Goin' Up Country

[tree_talking]

I'm going to a Harp Circle today. For those of you "not in the know", that is where a bunch of us harpists (I prefer the term harper, myself) basically sit in a circle with our harps and play for each other, sometimes as a group. Since I'm teaching myself to play, this is the time for me to get feedback from more experienced harpists. Oh, and this also includes food, of course. Music, food, and good people. A great way to spend a Saturday, actually!

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[jungle-goddess.livejournal.com]

That sounds so cool. Tell me, please, how and when did you get started? How difficult/easy was it to begin? Are harps expensive? How often do you practice? Sorry about this, but I've never known a harper before.

Goin' Up Country

[shellebelle93.livejournal.com]

I got started about two years ago. I was in Bar Harbor, ME and Shadow-Man and I went into this little store called "Song of the Sea", right on the docks. http://www.songsea.com/ It turned out to be a folk music store, selling harps, bagpipes, digeridoos, bodhrans, all sorts of stuff...I fell in love with the harp. So about two years ago, I saved up for a 29-string folk harp and started teaching myself. You can see my harp here: http://www.stoneyend.com/harps.htm Page down to the "Lorraine" model.

Please forgive, I don't quite know how to do links here...I just jumped in, so to speak.

Practice? I don't practice enough. My goal is five hours a week and I rarely reach it. So I'm still on stuff like "Twinkle Twinkle" and "Lavender's Blue". But it's a great instrument to learn, if only because even if you make a mistake, it still sounds *good*.