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Susan AbkenParticipant
A wild guess: contact some Austrian or Bavarian publishers…
Susan AbkenParticipantThere is very little out there. Go talk to Sarah Jane Williams in Pennsylvania and ask her about her arrangements. They are all I’ve ever found, and I’m married to a classical and jazz guitarist!
The two instruments seem to compete with each other more than they complement each other, but Williams’ Spanish music pieces work. Sorry I cannot mention them by name now, but contact her.
Susan AbkenParticipantSince it’s the 23rd of December, I recommend this piece for you next year. It’s beautiful, and calls for a SSA choir with one soloist, and has an artful pedal harp accompaniment, and can be sung in Catalan or English. There is also another arrangement for lower voices. A good page turner is a help here!
EL NOI DE LA MARE
arr. Paul Carey
copyright 2006 Walton Music Corp.
12 pages, starting a capella for five measures, then the harp comes in with chords and glisses, short harp solo with harmonics on fourth page, second short harp solo on sixth page, followed by one solo voice with harp, nicely intertwined, choir comes back in and fades out on last two pages with harp glisses.
Very pretty, all about what children with their drums can give the Christ child, candy, figs, cheese, traditional Carol of the Barcelona area.
Best wishes, Susan Abken
Susan AbkenParticipantDrive over to Georgia, if Monica Hargrave has time for you! She’s a patient and insightful teacher.
Susan AbkenParticipantIt’s all in the technique. Get up from your computer chair now, stand up straight and in a relaxed way, drop your hands to your sides. Let them swing back and forth a bit in a totally relaxed manner. Your fingers should curve naturally a bit, and your wrist will be loose and straight, but not curved back at all. You should feel no tension in your wrists at all. Now raise your relaxed hands and wrists in this position to your strings, stretching the thumb up while keeping it curved a tiny bit, making an L-shape between the index fingers and thumbs. If you feel any tension in your wrist when your elbows are raised, get up from your harp again, and drop your hands to your sides again. LOOK at that relaxed wrist and put it back on the harp with your elbows raised somewhat. I am thankful to a great harpist in Atlanta for correcting me thoroughly when I started to develop carpal tunnel as her beginning student by DEMANDING that I use the correct technique. She is a super teacher, very spiritual, and has a strong background in sports medicine to boot. I’m talking about Monica Hargrave. Sincerely yours, Susan Abken
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