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Before I retired I had a child who was in a special ed. class in a public school setting.
One of the reasons I retired was so that I could learn more ways of using music to help her and the
I also didn’t have piano lessons as a child. My very dear grandmama told my mother she shouldn’t waste the money on them because I’d probably lose interest. I didn’t, but when I finally began lessons it was terribly frustrating, and although I had to take 6 miserable semesters of class piano in college, the most interesting thing I ever did there was fall off the piano bench, nearly giving our timid little professor a coronary.
When I learned that there were some similarities between reading harp music and piano music I nearly turned and ran the other way. I could read both clefs with no problem, but I was never ever was able to coordinate two hands. I don’t know why I can with harp but thank God, I can.
People are so different. I imagine that there are people who can become very good players without having previous experience. I really think I was hampered by keyboard fear. It is a joyful thing to take out something you worked on two or three months ago and find that it’s not the dragon (or cricket), you thought it was. Just keep pluckin’.
The concept of “key” was difficult for me because I had played transposing instruments in the keys of Bflat and Eflat most of my life. Would it be correct to say that if a harp is fully levered, there isn’t any particular advantage to tuning this way
I just bought a cart of sorts for $17 at Staples. It has a bag for music at the back and carries up to 70 pounds, and for my lever harps that travel, it works. There was also a dolly advertised at Lowe’s that looked good to me, having bigger wheels and a bigger platform, but I don’t need that much size yet. Not at all suitable for pedal harps, whatever the size, but just fine for my small levers.
I’m a new harper but an OLD musician. If my small additions could be used, I’d love to find a harp ensmble to play in. I realize that you are an accomplished harpist, Evangeline.
Maybe the problem is that there are so many really good harps that have proved themselves as being good, as opposed to the imported harps who are rarely even fair in quality.
I’m SURE I would have bought an EBAY harp if I hadn’t done a lot of research first. As it is, I’ve got 3 quite fine harps and I got two of them second hand. It’s possible if you really follow the ads. Try for a little longer to search out a used, good quality harp. If you’re fairly serious, I think your outcome will be much happier with something you can trust.I understand your POV, Chloe. It’s really hard to KNOW you want to play and not have anything to practice on.
