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Thursday, September 16, 2010
Composing for the Harp
The harp, especially the modern pedal harp, is arguably one of the most misunderstood instruments a contemporary composer would encounter. Over the summer, when I was flirting with the idea of writing a solo harp piece, I came across this web page which does a pretty good job of covering the basics that a composer would need to know before putting pencil to paper.
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Nice find! Dr. Suter recommended me this website as well, which is also worth checking out: http://jpharp.com/composition.html#intro.
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This reminds me of composing for the guitar. Guitar is an incredibly difficult piece to write for if you don't know how to play it well. I think you should go for it, most harp players don't write their own material. I do know a harp player in my ear training class, she's quite nice and I'm sure she'd love to help you if you asked.
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