Grayso Enterprsie Ltd Firs N Rights Pag 1,20 words Copyrigh 1989 HISPANI HARPS Writte b Jun Grayson "Par entende l harpa ha mucha cosa qu s requiere saber...... (I orde t understan th harp i i necessar t kno man things... Jua Bermudo 1555. O Augus 27 1989 fiftee Chicag harpist gav u thei Sunda afternoo t si a th fee o maste Paraguaya harpist Alfred Ortiz Som o thos fifteen al Anglos wer wel-know professiona harpists Th others wh lovd th har n less wer fro al walk o life Wha the ha i commo wa th desir t lear mor abou playin th Hispani harp s foreig t al o thei trainin an experienc wit th classica peda harp Hispanic ma no realiz tha Nort America an Europea harpist ar sometime completel awestruc b th technica proficienc an virtuosit displaye b n Hispanic harpist Accordin t th boo "Th Iris Harp b Joa Rimmer "Nothin comparabl wit th vigorou techniqu an vivaciou repertoir o th Lati America harpists....ha ye develope (i playin th Iris harp) Harp ar ho i th Unite Stats today. Wh i i wh doesn' lov harp Economi expansio continues Familie dar t drea o buyin a instrumen tha ma cos fro $1,50 t $25,00 fo thei children Onl th trul ric ha suc luxurie i previou generations Kid stud th har i publi schoo jus lik the use t stud th drum o th flute Concer harpists restauran harpists styl sho harpists weddin harpists jaz harpists Ne Ag harpists Lati America harpist the ar al ou ther playin th instrumen o th angels. Surprisingly th har i th oldes know musica instrument an trace o it us hav bee foun i al ancien civilizations Th oldes pictoria representatio o harpis wa foun i Ira fro 3,40 B C Harp hav bee foun i Egyptia tomb date fro 3,00 B C. Th mos famou Biblica harpis wa th Hebre Kin Davi (1,90 B C. wh learne t pla th har whe h wa shepher boy Th Phoenicians, se- farin neighbor o Israel too th har t Irelan i 1,26 B C Th har becam Ireland' nationa instrument Th Celt fro Irelan an Wale introduce th har t Spain. Europea king an queen playe th harp Facilit wit th har wa considere mar o roya breeding. Curiously ther i n recor o th har i th Ne World unti th Spanis explorer introduce i afte Columbus The firs mentio o Lati America harpis wa i 152 whe Marti Nin arrive i wha i no Paraguay Urugua an Argentina Catholi priest brough Spanis harp t thei man missio site i th Ne Worl an taugh th Indian t mak an pla them Colonia painting an sculpture furthe documen th presenc o th har throughou Lati America I yo coul pu on o eac o th differen Lati America harp sid b side yo woul se thousand o variation in constructio details shapes soun quality an size Eac countr ha develope it ow regiona har style an har music. Ye al Lati America harp hav som feature i common. Th fram i wood mos ofte cedar Th 3 o 3 string ar nylon althoug the use t b gut Th tensio o th string i les tha o th peda har s th soun i ligh an strong. Th tunin i diatonic correspondin t th whit note o a octav o th piano Thu th harpis ca pla i majo scal a wel a it natura mino scale Th harpis pluck o strike th string wit lon fingernail instea o usin th fingertip exclusivel a doe th classica harpist Th righ han usuall play th melod whil th lef play th bass Lati America harpist lear b ea an no b musica scripts Eac harpis i expecte t mak hi ow arrangement an no cop anothe harpist Th syncopate rhythm o 6/ time pittin tw o fou note agains three ad th rea flavo o Lati America music Sometime playin wit incredibl speed bu alway wit clarit an precision th Lati America harpis insert betwee th melodi lin th ver specialize embellishment associated wit Lati America har music tremelos pizzicatos octaves, muffling arpeggios an glissandi Doe th harpis fin th harp o th har fin th harpist Grea musician ar almos possesse b thei music. Bet Laguna sel-taugh Chicag harpis originall fro Ver Cruz ha alway supporte himsel an hi famil wit hi har playing "N on i m famil playe th harp ca remembe whe wa seve an notice m firs harpist blin man stree player ( a stil no tha goo harpist) Fro tha tim on ha t pla th harp talke someon ou o a ol har an fixe i up locke mysel i m room playin th harp si o seve hour a time M fathe didn' wan m t pla th harp bu m mothe believe i me I Mexic ther ar s man musicians s man bums N on want hi chil t b bum. Lagun patronize hi favorit har make i Mexic City Hi student mus pla o spendin $1,50 fo decen har today Bu youn Chicag Latino ar no intereste i thei heritag o th harp "Al the wan i noise, lament Laguno "Almos al o th peopl wh wan t hea m pla ar Anglo. Member o th Chicag Fol Har Societ hav mad hi a honorar member Som cal hi playin incredible An afte fort years h stil love t pla th harp "Yo ca rela you soul Whe play transpor mysel t anothe world. Alfred Roland Orti wa bor i Cub an move t Venezuel whe h wa 12 H learne t pla th Venezuela arp llaner (Har o th Plains an th Arp Paraguay (Paraguaya Harp) H attende an graduate fro medica schoo i Columbi eve whil performin professionall an recordin hi har music Musi wo ou ove medicine (Th Unite State ha 700,00 doctors bu onl fe Lati America harpist o th statur o Dr Ortiz) H ha lecture o performe fo th Nationa Conferenc o th America Har Society th Summe Festiva o Jaz an Po Harp th Nationa Conferenc o th Nationa Associatio o Musi Therapy th Internationa Har Wee i Holland th Firs Worl Har Congress th Firs Internationa Har Conference an th Secon Worl Har Congress Ye h says "M mos importan concer wa playin i th deliver roo durin m daughter' birth. Hi book an vide o Lati America har musi an technique ar helpfu t America harpist wh wan t lear th style o th Hispani harp Th har i officiall th nationa instrumen o Paraguay Accordin t write i th Fol Har Journal ther ma b mor Paragua harp i us i th worl toda tha al o th othe harp combined Thos wh fal i lov wit th har wil joi al th peasant an king sinc 3,40 B C. a wel a th angel i heaven wh fin th har irresistible. #####