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May I point out that Kimberly is the moderator and she has already asked us to stay on topic…
More or less on topic didn’t Stephanie Bennett have photos taken playing a pedal harp underwater?
Now I have a PhD in breaking things… Carbon fibre is strong in tension, but lousy in compression; you wouldn’t, after all apply compression to any other fibre and expect it not to bend.
Becky, what you can do now is start teaching yourself that music theory, reading music (tapping rhythms, ideally sight singing, treble and base clef, chords etc) etc.
Becky, I agree, teacher first and then rent, or your teacher may even know a good second hand harp in your area which, with care in the purchase, is another way of getting more harp for your money.
Assuming her parents are paying for the lessons I would consider, with her knowledge, sending a note home pointing out how much more value for money they get when she practices well.
Katherine- really interesting to see what has happened to the
Lunacharskii factory- but I find any maker of pedal harps stating that
‘harps have a lifetime of 7 to 10 years’ rather worrying.Bernhard,
You are of course correct that the first harmonic played as a harmonic is likely to be quieter than the first overtone component of a normally plucked string and lack the increased tension on the string caused by the fundamental sounding.Sometimes I tune the bass by playing harmonics instead of natural notes- this will automatically stretch the tuning by the right amount as what you want is for the octaves to ring perfectly i.e. for the harmonic of the lower note to be the same
