[Mkguild] Marginally Canon Scene for my Story Arc

C. Matthias jagille3 at vt.edu
Wed Aug 10 21:49:19 UTC 2011


>Hello Metamor,
>(oops, first reply went to Matt instead of the list)
>
>Not all harps have pedals to change strings' tunings to get a full
>chromatic range of notes.

I was only familiar with orchestral harps.  Thanks for the clarification!

May He bless you and keep you in His grace and love,

Charles Matthias

>Saturday, August 6, 2011, 1:30:02 PM, you wrote:
>
>CM> However, to play a harp, you use your feet to press pedals which
>CM> change the tension on each named string (that is, one pedal changes
>CM> all the A strings, another changes all the B strings, etc...).  They
>CM> can raise and lower each string by a half step, which provides all of
>CM> the notes of the diatonic scale.  So your mockingbird will need to
>CM> check the tunings before he plays, and he may want to keep one
>CM> taloned foot down by the pedals at the harp's base in case he needs
>CM> to make a key change.
>
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