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| La Partida - played on Paraguayan harp |
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Well - actually it's called "Quiero ser tu sombra"
(wanna be your shadow), apparently by Hector
Quattromanos and Zulema Alcayaga. I first heard
this piece on the web, and learned it from there,
complete with the wrong title! Anyway, apologies
to Hector and Zulema! It's such a great piece - I
love the slinkiness of it (if that's not a word,
it is now). The Paraguayan harp is amazing - the
sound on this recording is just noise-reduced, no
other audio treatment - you can hear the sparkly
treble and deep bass. The harp has guitar-type
tuners (machine heads) which can be a bit fiddly
near the middle of the harp, where it curves
inwards. You hardly have to touch the strings to
make it work - and when you play loud, the strings
have the characteristic "twang" which you can use
for special effects. I bought it at the Stamford
Harp Festival and there's a rolled-up banknote in
the end of the harp at the top - I can't get it
out so who knows what it's worth! Apparently
people would put banknotes in between the strings
or into the top, as a tip. If you're a harpist,
you might spot that the strings don't follow the
conventional colours because Paraguayan harps have
the C string in blue, and the F string in red, the
reverse of other harps.
I'm playing it in my annex, which was a bakery
serving the local houses, built around 1790 -
that's the bread oven in the stone wall behind me.
This is another of my late-night recordings, and
it's the first complete take - so there's the odd
rough bit.
The arrangement and video is my copyright. You are
welcome to learn and play the arrangement if you
like it - but please credit me if you play it in
public. If you like it, I'll post more music.
The video was recorded using a 3-CCD camera direct
to hard disk, and I used Cool Edit Pro to noise
reduce the audio and Adobe Premiere Pro for
picture correction. If you want a higher-quality
file to download and put on your computer, leave
me a message and I'll send you the link.
Tags : Partida Venezuela Venezuelan Paraguayan Harp Music |
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Affichage : 108967
Durée : 206 s |
| Carolan's Dream - played on celtic harp |
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Turlough O'Carolan was an irish harpist who lived
in the mid-1600s and wrote pieces for the people
he met and stayed with - playing music in exchange
for hospitality. Tradition has it that the harp
was played last thing at night, before people went
to bed.
The building I'm playing it in was a bakery built
around 1790, serving the local houses. The bread
oven is in the stone wall behind me, and the
building has a new floor and triple-glazing on the
windows. It's a great mixture of old and new and a
great place to play this music.
Appropriately, I recorded this piece very late one
night, and just went with the first take so the
playing has the odd rough bits. I like to think
that's authentic - apparently Carolan never played
the same way twice. Bet he never had as much
trouble as I did finding DivX codecs, either!
Only the melodies survive, so I've done this
arrangement myself and I'm playing it here on a
Pilgrim gut-strung harp. The arrangement and video
is my copyright. You are welcome to learn and play
the arrangement (by ear - I haven't written it
down!) if you like it - but please credit me if
you play it in public. If you like it, I'll post
more music.
To make the recording I used a Sony 3-CCD camera
direct to hard disk, with one audio take,
noise-reduced in Cool Edit Pro, with Adobe
Premiere Pro to edit the visuals together. If you
want a higher-quality file to download and keep on
your computer, just send me a message.
Tags : Irish Clarsach Music Celtic Harp O'Carolan Carolan |
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Affichage : 180283
Durée : 242 s |
| Harp - Showspot - Louise Thomson |
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Harp Showspot / Entertainment played by Louise
Thomson on an Aoyama Monarch Pedal Harp.
Sunday 9th October 2005 was the Final Round of the
2005 London Harp Competition held at the The
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London,
organised by Clive Morley Harps.
Tags : Harp Showspot Morley Thomson |
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Affichage : 149076
Durée : 297 s |
| Harp Pachelbel Canon in D |
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Pachelbel Canon in D, arranged for harp by Sylvia
Woods.
I'm sorry for the lousy sound. I don't have
anything else right now than a webcam to record
videos and music. I use quite dramatic dynamic
changes, but it is almost unhearable when recorded
with a webcam.
Pachelbel Canon is one of my most favorite pieces
to play since I was introduced to it a few years
ago by my teacher.
14-06-2007
Thanks for all the lovely comments. While I'm
going through some tough times, these comments put
a smile on my face every day. I can't thank you
all individually, so: many thanks to you all! And
don't hesitate to send me your videos.
Tags : harp pachelbel sylvia woods |
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Affichage : 240403
Durée : 241 s |
| Iron Maiden in the harp |
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NEW: Metallica in the harp and guitar - Nothing
else Matters
http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=YIMMKvC6q48
The Trooper in the harp
http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=d_vbdxwI5Ck
Fear of the dark cover in the harp !!!
Incredible !!!
Made in Brasil !!!
Thanks for all to watching this video !!!
Obrigado galera !!!!
Tags : Iron Maiden Fear of the Dark Harp Harpa Brazil |
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Affichage : 147754
Durée : 359 s |
| Savourna Stevenson Harp Masterclass |
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Savourna Stevenson during a recent masterclass.
Savourna, one of the department's music tutors, is
a world famous exponent of the Scottish harp,
having played with a diverse range of musicians
including Fairport Convention. Martin Carthy, Mike
Travis, The Bhundu Boys and Peter Gabriel. This is
her playing one of her own impressionistic
compositions.
Tags : Savourna Stevenson Scottish harp clarsach baam course music glasgow celtic |
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Affichage : 17465
Durée : 190 s |
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