Faery harper, gothic knitter, clog-dancer, rag-rugger, hiker, runner and saviour of Persian cats.
Saturday, 11 February 2012
Harping again
Well it wasn't the Inge Frimout-hei I promised, but an equally beautiful one. Perhaps not in my hands, but certainly in my head. The Lost Garden. I just love big beautiful epic tunes that make you weep as you play. (again, inside my head...but I hope a little bit of it escaped.
Thursday, 5 January 2012
No sign of a new tune yet...
I know I said I was working on it.
I have been practising...honestly, it's just that I'm not inspired at the moment.
Hrrrmmmph.
Bleurghhhhh.
Bored.
The one piece I NEED to play has been so damned elusive, I'll never nail it. It is beautiful. Modern. Full of technique that should be way beyond a late-starter-self-taught-harper. But it's so nearly there!!! I have spent 3 years modifying my crappity hand-position into something that resembles a proper harpist. It makes arpeggios easier. I have studiously studied a beautiful Dutch girl on YouTube who kindly introduced me to this wondrous piece, for every nuance and glissando and struck chords that I would never in a month of Sunday's work out for myself.
One day I will have it IT SHALL BE MINE MWAH HA HA !!!
The music? Inge Frimout Hei's Sunrise, from the Blue Planet.
It's beautiful.
I have been practising...honestly, it's just that I'm not inspired at the moment.
Hrrrmmmph.
Bleurghhhhh.
Bored.
The one piece I NEED to play has been so damned elusive, I'll never nail it. It is beautiful. Modern. Full of technique that should be way beyond a late-starter-self-taught-harper. But it's so nearly there!!! I have spent 3 years modifying my crappity hand-position into something that resembles a proper harpist. It makes arpeggios easier. I have studiously studied a beautiful Dutch girl on YouTube who kindly introduced me to this wondrous piece, for every nuance and glissando and struck chords that I would never in a month of Sunday's work out for myself.
One day I will have it IT SHALL BE MINE MWAH HA HA !!!
The music? Inge Frimout Hei's Sunrise, from the Blue Planet.
It's beautiful.
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