[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Very different from the lever harp, and so far it's proving rather
partner-unfriendly >>
My husband Eric, also a professional musician, plays the Saxophones, and as I
got more & more involved in playing the wire strung harp I wanted to be able
to play with him. I finally bought him a bodhran for Christmas one year, and
it worked out great! He's gotten quite good at it, and have played out
together quite a few times now, with success. (Success being judged by the
number of people who ask if we have a CD out).
We also do a lot of work with the wire harps and Eric on whistles. The low D
whistle with my brass-strung Lamont reproduction is heavenly, but for the wee
lap harp of Ardival's (and it just WOULD fit in a knitting bag!) demands the
penny whistles. Otherwise, it's the bodhran every time.
But if you want to make people cry, do a lament with big brass strings and
the low whistle. Believe me, it works.
--Cynthia Cathcart
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