February 11 Not exactly straight lines here, as this is a photo of a painting...... it's me with corgis and cats, painted by a friend who stopped by while I was practicing and took pictures of me practicing. I did tell her the left hand should be higher up than the right..... but it obviously doesn't work compositionally. I'm thinking of asking her if she would let me use the photo for a 'business' card - I do have people stop and ask for them during my hospital gig and I don't have any. I particularly like the red socks, which apparently I really was wearing that day.
I've had two gigs so far this month, one with no harp at a snowshoe festival at the Green Mountain Club (concertina instead) and one with harp playing on the balcony at the Richmond Free Library with a small group during their Book Sale. Both were very very different and both were extremely fun. I think the hospital experience is helping me be calmer and more confident. Yay!
I know many of you have gigs and things that were coming up, I'd love to hear about them. Especially photos!
I love the painting! Isn't the right hand (melody) the higher up one?
ReplyDeleteWhen I watch Maeve Gilchrist play, her left hand IS the higher one. She is the only person I've seen play like that, I guess, and I went to YouTube to watch lots of lever harpers play. I know everyone's technique is different, but I'm a RH up, too. :))
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