[Tacye]

Mine has worn a sun hat on several occasions. It is the most obvious
place to put it when I wish to have it handy for whenever I leave the
rehearsal hall.

[Tacye]

I find it interesting the different audiences the contributors to this
thread seem to be envisaging.

[Tacye]

Rather after the fact for the rest of the thread, but there is another
way to clean gilding.

[Tacye]

I have been known to pop a loose, thin elastic band over the 4th and
pinky.

[Tacye]

Talk to your teacher- as an adult you have a right to know why you are
asked to practice anything to a given level and how it will affect your
goals.

Quite possibly you would benefit from playing easier music (instead of,
or as well as the pieces you are learning).

[Tacye]

Have you thought about either buying, building, or having built (from
kit or plans) one or more lever harps?

[Tacye]

Too true… ‘Do I have to get all three lights for EVERY string?’

The thing I am often astonished by is the number of harpists who have never been taught to move the harp.

[Tacye]

Remember students are not clones and don’t try to squash them all into one size fits all.

[Tacye]

Low in the strings, but not as low as pdlt.

[Tacye]

Whether you need amplification will depend on the harp, venue and audience.

[Tacye]

Also work on tension while playing really simple notes- until you can play exercises, scales and three blind mice while relaxed, and feel the difference when you start to tense up, expecting to stay relaxed through

[Tacye]

I have never yet met a Pakistani harp I would wish to play in preference to say a $10 plastic recorder, yet I love my decent harps far more than my

[Tacye]

My experience with harp selling is that it is not so much the possible resale value which goes down if you have something unusual, as the time to find the right buyer goes up (so some people lower the price to sell faster).

[Tacye]

Thomas Thomas just suffered from sibling rivalry…

[Tacye]

There are teaching certifications which can be obtained.

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