For the masochistic

[cdybedahl]

Today I finally recieved the microphone I ordered over a month ago. And here is the result of my first attempt at recording my harp. The volume is low, because there was a fair amount of noise in the background. And it's all of 22 seconds long. And the playing is wincingly bad.

But if nothing else you can hear what a Harpsicle sounds like.

Comments

[rodluvan.livejournal.com]

I had problems with your MP3 file when I clicked on the link. Then I got ERROR and Internet Explorer closed. Then I tried to load the file to my computer and then I could play it without problems.

I like the music very much. I think you are playing well.

(joking) BTW I did not hear your cat singing on the file ;)

[watervole.livejournal.com]

What a lovely sound!
I'm sure I know that tune. Is it an English folk song/dance? I've just tried it on my recorder, but I still don't know where i know it from.

[cdybedahl.livejournal.com]

It's the first bit of Brian Boru's March. So Irish rather than English.

[watervole.livejournal.com]

There's a very similar English tune. I got out a CD last night to listen to a May day tune and was surprised to hear your melody as one of the other tracks.

Listening to it again today, it isn't quite the same, but I was still inspired to look up Bran Boru's March on the web and found the sheet music to play.

It's a lovely tune. Wish I could play it on my recorder while you're playing it on your harp. (Are you likely to bring it to the next Redemption?)

[cdybedahl.livejournal.com]

I don't even know if we're bringing ourselves to the next Redemption.

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Would be nice to see you both again.

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

That's pretty. Harps have such gorgeous tones, and yours carries the sound really well.

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

The harp has a very different tone to the ones I'm used to listening to which is a little disconcerting but your playing is not 'wincingly bad', its quite good.

[cdybedahl.livejournal.com]

The tone of the Harpsicle (that's the brand) is different from most others, yes. My teacher said it sounds to her like a cross between a "normal" lever harp and a metal-strung one. I like the sound if it, anyway.

[apel.livejournal.com]

Nice ringtone.

[trixieleitz]

Pretty!

[notthebuddha.livejournal.com]

I only get two tones, like a doorbell.

[khrister.livejournal.com]

It's not wincingly bad. You hit all the notes in the right order, and the harp is tuned. To make me wince, you need to do much worse than that. :-)

The only critique I can come up with is that it sounds a bit hesitant, as if you're not quite sure where the strings are. That happens to most beginners of all instruments, and will soon disappear with more practise.

Oh, and I agree with everyone, the harp sound is beautiful.

[cdybedahl.livejournal.com]

Or it could be because I was sitting on the floor holding the harp all wrong and having half my attention on GarageBand instead of playing.