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It is important to keep a journal of your practice. How else do we spend so much time on one thing? Why not have a record of it. Keep track of when you change strings, change tempo. And bring a journal to lessons to show your teacher, and definitely write down everything he or she says.
Do plan to pay for music, even if downloads, unless it is public domain and you don’t mind playing from loose sheets that fall on the floor. If you don’t shop for music, no one can afford to publish it, and we all suffer.
Yes, but my point was to look for pieces with musical substance, not just people pleasers, which many of you are not doing. Andres is very much like Tournier and Damase, but less substantial in many pieces, I believe, from my limited exposure. There is a lot more out there to discover, people, so please buy music and search out new composers.
Carl: did you ever notice how low Miss Lawrence’s elbows could be when playing? Check out her video.
And making negative comments to help define one’s positive comments, I found out, is an ancient method of Jewish argument, and to me, she had a very Jewish mind.
That’s easy, Tony, just send me a Salzedo model or a Style 3, and I’ll play it! And, Carl, my elbows are lower whenever they need to be. It’s all about freedom of movement and dynamically energized sound. Heavy gauge are not offered on the webpages, so I forgot to ask for it. And these are thin. I hate losing the harmonics, but I wanted a little less “ping” in the sound. It is frustrating not having the perfect string. At least my harp is nearly perfect. I should have video available someday soon. Sooner if you want to help, Tony.
You need not worry about this. The restaurant/venue should have a license from ASCAP and BMI, each, to have live
I want to point out that, though I had some bad strings before, I am quite happy with the quality of Bow Brand burgundy strings that I have recently used.
No, you don’t need therapy. Squeeze a small rubber ball when not playing to build your strength. Push your knuckles against the lower string, g if you’re playing a, and that will make them curve. It’s simply a matter of strengthening.
It’s obviously an actress faking it. I don’t know who the real harpist is. Many students of Salzedo’s and Grandjany’s were active in those days. Pearl Chertok played for the CBS orchestra, as I recall, and Lucile Lawrence did ABC, I think, as well as the Firestone show. It was lucrative work.
It is quite tricky, especially the fingering, so do get a part from someone who has played it before, only there is the old version and the new one, and I haven’t seen the new one!
The only difference is in some kind of immediacy in the sound, which is not necessarily desirable. However, Lucile Lawrence was quite happy with the 85s. The brass may be adding a bit of metallic brightness, which is not so desirable, maybe. The main contact is with the wood, anyway, and the plastic is more durable.
Stop eating cheet-os before you practice!
They might be changing due to light exposure. Change them again. Many nylons are not so good after just 6 months.
Don’t pull! Press through the string. I know you don’t mean actual pulling, which twangs the string and is ugly.
The best harps recently made at LH, to me, were the ones that were even and open, resonant and full bodied. Most of them were more buzzy overtoned, intimate and sort of nasal, a more French sound, you might say. I would get the largest harp you can, whichever model.
I prefer the plastic eyelets, if you can’t have ivory, there is something quite different with the brass that makes me uncomfortable, but if you are used to it, perhaps it is better, as the sound seems to come out more immediately. The 85s tend to be a little heavier sounding, to my ears.
