I'm a new harper so I am still in the discovery stage. Last week my husband
and I were on vacation on a very private beach on the north shore of Lake
Michigan (the Upper Peninsula side). I had my small lap harp and as we sat
there, I just plucked chords. It was a beautiful setting, and a beautiful
day. As I sat there, the wind over the strings began creating the most
beautiful haunting sound. It grew to quite a volume. I'm sure others have
discovered that this can happen.
Now thinking back on it I'm curious, would the notes we heard be dependent
on the levers I had selected on my harp at the time, (i.e. if I had it set
to the key of G would we have heard a blend of the 7 notes from the key of G
) or does the wind always play the same "range of sound"?
I wanted to bring out my big harp and see if the volume, which was already
very loud, would have been greater; and since the range of my larger is 34
strings, if it would have sounded fuller than the 22-string lap harp. But I
didn't do it. Instead I sat mesmerized by what I was hearing.
Sharon Skaryd
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Sharon Skaryd
skaryd@cris.com http://www.cris.com/~Skaryd
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