abandoned.
I think the simple solution is to build a harp studio onto the house or to rent a separate space. It sounds like there is enough money coming to do that. It is very difficult to lead a normal life while someone is giving lessons in the living room, and it may be that he can’t relax. He sounds like someone with a lot of stress or self-focus needed to do what he does. Perhaps you are being insensitive to his needs, and so he is returning the favor. I don’t assume this is a no-win situation at all. You need to talk about this on a deeper level with each other and work out a mutual solution. You could restrict your teaching to daytime hours when he is at work, or use another location. Perhaps he resents not having your attention and company in his time off. His focus on the amount of money involved could be a decoy to what he really feels. If he is that shallow, then perhaps you can open his eyes. Perhaps he is not ready for that. Marriage is about compromise and working together, not a battle to win, am I right?
