Extended Harp Techniques, Notation, and General Ergonomics of the Harp

[@phre3d]

Really cool to see all the techniques that went into this piece!

[@sidarthas3867]

Thanks for explaining everything for us, I liked that superball string drag technique at the end, it sounded like it could be used as an effect in tense or scary movie scenes.

[@jillc2700]

Wow, that was fun to watch. Thanks for sharing your process and some of those notations, very cool.

[@aceline9087]

13:44 the paper towel tube is most resonant around what frequency use a tuner. If you cut the tube it becomes a higher pitch. Also the harp wood have a natural "sweet spot" itself.

[@elenlemonade]

love the 👀 👀 👀

[@barriereid9244]

The checkerboard may be chords...this is a great intro to the harp as I embark upon my studies as a composer. A bientot. 🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻

[@jrbship]

I love all the music, but I laughed out loud at the checkers bits

[@ViolinGuitarAndPiano_Gang]

The palm strike and the mallet technique one I was looking for a harp that really sounds like that similar what do someone really hear, what does it look like.

[@barriereid9244]

I have just discovered what a kelpie might sound like in the depths of a Scottish whirlpool...RBM 25:50

[@buchernarr_9892]

Pretty interesting. Little thought about the squared notes: It looks a bit like the square notes you had in the past in early music.

[@aceline9087]

So do you have different feet for the harp. Like metal posts and really soft "kinetic" rubbers? Also have you checked you amplitude with a tuner? How many can you accurately reproduce closest to the cent or hert.

[@bryanwhite2685]

Here's an interesting question: how would you play the song "Piano Smasher" featured on the Blue Man Group album The Complex? The way they do it on the album is to turn the piano on its side and take a sledge hammer to the frame. As far as tuning is concerned, each octave on the piano was tuned to a specific note, so they could hit in the general area, and it would sound right. Can you do that tuning and pull that song off with the Palm Strike technique on Harp? Would seem to be a simpler solution (and less destructive...)

[@stevencochran5301]

Noons.

[@MrHangman56]

Who wrote this? It sounds like a performance art by someone who isnt good at performance art or writing music at all

[@HarpistKT]

Bret Crow. This piece was written as a graphic score, not particular to the harp or really any instrument. It is a work of art and was incredibly creative, yet left much of the interpretation up to the performer. This type of score is not the norm in the classical music world, which made this even more fun to tackle!

[@bonebibleviper]

🖕🥴🫳🏾💩 You better watch it