[Victoria Herpsbun]

Yeah, I listened to several youtube videos and can’t hear a thing of the harp in that section, which is why I wonder if I should even bother breaking my hands trying to play that at the breakneck tempo. Those chords are way too big for my hands at that tempo lol.

[Victoria Herpsbun]

So this is from Sarah Bullen’s principal harp book, which is basically what Carl said

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[Victoria Herpsbun]

Thank you Balfour 🙂

[Victoria Herpsbun]

Thank you for your insight. It’s tricky though if the conductor wants a faster tempo because tthey have heard others playing it that way. I’m in the opinion that the soloist should determine the tempo most comfortable for them but sometimes it doesn’t work that way.

[Victoria Herpsbun]

Just out of curiosity, what would be your choice of tempo? If the initial is 120. Thanks

[Victoria Herpsbun]

Thank you, Carl. So question is, what is the end tempo he wants for those measures (4 after 1 until 2 before 2)? Because I have heard some pretty large variation on the tempo.

If we only have 4 measures to speed up little by little, I imagine it should not be too fast.

[Victoria Herpsbun]

Yes the link does work, Gregg..thank you very much

[Victoria Herpsbun]

Wow, thank you so much Gregg and Balfour for such a thorough and detailed answer. I will probably try the tennis racquet option as buying a travel harp is not economically viable for me, especially since I don’t travel that often.

Interesting that filing your calluses can actually maintain them? I should give that a try, thank you so much again 🙂

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