Forum Replies Created
-
Posts
-
I can’t think of anywhere I play a two handed gliss to a chord- do you have access to a harp where you can try it?
I hope I have the right file- movement 3 21 xml…
Not in depth at all:
Any decent harpist can write pedals in and probably would prefer to.
Might it be more equitable- and perhaps interesting- to select a piece which is not central to the standard repertoire so none of the applicants are likely to have been playing it for years?
Place [4321] at the same time, or any order except starting from one end and working up/down eg [23] then [14] or [14] then [23] or [13] then [24].
Play 4,3,2
*Place 3 under
Play 1
Place [21]
Play 3,2
Repeat from *Reverse for downwards 123123…1234
If you have trouble consider particularly if your fingers are too high or thumb/elbow too low.
There are some, as used by Bernard Andres, here:
http://www.hornandharp.com/publications/andresProject.htmlIt makes rather more sense if you think that the harp string naming
starts at the top at 1st E -the top string on many early pedal harps
which I assume is when this convention started.Interesting- as the right hand has to play the same note up and down the first time I chose dadcad then ebedbe- easier for my brain!
Have you noticed the option of putting in a huge number of enharmonics so the hand shapes match really well?
If you want to play a harp in the middle of the strings your left arm needs to be up to be free to move, so far from the soundboard.
The Thomas is missing the first (of the two) variations and all the repeats (the temptation to leave out Thomas’ repeats is very frequently irresistible).
