The Korg AW-1 Micro Tuner is perfect for harpists! It clips onto a tuning pin for hands-free tuning. The clip is also a pick-up so the vibrations go directly into the tuner. And, it’s extremely small — easy to slip into your pocket. Do you tune to 442? It’s easy to calibrate. Easy to read, small, accurate, hands-free — what more could you want?
Available from Lyon & Healy and Kolacny Music.
This is the first volume published in the Sight to Sound series. It primarily addresses pre-reading skills such as: Left to Right, Lines and Spaces, Seeing the staff as a picture of the harp, Looking from Music stand to Harp, High and Low. These are the basic skills to help navigate from the written page to the instrument. It is most useful for very young children and/or those who may have learning difficulties that prevent them from learning to read easily. Available from Lyon & Healy and Kolacny Music.
Did you ever want to play with the CD but it was just too fast? This CD player can change the speed of the music without changing the pitch! What a great practice tool! It can also change the pitch if the CD is slightly different from your harp. Many other features like a built in metronome and tuner are also included. You will need headphones or speakers to use it. Powered with AC adaptor or batteries. Search on line for: Tascam CD-VT2.
These are flash cards that Mary Kay made for her students and offered to share. They include time signatures, dynamic levels, basic staff items, all harp symbols used in the Suzuki Books 1 and 2, and all other musical symbols used in Books 1 and 2. Print them on colored cardstock (I always use yellow for this set) and cut them apart. If you want them to last forever, cover them with clear contact paper and trim the edges. Also included is an explanation of all the symbols. Click this link for a PDF file: Flash Cards Hope you enjoy them!
There’s a new design for RH levers! Dave Kolacny has a lever that’s simpler to use, has only soft parts, and works on all major types of lever harps.
It can only be used to raise the string a 1/2 step. The LH is needed to lower it again, but this configuration is specifically what’s needed for Suzuki Harp books 2 and 3. (Only 1 lever is needed.)
They are available from KolacnyMusic.com, 1-800-870-3167.