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I’d say that 2nd A would be a better match, until the B arrives. D might be too loose and twangey.
What model Camac do you
Dear Marcia
I would reccomend a Ravenna 26, which should do everything you need, and is one that most rental people have. Classical can have some problems with accidentals in the score
Maybe a Youtube posting of some Salzedo techniques vs Grandjany would help us newbies really see what it’s all about (I don’t really understand “crisp wrists” or even exactly what raising is either).
Thanks and warm regards to everybody for the info. I will check into it, probably my height may be an issue, where the Troub is tall, and, although I am 5’4, (high-medium) my torso is short for my legs.
Again, many thanks
Christine
Hi Cheryl,
Thanks for that! I’m glad that the Raks Sharki dancers of the world are not cross with me for being cheeky! When you say Salzedo’s Night Breeze, I assume you mean from his short stories in music? I did consider his Salomina from the Pathfinder,
It is not harp related per-se but I just had a lovely old English banjo come in the shop. A model like this one cost over six pounds in the 30s. My father worked with the health service ten+ years later and made only a pound a week, (just post-war) and yet, lived fairly well on that. To fork out six pounds on an instrument would have been a staggering indulgence (six weeks pay, or about $3,200. in today’s money), so much more so for a less well-paid person. Today, one can buy a quite good beginners’ banjo (not as good quality as this one, but eminently playable) for under $500, but many people make that or far more in a week (not me).
My first bass guitar was an Ibanez bought in the early 80s and cost about $400. (plus $65 for a case). A good beginners’ bass costs much less today, all the more when one factors in the depreciation of the dollar.
It is, I feel, much cheaper to buy musical gear today, at least for the lower end instruments. Good ones will always cost, but you buy a L+H harp, or a Taylor guitar, you’ve got something great. Nothing great is cheap, nothing cheap is great.
Well, congratulations – your trial by fire is done and you have survived – the next one will be a piece of cake!!! – – -good job!! 🙂
Or hot packs, you know, the ones that have sand or grains in them and you heat them in the microwave? I’ve seen soloists hanging onto them before they go on stages too. Keeps the muscles warm and relaxed.
