Harp - F.Godefroid: Etude de Concert in Eb, Mali Llywelyn

F.Godefroid: Etude de Concert in Eb, played by Mali Llywelyn on an Aoyama Monarch Grand Concert Recital Harp.

The Final of the 2002 London Harp Competition was held at the Guildhall School of Music, Barbican , London on Sunday 6th October, organised by Clive Morley Harps.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Godefroid
• Etude
• Llywelyn
• Harp
• Morley

[eddie2angel]

is it possible to obtain a harp that doesn't use animal products?

[morleyharps]

Yes, you can get harps that don't use animal products.

Modern harps use modern man made glues - older instruments used to use glue made from animal bones.

Strings: bass strings are wire. Mid range and treble strings on modern pedal harps tend to be GUT (sheep). Some harpists (such as vegan harpists) will use nylon or synthetic gut (also known as carbon fiber strings).

best wishes, Morley Harps.

[cell86]

How many string does a harp have?

[morleyharps]

Pedal harps come in 3 general sizes.

Small 3/4 size - with 40, 42, 44 strings

Straight Soundboard - 45 / 46 strings

Concert with extended soundboard - 47 strings

[mungoesmad]

I'm anchored up in my boat on a beautiful evening watching the sun set trying out my any where internet dongle thing. Seagulls are swirling all around me in some sort of feeding frenzy. then I hit the key and listen to this, I thought I was in heaven.

[juevosverdes593]

many harpists take their shoes off when the play... its considered the norm among harpists

[mixailaggelos2004]

What a beautifull harpist !

and the piece although is a bit slower than normal it is very well played.. clear harmonics and lot of passion !

a buzz in 06:00 hehe but the whole piece is fabulus..

Bravoo !!

[zarowka013]

Nice, but too slow!!

[Sigfreshman]

Its my experience as a male harpist to prefer bare feet, though it can be a strange feeling while performing. Male shoes can often be wider, especially near the toe, making it harder to accurately control the pedals.

[blondnymph]

Can I just say how very jealous I am of mungoesmad! I wish I was on a boat in the sunset listening to this!

This piece is very beautiful and she plays it very sensitively. By the way, adding to the shoes/bare feet debate, I much prefer bare feet and I find I have better control of the pedals and they don't bang so much becuase i can hook my toes around them and therefore push them with more control. But thats just my experiance, very interested to know what the rest of you think :)

[salviharp]

There are different colored strings - all Cs are red, and all Fs are black. It's quite easy once one has the hang of it. ;-)

[johnnyfighter]

I have a question about the harp-

How the heck do you memorize where ALL those strings are, don't they get mixed up??!!

[yanpan16]

lovely!