Hello Charles: I have played quite a few duets with harps, or I should say with harpists. What a harpist can easily play depends upon whether the harp has chromatic notes available. If you're playing with a modern concert harp, anything goes and it only becomes a question of balance, since harps are generally much louder than lutes. Most 'folk' harps are diatonic but many have levers that can sharp or flat a note if set up in advance. I performed a duet concert with a very good harpist, Laura Zaerr, playing a diatonic harp with levers. She was able to change the levers on the fly in the middle of a piece and we played the Francesco/Matelart duets as well as some duets from Phalese, 1552. Double harps are also a good solution because the chromatic notes are available on a second row of strings. I have played part-music with a double-harpist, dividing the responsibilities equally in a four-part piece. You can also play lute songs with the harp playing the singing part. This usually works out well in terms of balance. I hope this is helpful. Best wishes, Ron Andrico www.mignarda.com > Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:06:13 +0100 > To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > From: char...@brownecowie.fsnet.co.uk > Subject: [LUTE] [Lute] Lute and Harp duets > > Greetings! > does anyone on the list have any experience of playing duets with a harp > (either renaissance or baroque lute)? I would be grateful for some help > in terns of possible repertoire! > Thanks > Charles > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html __________________________________________________________________
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