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![]() When my mom had her gigantor lever harp, she said that strings popping on that baby were like a gunshot! ![]() ![]()
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! ![]() "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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Rian, if this doesn't blow your mind then nothing will.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49Nj...e_gdata_player O_O |
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![]() *picks up the pieces of her mind* hee hee! that is SO cool! ![]() The only thing that would drive me nuts is that I move while I play, and I would be constantly kind of pushing and pulling the harp from the other person! ![]() How fun!
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! ![]() "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! Last edited by RÃan : 10-08-2011 at 12:51 PM. |
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The soundbox isn't quite done being painted yet, but I strung the harp yesterday and have been playing it nonstop. .... and by playing I mean tuning. Lordy this thing goes flat after two plucks.
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So you were able to work around the problems? How did you fix it?
(yeah, I bet it takes a while to hold the tuning ...)
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! ![]() "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! Last edited by RÃan : 10-09-2011 at 05:51 PM. |
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My neighbor's daughter is really interested in playing the harp and has been for some time, but the price put her off - now that I told her about the cardboard harp, she's thinking about it again.
What harp did you get? The Waring cardboard harps that I see online have a straight harmonic curve/neck (the top part), but the youtube link showed a cardboard harp with the regular curved harmonic curve/neck. What is yours like? Which model is it?
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! ![]() "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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Wood glue. Lots of woodglue.
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http://www.backyardmusic.com/Harps.html It's about $10-20 more expensive than the Waring, but you get some extra strings. ![]() I love it. It's SO great to practice on. I think the teacher was quite happy with the progress I've made in practicing on it since Saturday evening, and I noticed my playing on her harp was markedly better than at my last lesson. ![]() I will say, moving from working on hers to coming home and practicing on mine again within a 20 minute period, now I'm like.... awww...... I miss the full sized harp. ![]() ![]() |
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that's great news - I'm so happy to hear that!
![]() I'll share that info with my neighbor.
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! ![]() "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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You should! It's a great little harp.
![]() ![]() My teacher gave me the Bach Prelude in C (Ave Maria....) and it's a bit irritating because you need an F# to get past the first page, and then you'd have to do some lever flipping for the last few measures. *sigh* So I'll just be doing whatever I can for practice. |
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wait - you don't have levers, do you?
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No.
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why in the world did she give you a piece with lever changes, then? There's a ton of music out there ...
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We were a little rushed for time. I also wanted something to strengthen my arpeggios.
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Heh, that looks a lot less cardboard-y and far more sturdier than I was imagining. There are indeed quite a few interesting things you could do to illustrate a soundbox like that... *represses inner artist*
Ahem. Will you be posting a picture of your harp when your sister has finished painting it? I'm curious. ![]()
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Pfffft. Will I be posting a picture?..... I'm going to be posting so many pictures it will make your head spin.
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GOOD.
You do that, son. And better make it snappy. ![]()
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I WILL!!!!
![]() I'm excited... hopefully this weekend will be the finishing of the harp. It's a little amazing that this has spread out over the better part of three weeks. ![]() Amazing. ![]() ![]() |
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I am not pleased with how I've been practicing.
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yeah, thumbs are troublemakers!
How's it going? And I wanted to recommend that you get Sylvia Woods' Music Theory and Arranging Techniques Book" - it's just beyond excellent.
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I keep meaning to order a copy of that!! Maybe this week.
I've been terrible... not practiced a bit. Every once in a while I pick the thing up and play a few notes, but I haven't made time to actually -practice-. ![]() This week I'm going to make up for it!!!! ![]() |
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