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celticdragonflySo yesterday at the SCA event, I ran into Amy, who we haven't seen since we left the renfaire group, with a harp. (I dunno if that's the harp she had back then or not - back then I didn't have the experience to recognize a specific type of harp) I guess it says something that my first words were "that's a Triplett! Axline or N-30?" It was an Axline, same kind as mine. So I left Karl watching the kids and had to go over and admire - and she let me play it some. Yes, same model as mine, just a different wood, but I still had to go ooooh. Sigh, I can't remember all the way through ANY of my repertoire any more! It's terrible. It was nice playing some, though.
(That would be this harp)
Then I got home, and a package had arrived for me in the mail. The Starlit Jewel Songbook. I'd seen a post about this, and had asked Karl to order it for me, and he did. I love it. Most of it is conveniently in the keys of C, D, or G, stuff easy to play on a lever harp. There's a couple of songs with flats, that's tougher. And I can't figure out some of what they mean in the notation for the song Durin's Day, will have to consult with my mom.
I was soooo wanting to play it right then - I suggested I just bring out my little lap harp, late though it was. Karl was sure we couldn't keep Maggie out of it, unless we wanted to stick her in the corral. So I volunteered to stick ME and the harp in the corral. I tuned up and played a little. I do like my little lap harp, but after playing a triplett axline (esp. outdoors) she sounded tinny. Desperately want some time on the Axline soon, somehow.
Darn it - The Bath Song, one of my very favorites, has 2 sharps - but with VERY frequent accidentals throughout, aka a terrible song to try to play on a lever harp. Darn.
(That would be this harp)
Then I got home, and a package had arrived for me in the mail. The Starlit Jewel Songbook. I'd seen a post about this, and had asked Karl to order it for me, and he did. I love it. Most of it is conveniently in the keys of C, D, or G, stuff easy to play on a lever harp. There's a couple of songs with flats, that's tougher. And I can't figure out some of what they mean in the notation for the song Durin's Day, will have to consult with my mom.
I was soooo wanting to play it right then - I suggested I just bring out my little lap harp, late though it was. Karl was sure we couldn't keep Maggie out of it, unless we wanted to stick her in the corral. So I volunteered to stick ME and the harp in the corral. I tuned up and played a little. I do like my little lap harp, but after playing a triplett axline (esp. outdoors) she sounded tinny. Desperately want some time on the Axline soon, somehow.
Darn it - The Bath Song, one of my very favorites, has 2 sharps - but with VERY frequent accidentals throughout, aka a terrible song to try to play on a lever harp. Darn.