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Alyonushka is a girl’s name. It’s my understanding that the song is written about the fairytale “Alyonushka and Her Brother Ivanushka”. https://archive.org/stream/IrinaZheleznovaAlyonushkaLittleBrotherIvanushka/Irina-Zheleznova-Alyonushka-Little-Brother-Ivanushka_djvu.txt
I don’t remember where I heard that though, so I could be totally out to lunch!I started with an iPad 3 and ForScore about 4 years ago and last year I upgraded to the 12.9 pro. I love the larger size, but I do find that it is trickier to position to eliminate glare when playing outside. I’m always under cover, but I still find that the big screen catches glare in a way that my smaller iPad never did. It’s never a problem inside, and sometimes I’ve been very thankful to have the extra light from the screen to illuminate my strings if the indoor lighting is poor. I have imported some documents by scanning with an actual scanner, but I find that the files created by my scanner were quite large (mb wise I mean). Most of the time I make do by scanning it directly into the iPad using the scanner on the “Notes” app. After a bit of practice I think you can get pretty good results this way, and it is so much less work than scanning to a computer and then moving onto an iPad.
Not sure if you’re looking for more advanced music theory, but my favourite note reading apps are Flashnote derby and NoteWorks. They’re both geared towards children.
ShoshannaWe should start another thread on group ethics:) You make an excellent point about copyright. Just to clarify, when I mentioned promotion I meant promoting the harp group so that other harpists know that it’s out there – not using the group as a means of promoting oneself. I was happy to find it and the Canadawestharplist through the Grossi threads. Thank-you for your work on the group!
Biagio, you might consider that these kinds of things work as a promotion for the harp group. I didn’t actually know either group existed until someone suggested that they had the file. Would I have joined even if I wasn’t looking for the Grossi I can’t say for sure, but I’m not sure why that motivation is so much worse than being motivated to get advice /support from other harpists. At any rate, I am happy to be a member of both groups for many reasons other than the Grossi, and I am glad that people were willing to share their knowledge both here and on the groups. I am sorry if I offended you by telling people that your group had the file; I was trying to be helpful.
Thank-you Carl! Those books look like a great resource. I don’t suppose you’ll be making them available digitally at some point? I live in Canada, and between our weak dollar and shipping it’s becoming harder and harder to buy print books from the States.
In case anyone else is still looking, I just found the Grossi translation on the virtual harp circle yahoo group…
I agree that Darkroom isn’t as good as a scanner, but if you’re in a rush or don’t have a scanner available it works pretty well. You are able to take multiple pictures and then save them as a single pdf file. I’ve also used Darkroom to import pictures of a score that I already had on my iPad. Just like using the camera in Darkroom – it allows you to import multiple pictures at once so that you can save them in a single file.
I know this is an old thread, but if anyone out there still has the english translation I would love a copy as well! My email is sdgodber@gmail.com I’m part of the yahoo group, but I couldn’t the file either.
Thanks!
ShoshannaHi Sue,
I’ve been using my iPad and ForScore for all my gigs for the past year or so. I’ve used it both outdoors and indoors and haven’t had a problem with the light. Did you try adjusting the screen brightness? Occasionally I’ll get an annoying reflection from a light source, but I find I just need to adjust the screen angle to fix that problem. I do also have a screen protector on my iPad – maybe that cuts down on glare… My old music stand light wasn’t bright enough to light up my strings and neither is my iPad – can’t help you there. I use a Peak music stand for the iPad, so it can be quite close to me, but I still don’t think it would provide you with enough light to play by. I absolutely love my set up (I also have a bluetooth pedal for page turning). There are so many benefits (easily changing/saving set lists, no more pages being blown around by wind etc etc) – I hope you’re able to find a way to make it work!
Shoshanna
Thanks for all the ideas! I’d never heard “I took my harp to party…” before. Definitely worth a listen:)
Thanks for the idea Brian-noel! I forgot piano in my list of possible instruments – that wouldn’t be a problem. I had a look online for the music though, and all I can find is piano/vocal/guitar books and one medley for three harps. Any idea how to find sheet music for harp/piano? Thanks!
