[Menvi-discuss] Harping

[No-C-Notes Music]

Hi to all, this is your 20 - 20 No-C-Notes gal who also has Harp-Abilities
program.   I was fortunate to have my harp teacher make me not look at the
harp when I learned to play it.  I just bought a double strung harp, that
is two rows of 26 strings next to each other and visually it would be a
challenge, but my fingers know the patterns, just like on a violin neck
(where are the markings there anyway?) or harmonica holes, you just don't
need to look at the strings.  There are several ways to mark the harp
strings so you can feel the patterns and learn without looking.   My
largest harp is a Celtic lever 36 string and smallest is the wonderfully
accessibly 19 string cardboard harp.  No pedal harp for me, I love the
sound and type of music on my harps.

This is a good time to announce the newest No-C-Notes publication, Play the
Therapy Harp by the internationally renowned harper Laurie Riley.  The
entire book of narration, instruction, lessons and music pieces is audio.
There is no need for print.  You can check it out at:
http://xinamusic.com/catalog/no-c-notes-harp-music/  I also do Skype
assistance for harpers with challenges.   It really is an easy instrument,
the strings follow the piano keyboard and your pedals or levers create the
scales.

Cheers!
Christina

On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 7:56 PM, Bill <billlist1 at comcast.net> wrote:

> **Ø  **Personally, I couldn't play the thing if I couldn't see it.  ****
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> Hmm, might be interesting for you to try it sometime and report back?  Do
> your harps use a different color for the C’s?  Or is it the F’s?  ****
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> BTW, I am not saying that it cannot be done by a blind person.  I am just
> saying that it cannot be done by this blind person.  J  I attended a
> presentation at the CTEVH conference years ago, when it was still called
> the CTEVH conference, where Grant Horrocks had one or two of his students
> demonstrate his “piano geography” approach.  Students seated at the piano
> had to put their hands in their laps.  Then Grant called out a chord change
> and the student was expected to play it without feeling around the keyboard
> to get oriented first.  And these blind students did it!  He teaches his
> sighted students to do the same.  No peeking aloud.****
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> But I still say that doing that same exercise with a harp would be much
> harder because the harp is not nearly as stationary as a piano.  ****
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> You have probably heard this wise saying:****
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> “Harpists spend half of their lives tuning and the other half playing out
> of tune!”****
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> And if you had a dollar for every wise guy who thought he was the first
> one to think of telling you, as you lug your harp to/from a gig: “Bet you
> wish now that you had kept up with those piccolo lessons?”, you would be
> retired on your own tropical island somewhere.****
>
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> Bill****
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> Bill McCann
> Founder and President of Dancing Dots since 1992
> www.DancingDots.com
> Tel: [001] 610-783-6692 ****
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> *From:* menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org [mailto:
> menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] *On Behalf Of *SClark6144 at aol.com
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 01, 2012 7:05 PM
> *To:* menvi-discuss at menvi.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Menvi-discuss] Harping****
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> Harp moving is a way of life for me.  I have two harps and move them a
> lot, as I am basically a wedding harpist.  The bigger one is a Style 15.
> As your wife knows, that is a small concert harp, about 65 pounds,
> awkwardly spread out.  I'm so glad I wasn't able to afford a bigger one.
> It fits in my Accord wagon.  The other harp is an Aoyama Etude, which is
> also a pedal harp, but smaller at 60 pounds.  It just takes a strong back
> and a weak mind.  ****
>
>  ****
>
> I think the blind harpers of yore played harps that were quite small
> compared to ours, so you may be getting a glorified impression there.
> Personally, I couldn't play the thing if I couldn't see it.  ****
>
>  ****
>
> Syl****
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