Harp

[cdybedahl]

Had another harp lesson today. This time I brought my own harp, since my teacher asked me to last time. It was kind of interesting to hear her played by someone who actually knows how. She doesn't sound any worse than the big-ass concert monster at all, just different. More, well, perky is the best word I can think of for it. Got a small bit of music theory as an answer to a couple of questions I had, and was fascinated. The human hearing apparatus is deeply weird.

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[sugoll.livejournal.com]

Music theory always does my head in, to the point that I've managed to pick up practically none. I know it all makes sense if you get into the mathematics - cadence works because of shared Nth-order harmonics, for example (IIRC) - but the basic stuff, with notes, scales, keys, etc. just seems entirely arbitrary without any of that backing, so it never sinks in.