Topic #95: What rare talent do you have that most people don’t know?
Carlin Medieval Feast
I have many skills that are a little out of the norm, but the one that seems to surprise people the most, is playing the harp. To you loyal readers of this blog, this is old news. Did it surprise you? Of course, I rarely practise these days, and so my skill level is deteriorating at a dramatic rate, but that doesn’t seem to matter. The fact that I own two harps and can make some semblance of music with them causes amazement. I confess, when I take a harp out in public and pluck the first strings, I am regularly astonished at how silent the room will become. I played a couple of old tunes at a Middle School Medieval Feast last month, and I couldn’t believe how silent Middle schoolers could be!
For the record, it’s not hard to play a harp. The tuning of 33 or 44 strings is a bit of a pain, but the actual playing isn’t so terrible. If you can play a piano or read both treble and bass clef, you can read the music easily. Learning how to pluck will take only an hour or two to learn. Of course, putting it all together requires skill, but that’s about practice, not about inherent difficulty. A harp is no more difficult than a violin or an accordion to learn; you just sound much, much nicer while developing your skill! 😀
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PS. If you are interested in learning to play the harp and either renting or buying one, click on BC Harps on the top of this page for links to teachers, stores and harp makers.
Shawn L. Bird 
rare and amazing…;-) April 13, 2011
Tags: harp, postaday2011
Topic #95: What rare talent do you have that most people don’t know?
Carlin Medieval Feast
I have many skills that are a little out of the norm, but the one that seems to surprise people the most, is playing the harp. To you loyal readers of this blog, this is old news. Did it surprise you? Of course, I rarely practise these days, and so my skill level is deteriorating at a dramatic rate, but that doesn’t seem to matter. The fact that I own two harps and can make some semblance of music with them causes amazement. I confess, when I take a harp out in public and pluck the first strings, I am regularly astonished at how silent the room will become. I played a couple of old tunes at a Middle School Medieval Feast last month, and I couldn’t believe how silent Middle schoolers could be!
For the record, it’s not hard to play a harp. The tuning of 33 or 44 strings is a bit of a pain, but the actual playing isn’t so terrible. If you can play a piano or read both treble and bass clef, you can read the music easily. Learning how to pluck will take only an hour or two to learn. Of course, putting it all together requires skill, but that’s about practice, not about inherent difficulty. A harp is no more difficult than a violin or an accordion to learn; you just sound much, much nicer while developing your skill! 😀
PS. If you are interested in learning to play the harp and either renting or buying one, click on BC Harps on the top of this page for links to teachers, stores and harp makers.
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