It's so wonderful that the concert models of cross-strung harp made by Pleyel and Wolff are still being played -and taught. Pity this sort of harp has become so rare. Great work, Maestra Paola, a big Thankyou.
Not only is the music beautiful, but the tone on your Pleyel chromatic harp just sings!! The resonance is perfect. This is a tone other chromatic and cross strung harp builders should strive for. Of course, this is also the touch and technique chromatic harp students should strive for as well.
Dear Paola, Your playing is amazing, and the sound of the harp is wonderful! I play the baroque harp since 6 months, but now I hear this, I think this instruments has far more possibilities, although the technique will be at least equally difficult. But there are probably not many of those instruments, isn't it? I would like to hear more of your playing! Musical greetings from the Netherlands.
To Percy but also to Jim one of the strengths of this harp is that you don't have to worry about the pedal or lever mechanism being slightly off in adjustment. You can actually have a more exact and predictable tuning and the maker of Paola's harp went even further with its own patented microtuners. Some versions of this instrument also contained mechanisms to give the reference pitch for tuning. Once you understand the system for how the strings are arranged and patterns for fingering it actually is quite understandable how to play the instrument. I will say without machinery to substitute it requires more human engagement. The neat thing is that humans have more capacity than they normally use.
@percy... ...without the pedals frequently stretching and loosening the strings as they change pitch there is less string degradation so on a chromatic harp there can be less total tuning needed. A nice side benefit of not needing to have a single string substitute for 3 separate notes as on the pedal harp.
.... And its only while tuning a cross-strung harp that you completely understand why the pedal harp took off. LOL. Great video paola and great playing none the less.
It's so wonderful that the concert models of cross-strung harp made by Pleyel and Wolff are still being played -and taught. Pity this sort of harp has become so rare. Great work, Maestra Paola, a big Thankyou.
Not only is the music beautiful, but the tone on your Pleyel chromatic harp just sings!! The resonance is perfect. This is a tone other chromatic and cross strung harp builders should strive for. Of course, this is also the touch and technique chromatic harp students should strive for as well.
Dear Paola,
Your playing is amazing, and the sound of the harp is wonderful! I play the baroque harp since 6 months, but now I hear this, I think this instruments has far more possibilities, although the technique will be at least equally difficult. But there are probably not many of those instruments, isn't it? I would like to hear more of your playing! Musical greetings from the Netherlands.
J'ai étudié la harpe 3 ans à l'académie avec Yvette Colignon quand j'étais jeune. Bravo pour cette prestation.
Did you study the harpe chromatique?
Très beau! Merci!
Groetjes, Mirjam
super!
bonjour harpistique d Irlande :o)
Gorgeous!
I had no idea the tone was so full on a chromatic harp. The playing is perfection . I don't know how any one can play one of these harps.
To Percy but also to Jim one of the strengths of this harp is that you don't have to worry about the pedal or lever mechanism being slightly off in adjustment. You can actually have a more exact and predictable tuning and the maker of Paola's harp went even further with its own patented microtuners. Some versions of this instrument also contained mechanisms to give the reference pitch for tuning. Once you understand the system for how the strings are arranged and patterns for fingering it actually is quite understandable how to play the instrument. I will say without machinery to substitute it requires more human engagement. The neat thing is that humans have more capacity than they normally use.
@percy... ...without the pedals frequently stretching and loosening the strings as they change pitch there is less string degradation so on a chromatic harp there can be less total tuning needed. A nice side benefit of not needing to have a single string substitute for 3 separate notes as on the pedal harp.
.... And its only while tuning a cross-strung harp that you completely understand why the pedal harp took off. LOL. Great video paola and great playing none the less.
what do you mean? can you pls explain?
@@cattime2044 Have you ever tuned a harp?
Which brand is this harp?
A cross strung Pleyel concert harp