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Topic: Harp pedalling |
Guy Cundell
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More idle ramblings from South Australia
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Charlie McDonald
From:
out of the blue
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Posted 6 Jun 2021 6:11 am |
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Very interesting. Doesn't look easy.
I think she needs cowboy boots.
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Mike Bacciarini
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Arizona
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Posted 6 Jun 2021 6:52 am
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That’s it, I’m done whining about awkward pedal and lever changes....
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 6 Jun 2021 3:13 pm
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I guess pedal harp players make the same statements as some pedal steel players..."It's not more popular because it's so expensive! If it weren't for that, we'd have lots more pedal harp players and pedal harp music." 
(New concert-grand pedal harps start at around $10,000 and go up to around $50,000.) |
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John De Maille
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On a Mountain in Upstate Halcottsville, N.Y.
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Posted 6 Jun 2021 10:02 pm
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I wonder how often they change their strings.
I imagine it would be quite an ordeal. |
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Ian Rae
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Redditch, England
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Posted 7 Jun 2021 1:37 am
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I had to write a harp part once which was atonal a lot of the time. You really have to go through it note by note to check that the changes you think will work actually do. Luckily I knew the harpist who had just retired from the City of Birmingham Symphony and he kindly checked it over for me so that there were no problems come the rehearsal.
We are lucky - our pedals have only two positions and don't have to be unlocked and locked every time we touch them!
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