Another version of Here Comes the Flood is here: http://www.motorharp.com/music.html#PeterGabriel

On a whim, I emailed L&H to ask if they could tell me anything about my harp. I knew it was a style 21, but I now know it was definitely made in the early 1890s and the original owner was Mabelle Lynn Childs. I researched a little at work today and asked a couple Library Assistants to find out a little more about her, but no luck. She may have owned a longhaired female cat named Tootsie in 1906, but that is not confirmed.

I can play harmonics again! Well, sort of. Modified harmonics.

Last version of Flood - need to get hands together, practice trouble spots and pedal changes. And try to get it not-so-clunky.

Recorded individual tracks. Wish I knew how to match them up in Audacity. I tried eying them and got cacophony.

Recorded 1st track, played 2nd track with it - need to see if I can print out individual parts as the page turns are inconvenient.

Editing two versions of Flood.

Put in pedal markings.
Practice trouble spots and page turns.
Record the multi-part in separate files.

1 hour of Notturno in the 4 bar section/pg 2. More thumb slides in Gagliardiandia.

Strengthening thumb for 20 min.

Bacon Palms

I realized halfway through playing that harmonics are not an option at this point.

Yowza.

I played a little Gagliarda by Mortari to get my hands moving again. I'm still twisting my entire arm when playing thumb slides. Are there more robust exercises I can do for thumbs?

Took another tumble off my bike and ripped skin off my palm so no practicing today!

Note to self: Get biking gloves!

Notturno is finally corrected and printed out. !

Eyeball-stabby headache. Could either be from trying to deal with Finale again (thanks for changing my note spacing again) or because of the Archives Crawl yesterday.

Went through Notturno to see if I could play it more efficiently, and I can. I took out some notes and transferred others to my right hand.

Played Zarabanda and my mind is still blanking in places, so I guess I will not be able to play it without the music.

Worked on (flight) a bit. My thumb joints are really jiggly.

Have I mentioned lately I hate Finale? I printed out some music and noticed some of the notes were wrong. I went back in a fixed the notes (Finale helpfully respaced the notes as soon as I changed them so there was one measure per LINE) and now Finale will not print this file. It will print other files, just not this one. I have shut down and restarted and still nothing. Urgh!

I took the old guy in for regulating today. I now have a much less creaky base and way smoother pedals. Unfortunately, the E (and the B a teensy bit) is still hopping in between ♯ and ♮, and there's nothing obvious that's causing it. My super-nice regulator gave me a recommendation for a second opinion about the E pedal located in Corvallis.

Also, my new harp cover is SO MUCH BETTER. I had a much easier time getting my harp in and out of the car. And just holding onto it in general. Yay!

I am overwhelmed by my choice of music, so in order to preserve the little bit of energy I have, I am leaving the rest for tomorrow.

Ok, now I've gone through all my music. Now to cull. Then ... what?

Played through the rest of my music. Or so I thought.

Played through more.

Played more music from my repertoire (and wore myself out - surprise nap on the couch!). I think I'm good for quantity. Need to go through the rest and sort for quality. Then come up with a program. Then find a place/places to perform. And RELAX!

But before all that, my harp needs some regulating to take care of the creaks that have crept back in, and the jumpy pedals, and the sour notes.

Timed things and I have about 45 min of music. And that's not even everything. Try to be ready in 2 mos?