There are plenty of ideas and techniques that the Wire Harper must use, which the Nylon Harp can choose to use. For example, certain damping techniques produce an exciting staccato that can spice up the Nylon Harper’s dance tunes. The wire approach
to ornaments is often a much simpler approach than other more classical
approaches, and is often completely adaptable to the nylon harp. Come and learn how to do a Bee’s Plait! (sometimes known as The Thistle.
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Recommended for Nylon or Gut-strung harpers with little or no wire experience.
Cynthia turned my head upside down! Wire players do things a nylon harper would never dream of doing and they really work! I can’t wait to go back and try these wire tricks on all my old songs.