[musictlk] Auto harp
Jessica Raichle
jdraichle at gmail.com
Thu Jul 6 17:35:31 UTC 2017
There is a Talking Tuner app for the IPhone; I've used it with success.
God bless!
Jessica
On Jul 5, 2017 9:51 PM, Linda Mentink via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Tara,
>
> I do not have absolute pitch. I tune the first octave or so with
> the piano, and then theest with the octave I tuned to the piano.
>
> I don't know anything about talking tuners, but they should work.
>
> Yes, you can play melodies on them. In fact, Maybell Carter
> (that dates me) held it by placing the flat end on her lap, and
> the autoharp leaned against her upper body.
>
> Blessings,
>
> Linda
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tara Briggs via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org
> To: Music Talk Mailing List for Blind Musicians
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> Date sent: Wed, 5 Jul 2017 21:34:16 -0600
> Subject: Re: [musictlk] Auto harp
>
> Thank you! How did you tune the autoharp? Do you have perfect
> pitch? I do not. I wonder if the app talking tuner would work to
> help me tune the auto Harp. I think I'll download the app and
> bring it with me to the music class next week and see if I can
> play around with tuning it. Obviously, playing an instrument
> that is not in tune is torture! Oh, and I was looking on YouTube
> and there's some pretty amazing things you can do with them! You
> can actually get them to Play melodies!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 5, 2017, at 5:52 PM, Linda Mentink via MusicTlk
> <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Tara,
>
> I don't own one, but I've had plenty of experience with them.
> We had them at the Wisconsin School for the Visually Handicapped,
> and one of my jobs was to tune them. I don't know anything about
> brands, but, if I were you, I'd get one with the most chord bars
> so that you will have the most flexibility as to what keys you
> can play and sing in. The autoharp will be the same size whether
> you get only 12 chord bars or more. I think they may as many as
> 21, but I'm not sure on that one. If you purchase one, have lot
> of fun!
>
> Blessings,
>
> Linda
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tara Briggs via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org
> To: musictlk at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Wed, 5 Jul 2017 16:51:20 -0600
> Subject: [musictlk] Auto harp
>
> Hey everyone! I recently got my kids signed up for a music
> together class. Experience has been absolutely fantastic! My
> family I like to get together and play music. My uncle is an
> accomplished keyboard player and my dad is an accomplished guitar
> player. I like to sing with them and I play flute. At the
> class, the instructor was playing and auto harp. I got to look
> at it today and I started playing in a little bit. I don't have
> perfect pitch. I have decent relative pitch. I can pick
> somewhat complicated melodies out by ear. But when it starts to
> get into a lot of friends and skills I've got to get somebody to
> spell the notes out for me. Anyway, I'm thinking about
> purchasing an auto harp so that I can play along with my family.
> Do any of you have experience with this instrument? What are your
> thoughts and do you have any recommendations for a particular
> brand. Is it easy to learn? Like I said, my primary instrument
> is the flute. I'm simply wanting to have an instrument that I
> can use to learn the so that I can accompany myself and my kids
> while we sing the songs that my family likes to sing.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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