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As long as you and your harp are in the shade and the temperature is
comfortable for you, your harp should be comfortable, too.Yes. My son is 15 and has been playing for 2 year now. Although he may be to shy to come forward about it. He is a lover of classical music.
My daughter uses a K-2 Harp Caddy. She had the original K-2
Caddy, for pedal harps, but sold that one to her harp teacher and
bought the one for folk harps (it has a wider bucket, to
accomodate the harp cover). Both have been very good. My
daughter is 10 and takes it upstairs easily.I’ve done both of them, and I agree that the Handel is less difficult. Whether or not either one of those pieces is ‘impressive’ depends on how you play it; they both can be. I liked them both a lot. The Handel was the first harp concerto I played, so it’s special to me, but I really fell in love with the Danses when I was learning them — they are just amazing. My advice is to learn both of them, because they’re classics.
Molly, I applaud your decision to double major in math and music! I think it is a wonderful combination! I’m going to try to tackle physics and music myself. It’s a challenge, but it keeps your education well rounded and also broadens your horizons. I wish you the best of luck!
That seems to be a hard song to find. It looks like I found it if you order it from the UK.
If you go to:http://www.di-arezzo.com/uk/catalogue_pop.php?mode=simple&id_client=fqs0ummba3p2p4yl
you can find “Piano and keyboard arrangements of each track from the album, complete wit h guitar chords. Includes musi c from Local Hero, Cal, The Princess Bride and Last Exitto Brooklyn.”
Hope this helps.
I will be following the responses to this question very carefully as I have a 15-month old granddaughter whose growing awareness of and interest in my harp fascinates me. In her most recent visit, standing beside the harp, she began plucking the strings with her thumbs, holding on to other strings with her fingers.
There is a great difference between Grandjany’s Piece Classique/Dussek sonatinas and Pierne Impromptu-Caprice, don’t you think? You are playing pedalharp I guess? Well if you want to play something with a higher level, you can play it. If you really want some pieces which are not yet the same level as pierne, I suggest you have to look to something like Tournier (Au Matin), Handel (Theme and Variations), Glinka (Nocturne), Grandjany (Automne) or Ibert (Scherzetto. But I don’t know if you already used the pedals a lot? Otherwise you have to build it up, with Naderman (sonatina’s), Dussek (sonata), Hasselmans (Guitare, Feuilles d’Automnes). These last few pieces are not so difficult with the pedals, but you can train the pedalling very good with these.
You can send me an answer back, if you want to ask more.
I hope I helped you with this.Sincerely,
Giselle
Resource list of colleges and universities with harp programs with links to the school web site.
http://www.harpmall.com/colleges_and_universities.htm
