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Hey Zach,
I played this piece when I was your age! (I also started posting on this forum at your age)
Hi Gorman,
With French music, especially Renie, the few chords that are marked to be rolled are to be especially rolled. Often they are the culmination of a phrase. Tasteful rolling elsewhere is standard.
Sam
Yes, I have been involved in some dicey last minute deals over the years also – and I really understand that you don’t want to leave a bride high and dry if it’s due to someone else who has dropped the ball – I would call the venue where the wedding is going to take place and ask if they have been paid and if they know that other vendors have been paid – or not paid as the case may be – that will give you a clue whether it’s just your part or whether the whole thing is totally disorganized – if they have been paid, you could ask who they dealt with and go to that person and explain the situation –
good luck
JohnActually, that sounds really interesting to me – I’d like to see a copy of it too – I wonder if there would be a way to have it posted here – thanks –
JohnThe last time a touring harpist needed an electric harp here in San Antonio, the closest one was Louise Trotters in Houston – she brought it the 200 miles to San Antonio – seems that around here it can even get complicated just getting an acoustic harp provided for a visiting performer –
As you know, using an electric harp is not just the harp itself, but also all the associated electronics/amplifiers/speakers – various setups in various performance venues can all sound different especially if you have a “signature sound” that you need to have consistently – on the other hand if you tour outside the US with your own equipment, you will be dealing with any number of different power voltages and CPS – England and I guess most all of Europe is 220/50cps and other places have other combinations
Greg Buchanan and Linda Rice both tour with electric harps and all their own sound gear – Greg has a “roadie”, and Linda’s husband is her roadie – they also act as the sound engineers during a performance – Deborah Henson Conant also tours with her electric lever harp but I don’t know how extensive her sound system is –
So, before you do anything, I would suggest a very in depth visit with all three of these performers concerning what they do, how they do it, and what kind of problems they deal with – also, what is your projected audience and how will you advertise your performance in each of the distant places you will go to –
I am also thinking that if you want to travel, a first time out experience that would let you experience the travel with a minimum of hassle with harp, amps and other equipment would be to see if you could get booked on a cruise ship that either originates somewhere close to where you live or has a stop in a port close to you –
Sounds like lots of planning and prep work but do your homework and have fun –
JohnThe Rachmaninoff choral “Ave Maria” – play the piano rehearsal part on the harp as written – there are no lever changes – it is quite lovely
Just as a note-
If you tie it the way Sylvia Woods does in the above video and if the string you’re changing is thin enough, you can do a third, large loop and put the entire knot through this third loop. The anchor will never fall out this way!
~Sam
My teacher, Ina Zdorovetchi, is planning on making a harp and cello CD with cellist Holgen Gjoni. I’ve seen them
I find hearing my teacher play invaluable as I am an aural learner. She recognizes this so if I´m not getting something she´ll play for me. I have to agree, however, with the trap of not paying enough attention to the actual music. I think my teacher makes a good compromise by playing something that I´m not playing that demonstrates the same feeling or technique. This is, however, often because she would rather play something she knows well rather than fudge the notes on the piece I´m playing, but the result is the same nonetheless.
Sam
Hola Rafael,
Lo busque en Google pero no pude encontrar algo de como afinarla – lo siento. Nunca he oido de esta “arpa llanera” – sabes si hay otro nombre para ella? Si hay otro nombre, possiblemente te podre ayudar mas.
Sam
Hola Rafael,
Lo busque en Google pero no pude encontrar algo de como afinarla – lo siento. Nunca he oido de esta “arpa llanera” – sabes si hay otro nombre para ella? Si hay otro nombre, possiblemente te podre ayudar mas.
Sam
