Sunday Coming to grips now with Sheep in the Boat air followed by the jig. Went over the chords with Mike and he said they all sounded fine.
Monday Had the harp ladies over today for a rehearsal. We went over some of our old stuff as it's been a while since we met up and I usually don't play the group's stuff unless I'm practicing for something specific.
A bit fed up with the weather forecast as it now seems to be showing cloudy with chance of rain and quite cool over the next few days.
Here is a photo from the last open mic we went to a couple weeks ago. I also wanted to see if I could figure out how to get a photo on here.
And here's a pic from the farmer's market last August.
The 3 photos above are of the group I play with Pennine Harps. This was from two summers ago, our group has gained two more harpers since then.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday I have been practicing assorted stuff all week.
Yesterday, in preparation for my busking (which is today--yikes!) I decided to go through all my stuff including those I haven't played in a long time. I skipped over the pieces that would require way too much work at the moment and concentrated on those that I could get back into playability with not too much effort.
However, about of a third of the way through this project I was struck with the uncontrollable desire to learn "The Shire Song" (Theme from LOTR). Why I never thought to learn this 10 years ago I have no idea as my entire life back then was secretly about elves, fairies, and all things fantasy. It's not very difficult, I've got the first bit which can be played on it's own. Will eventually learn the next part which is a bit harder.
Saturday Well the typical English weather has prevented me from busking yesterday. It was windy and cold! I went for a walk and had to wear gloves it was that chilly. And today, while bright is promising to be cold and windy again....
Hooray for holidays!
ReplyDeleteFor the Sheep Air - Just tick everything up one full note - d to e etcetera. That should do it.
ReplyDeleteHope the sunshine cooperates!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a coolish day for August! Lovely to see you in the photos.
ReplyDeleteThese are great photos - thanks for sharing. Sorry to ask such a newbie question, but what is the black
ReplyDeleteclip-on at the bottom of your Dusty??
Lucy--yes welcome to the North of England. We had almost no summer last year.
ReplyDeletePam, it's my tuner--an Intellitouch. It's great, works on anything it clip onto, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, etc.
Searching on the web right now - thanks!
ReplyDeleteWow, love this! Yours is so small and sleek - do you happen to know the model name or number?
ReplyDeleteIt looks like they've changed the design of their tuners since I got mine a few years back. The PT20 is the closest one to mine though they now make a rechargeable one which is almost the same--the PT40, that's better for the environment...
ReplyDeleteJust remembered, the farmers' market was in September, but yeah still freezing for that time of year.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to try it. - thanks!
ReplyDeleteThe great thing about that type of tuner is that is will work in a noisy (and dark) pub, etc.
ReplyDeleteI love your photos, and am so envious that you have other harpers to play with. Thanks for the Shire Song idea. I played Into the West last year with a madrigal groupr, which was lovely but one of those harp-playing-the-piano-accompaniment deals. So now I'm off to YouTube as usual to see what's out there. Happy busking!
ReplyDeleteLove the new photographs of your Pennine harp group, you all look so lovely!
ReplyDeleteThat does look like a marvelous tuner.
Great idea to learn the Shire Song. I tackled Into the West at one time and never quite finished getting it under my belt, so pretty. And at one time Ashokan was part of my rep. but then I've left it fall away almost entirely which is stupid as it is a very pleasing tune.