[musictlk] Auto harp

[Jessica Raichle]

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 
> <musictlk at nfbnet.org 
> 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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