The minimum harp range required to play this arrangement exactly as written is 34 strings: from low C to high A. For lever harps tuned in Eb, Bb, F, or C major.<\/p>\n
In order to adapt this work to a 34-string lever harp, some of the arpeggios had to be \u201cshortened\u201d near the end of variation 4 by eliminating 8va indications. If performers own a large lever harp that is able to play the full range, they should feel free to adjust the arpeggios.<\/p>\n
Lever changes are indicated by both diamond-shaped note heads and the octave number of the strings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Darhon Rees-Rohrbacher’s version of John Thomas’s The Minstrel’s Adieu to His Native Land<\/em> is for solo lever or pedal harp. This work features a theme with four variations, showcasing different harp techniques. Rees-Rohrbacher says the work “was conceived for the pedal harp in the key of C-flat but could also be played on a triple harp in the key of C-natural. In order to adapt it to the lever harp, some adjustments needed to be made such as elimination of some left-hand notes to facilitate lever changes and a few note alterations. I also made a few changes in note values and beaming in order to make the work easier to read on the page. However, I left most of Thomas\u2019 work intact.” Dynamic markings, fingerings, metronome markings, 8va indications, and instructions are provided for ease of performance.<\/p>\n This piece is available as a PDF download for $8.00.<\/strong><\/p>\n Pages to print: 14 <\/em>pgs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":137296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[1020],"product_tag":[477],"class_list":["post-137295","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-darhon-rees-rohrbacher","product_tag-harp-solo","pa_artist-rees-rohrbacher-darhon","pa_composer-thomas-john","pa_genre-classical","pa_harp-type-harp-lever","pa_instrumentation-harp-solo","pa_level-advanced","pa_nationality-welsh","pa_publisher-afghan-press","first","instock","downloadable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/137295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=137295"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=137295"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=137295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}