At 10:22 AM -0700 8/31/08, Greg Hamilton wrote:
Hi Christopher,
The standard way of indicating a harp glissando and notating the
pitches is as seven 32nd notes and then extend the beams over a
little. From there use a gliss. line to the final pitch of the
gliss. and put a slur over it. An excellent reference on harp
writing is a book called Harp Scoring by Stanley Chaloupka.
And according to Clint Roemer the purpose of the 7 notes is to
indicate the chromatic alterations, although he gives alternative
ways to do the same thing that look, to this non-harpist, easier to
read and respond to.
John
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Virginia Tech Department of Music
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