tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61807372701343769812024-03-05T14:26:32.641-08:00Note to selfPractice journal for me and my harp.motorharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15729621083839677176noreply@blogger.comBlogger1156125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180737270134376981.post-38109609045452872422021-02-21T08:30:00.000-08:002021-02-21T08:30:02.307-08:00<p>https://www.theancestorhunt.com/blog/rhode-island-online-historical-photos-research</p>motorharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15729621083839677176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180737270134376981.post-17240500659497558642019-03-08T09:38:00.002-08:002021-02-18T08:19:07.310-08:00Other harp owners and musiciansTry to find other members of the Alhambra Mandolin Orchestra. No other members were listed in the Worcester Directory that I know of. It would be cool to find out where/when/what they played.<br />
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#141 was bought by J. Ed. Handy of Passac, NJ.<br />
#143 was bought by Dr. D. R. Frazer of Newark, NJ. Possibly <a href="http://www.thisday.pcahistory.org/2013/07/july-10/" target="_blank">Rev D.R. Frazer</a>?<br />
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<br />motorharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15729621083839677176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180737270134376981.post-32442398054219244232018-12-20T18:11:00.006-08:002021-12-06T20:20:35.312-08:00H. L. JacobsAnd <a href="https://digitalcommons.bryant.edu/hjacobsbiography/" target="_blank">this </a>was possibly her husband? Nope!<br />motorharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15729621083839677176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180737270134376981.post-14570318529969416922018-12-17T16:54:00.000-08:002018-12-17T16:55:44.910-08:00Crazy cat lady confirmed!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrRy3_rXSJAQlRNOBvj2FHmZQJbhOUhxBvgZ8Vv7Fi7bPIFGuMiBNS7Lh5wSIj2-LoxYH79IurBZrkRMDbv9i3t42V10hHkT9lMwfzdLQunrf8DNwSrO3i60QC0TUI6lBABoavWmXRA/s1600/Royal+blood+of+catdom+19+Jan+1913.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="The Royal Blood of Catdom" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1283" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrRy3_rXSJAQlRNOBvj2FHmZQJbhOUhxBvgZ8Vv7Fi7bPIFGuMiBNS7Lh5wSIj2-LoxYH79IurBZrkRMDbv9i3t42V10hHkT9lMwfzdLQunrf8DNwSrO3i60QC0TUI6lBABoavWmXRA/s320/Royal+blood+of+catdom+19+Jan+1913.jpg" title="The Royal Blood of Catdom Providence Journal 1913" width="256" /></a></td></tr>
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The lady in the upper right corner is the original owner of my harp. I would not be able to pick her out of a lineup. Her cats are mentioned much more than she is, so I didn't get much new information about <i>her</i>.<br />
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Clicking on the image does not give a full enough image to read. Maybe I will transcribe the article here. Someday. Ha! <br />
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Thanks to the Ask-A-Librarian folks at Providence Public Library for finding this article for me!<br />
<br />motorharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15729621083839677176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180737270134376981.post-75016340144186941702018-11-28T09:00:00.003-08:002018-11-28T09:00:55.971-08:00Ask RIAskri.org was only able to find a death notice, not a full obituary. <br />
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The following was printed in the Providence Journal from March 15, 1915, page 3:<br />
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JACOBS-- In East Providence, on the 14th inst. Mabelle L. wife of H. L. Jacobs.<br />Funeral private. Interment at Worcester, Mass.<br />Worcester papers please copy.<br />
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To me, that sounds like the Worcester papers would only print a death notice, as well. motorharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15729621083839677176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180737270134376981.post-986515552806883242018-11-17T17:44:00.000-08:002018-11-17T17:44:27.382-08:00The ChatauquanMabelle Lynn Childs is included in the 1898 vol 27 edition of The Chautauquan in a list of "successful and widely known American harpists". motorharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15729621083839677176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180737270134376981.post-79936225997359450782018-11-16T10:19:00.000-08:002018-11-17T08:30:15.517-08:00Crazy cat lady!I found an article about Mabelle Lynn Childs/Jacobs that is more on the cat side of things. <br />
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The article <a href="http://www.providencejournal.com/article/20140902/LIFESTYLE/309029994" target="_blank">link</a> was broken, but the <a href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:i1jdn58w6cMJ:www.providencejournal.com/article/20140902/LIFESTYLE/309029994+&cd=19&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" target="_blank">cached</a> version still works. The article is in the Providence Journal (where she married Jacobs in 1909 after moving from Worcester) and titled "Midweek Time Lapse: Pampered cats of 1913 lived like royalty in East Providence" by Sheila Lennon on Sep 2, 2014 at 2:48 PM.<br />
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She started the Rhode Island Cat Club, built a bungalow to house either her cats, or the chickens and rabbits to feed her cats, (or both?), and sold them for a lot of money.<br />
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I can't find the link in the article that's reference by "As our Jan. 19, 1913 story above (click it to read a full-size page)", but I bet I can find it!<br />
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ATL'd original article <br />
Emailed askri.orgfor obitmotorharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15729621083839677176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180737270134376981.post-84724857214951104482018-09-09T21:36:00.002-07:002018-09-09T21:36:55.839-07:00Info on reverbhttps://musicianself.com/reverb/motorharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15729621083839677176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180737270134376981.post-23389443232456872382018-09-08T08:04:00.001-07:002018-09-08T08:04:18.390-07:00Music manipulationMaxMSP graphic music programming languagemotorharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15729621083839677176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180737270134376981.post-54382941940187560932018-08-27T17:30:00.001-07:002018-09-11T20:31:22.251-07:00Harold Budd notes<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">AMS digital delay, an Eventide Harmonizer, an EMT 250 plate reverb, a Yamaha DX7 keyboard and a Casio CT-200.</span><br />
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<ul><span style="font-size: small;">
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bel Canto CD2 with onboard DAC (CD player with Digital to Analog Converter)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Transcriptors Hydraulic Reference TT w/ Grado Gold (TurnTable)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Garrard 401 w/ custom aluminum block plinth with </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(TT) </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thomas Schick Arm w/ Benz Ace S Cartridge </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(TT)</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bottlehead Seduction Phono Preamp w/ C4S Upgrade </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(TT)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yamaha CT-7000 FM Tuner</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Manley Jumbo Shrimp Preamplifier</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Manley Mahi Mono Amps</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ADS L-910 Studio Monitors</span></span></li>
</span></ul>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_canon" target="_blank">Mirror canon </a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lexicon PCM 60 </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">16-bit mono in/"stereo" out digital reverbration unit), PCM 70 (reverb), PCM 42 (digital delay), Yamaha SPX 90 (</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">basic multi-effects including all sorts of reverbs, echoes, chorus,
flanger, phaser, compression, and pitch shifting. Effects cannot be used
simultaneously) and REV7 (</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">digital reverb unit).</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">his concerts usually consist of him improvising on piano against a CD containing some of the electronic backdrops he has conjured in the studio.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“soft pedal” piano style, achingly slow and drenched in sustain, and Eno’s discreet processing, which transforms the instrument’s natural resonance into gentle swirls of snow and sheets of melting, cracking ice.
</span></span></span>motorharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15729621083839677176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180737270134376981.post-6022315559483121332018-07-23T18:24:00.002-07:002018-07-23T18:24:29.550-07:00Opus 28<br />
pay attention to hands together, the usual buzzes and pedal changes, and play it more slowly - it doesn't really make a difference. Hand fall off strings at same point for some reason. motorharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15729621083839677176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180737270134376981.post-74557629965126372152018-03-05T17:47:00.000-08:002018-03-05T17:47:13.264-08:00Sonatina Prodigio is more done. I have the 3rd mvt almost memorized. It just happened on its own!<br />
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I am now working on memorizing Satie and Revrie.<br />
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I was sad to learn while watching the Oscars that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3hann_J%C3%B3hannsson" target="_blank">Jóhann Jóhannsson</a> passed away very recently.motorharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15729621083839677176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180737270134376981.post-2214648015243473352018-01-12T16:49:00.000-08:002018-01-12T16:49:26.451-08:00Sonatina ProdigioI started Sonatina Prodigio on June 18, 2017. It was a piece I had "learned" before. As in, I could play it slowly and badly, and just the first movement "Gagliarda". I worked pretty steadily on it through July and August.<br />
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It took me 11 days of focused learning in "Week 1" of "30 Days to Done" to get it to a passable level, in my opinion. Or a level where I could continue to work on it and actually progress.<br />
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I got bogged down at the end of August/beginning of September, or "Week 2", trying to improve the small sections again. I ended up stopping because I just couldn't focus that hard anymore after 15 days. I picked it back up in mid-October.<br />
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Then I worked steadily through to today, January 12, 2018, excepting Christmas holiday. I picked it right back up after that, surprisingly.<br />
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Gagliarda is definitely in much better shape than when I originally "learned" it. It's very wobbly, though.<br />
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<strike>Calzone haha!</strike> Canzone is fine. Maybe needs a little work on the harmonics.<br />
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Toccata needs to be memorized in order to flow. It goes so quickly that I can't find my place on the music when I need a reminder. It's pretty repetitive and I do have most of it memorized. The glisses need to be in time, as well.<br />
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Now I just need to play it a whole bunch, then set it aside for a while.motorharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15729621083839677176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180737270134376981.post-527910023743126362017-09-15T16:32:00.001-07:002017-09-15T16:32:25.161-07:00Up to Gymnop 1 & 2, Gnoss 3 mostly memorized.<br />
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Prodigio - Trying to chain the 3rd mov. was exhausting so stopped. Trying to chain 1st mov. - stuck on 1st small section.motorharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15729621083839677176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180737270134376981.post-53386902072973683612017-08-25T14:46:00.000-07:002017-08-25T14:46:30.233-07:00Prodigio - 30 dtd small sections<div>
Memorizing - Debussy Reverie, Satie Gymnopedie 1</div>
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Run through rep up to 1st arabesque</div>
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Thumb is healing but hurts in a place I didn't cut it. ???</div>
motorharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15729621083839677176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180737270134376981.post-43652624966449193442017-08-24T18:22:00.001-07:002017-08-24T18:22:13.950-07:00Thumb is healing.<br />
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Satie is being memorized. Weird chord progressions make for difficult memorization!motorharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15729621083839677176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180737270134376981.post-40672615706984756702017-08-21T16:00:00.001-07:002017-08-21T16:00:29.330-07:00What do you do when you slice off the top of your thumb?I almost made it an hour. It took quite a bit longer than normal when I have a finger injury for the pain to subside and me not feel like I was going into shock - probably about 20 minutes. Normally? Five minutes. I really wanted to play, though.<br />
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Trying to memorize Satie. The non-standard chord changes make it difficult.motorharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15729621083839677176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180737270134376981.post-33907052132445120652017-08-19T11:54:00.001-07:002017-08-19T11:54:32.704-07:00Played for about an hour - sort-of repertoire stuff. Now sore back and arms.motorharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15729621083839677176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180737270134376981.post-51725563185879504372017-08-15T21:58:00.002-07:002017-08-15T21:58:42.816-07:00And I am suspicious I have a cyst in my left thumb joint, which is probably why it hurts.motorharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15729621083839677176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180737270134376981.post-61703976391626385892017-08-14T17:41:00.001-07:002017-08-14T17:41:33.621-07:00Post vacation - 2nd dayFifteen minutes practice yesterday was not enough, achingly so.<br />
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Thirty minutes today was way too much.motorharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15729621083839677176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180737270134376981.post-2129484563199893672017-08-13T11:14:00.000-07:002017-08-13T11:14:34.568-07:00Post VacationI'm going to try for 15 minutes of practice today to start reconditioning my hands after a week away from the harp. If I can get up from the computer. Of course, I've already sat down and played quietly earlier, but I'm not counting that towards my time.<br />
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I almost have Rêverie memorized. Some skips and bumps.<br />
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Opus 28 just has one remaining hiccup.motorharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15729621083839677176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180737270134376981.post-77645376037980272062017-06-30T16:17:00.000-07:002017-06-30T16:19:16.079-07:00Reverie/30 Days to Done wrap up<b>Started</b>: Monday 2/20/17<br />
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<b>Finished</b>: Monday 6/26/17<br />
<b>Total</b>: 18 weeks<br />
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<b>End result</b>: I can play it passably, but it still needs a lot of dynamic work. And I'm trying to memorize it.<br />
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<b>Details</b>:<br />
This is a five page piece, not too technically challenging. There is one very difficult section, and four moderately difficult sections.<br />
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I stopped working on this from 2/21 to 4/17 (almost 8 weeks) . Not sure why. However, I'm including that time in the learning time since I often can't predict how learning is going to go. <br />
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big section work, 2 pages one day, then 3 the next.<br />
small section work, 1, 1, 1, 2.<br />
small section work, 1, 4.<br />
Week one: avg 1.875 pages per intensive work day<br />
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big section work, all <br />
Small section work, all <br />
Small section work, 7 days<br />
Big section work, 3, 2.<br />
Week two: avg 1.8 pages per intensive work day<br />
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small section work, 2, 3<br />
small section work, all <br />
small section work, 1.5, 2.5, 1.5<br />
spot practice, 1, 2.5, 1. <br />
Big section, all<br />
Week 3: avg 2.5 pages per intensive work day<br />
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details, 2.5, 1.5, 1<br />
big section, all <br />
details, all<br />
small sections, all<br />
Week 4: avg 3.33 per intensive work day<br />
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<b>Conclusion</b>:<br />
5 pages/18 weeks = .27<br />
1 page/4 weeks = .25<br />
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I could <i>probably</i> use this effectively as designed for a moderately challenging two page piece.<br />
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It's a heartening to see my learning increase as I work on the piece - I have to do less intensive work as time passes.<br />
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It would be interesting to break this down into hours, and see if I were not working full time how much lower this ratio would be.<br />
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I'm starting Sonatina Prodigio by Virgilio Mortari, and will also be interested to see if this ratio holds up. I have learned the first movement (not well) in the past. <br />
<br />motorharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15729621083839677176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180737270134376981.post-31574568790806237012017-06-16T16:28:00.003-07:002017-06-16T16:28:29.505-07:00Repertoire day, so tired, too much! motorharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15729621083839677176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180737270134376981.post-89098372588035089362017-04-23T18:12:00.000-07:002017-04-23T18:12:24.081-07:001st page of Reverie is pretty easy. From then on, just minor correction points. Should go quickly, then adding in dynamics. motorharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15729621083839677176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180737270134376981.post-22030607024952729132017-04-21T17:31:00.002-07:002017-04-21T17:31:37.405-07:00Sort of practice day. Sort of repertoire day.motorharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15729621083839677176noreply@blogger.com0