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It’s important to know what the teacher’s credentials and training are. Harp is one instrument that is not successfully self taught. A teacher who is self taught can cause damage unintentionally. An understanding of a proper technique is critical to healthy playing. The underlying principal of all good technique is a relaxed approach with a well aligned body. If the teacher has a degree in harp or has taken lessons for a number of years that’s a good sign. Find out who your harp teacher studied with and look them up on the web, see if they have a solid reputation.
PS. I’ve worked with Lucia Micarelli also, and found her absolutely charming.
Yes, very unconventional, but that’s what I admire about her. Very cool
chick….I actually dont know for fact, but let me take a guess…
A big reason of why many of us are harpists is becuase we like giving happiness to others. Whether your a beginner or a world renowned professional, theres something about harp music that soothes others and makes them happy. When you think about it, nurses are doing the same thing. Taking care of people, making them feel better and bringing happiness into thier lives.
Good guess?
OK. I was going to quit.
This is for Kathleen Wilson.
1) How am I going to injure my 13EEEE feet with tinsey-winsey harp pedals?
2) What does Alice Chalifour have to do with Emenin and Usher?
3) What’s wrong with nightclubs and honky-tonk bands? I’ve made a lucrative
living since 1974 playing those kind of gigs (started playing honky-tonk piano
at Shakey’s Pizza Parlour in Southern California).4) What does strapless heals have to do with a middle age man with 13EEEE
feet playing tunes by Britney Spears,Carlos Santana, Fastball, and Savage
Garden?5) Since when would my heal EVER have to leave the floor when my feet are
bigger than the base of the harp?Footnote: Britney Spears does read music and is a brilliant composer, and
she laughs all the way to the bank (Estimated net worth $22 million).Good idea. It’s time to move on. A good lesson is that one pair of socks or
shoes does not fit all people. It would be sad if we all played the same, wore
the same clothes, wore the same shoes or sock, had the same teacher, etc.
Life and music is about individual expression. I know one thing. The harp
world will die if harpists get stuck in the way things “were”, “should be”, or
“used to be”. I can’t even imagine Deborah Henson-Conant playing harp in a
chiffon dress and silver slippers. She’s successful because she bent the
rules….her way! Harp Marx was successful because he bent the rules…his
way!
