Autoharp

The High Museum

2009-09-07T06:54:00.000-07:00

Last year I had only met one autoharp player, and then met 2 and then 500 this year, and now another one, and I jammed again with a violist/fiddle player.

Tuesday I meet Kyle in Marietta for folk music jamming.

Fear Thou Not

2009-08-29T16:10:00.000-07:00

Part of my non profit is connecting, and I do that with music. I am playing the autoharp on the Silver Comet Trail on Sunday mornings around 9 or 10 am unless it is raining.

Find me with an autoharp on the benches near the red caboose, across the street. I probably need to be near the Red Caboose. It would be nice to sit on the deck of the red caboose, but I am not going to try! One day I will see the sheriff deputies sitting on that deck and relaxing!

Red Top Mountain

2008-08-05T18:35:00.001-07:00

Go to Youtube.com and search for Charlotte Fairchild to hear some of the things I sang at Red Top Mountain. Murder on the Silver Comet Trail can be found at http://tinyurl.com/7yuczc
Please cut and paste! Or order from the publisher: https://www.createspace.com/3358450

June 24 to 29 I am going to Little Buffalo State Park in Pennsylvania for Mountain Laural Autoharp Gathering, or MLAG. Google this if you are curious!

If you do a search on Youtube.com and search for Charlotte Fairchild, you will find the songs I sing.

The first time I ever saw fine tuners. All three autoharp players learned something. Well, maybe Pat didn't. I did sing a song she never heard before. Someone I taught, a man who plays the banjo named Pat called me today to tell me he bought an autoharp and is going to play it. He paid $199.00 at a pawn shop in Acworth for almost a new OS21, and he said it came with two books and he already has a guitar tuner. It made me really happy for someone to take it up.

Red Top Mountain Dulcimer Autoharp

2008-08-05T18:25:00.001-07:00

Howard McGee playing my diatonic and had never seen a diatonic before. Pat doesn't want to fool with them. With her 13 guitars, 3 harmonicas, 2 autoharps, piano and all the other instruments she has, I can understand completely! She taught me two big things. To hold my harp next to my good ear by holding it straight up instead of slanted Appalatian style, and to put stick um letters on the sides of the 'harp, the better to see you with, m'dear. She played very well even though she had a broken finger tip and played melody. She talked about Kittie Wells' music and gave me loads of names. I should have had a 007 tape recorder to learn better!

Howard McGee found out about the Red Top Mountain gathering by a post I put on cyberpluckers that was read by a Georgia southernautoharpers person who told him 2 people would be there. I only found out Pat would be there because I got nosy about who she was because she is listed on the Autoharp Quarterly as a teacher. We talked for a long time on the phone. She is a performer first and also teaches. She is busy.

I almost didn't make it because of chores like the dogs heartworm pill and getting a 'harp tuned. It was a long way to drive if the two people didn't show up. I did not jam with autoharpers. I jamed with a guitarist and a dulcimer player. Second time I jammed, and then I sang a lot. And I taught a whole lot.

Splash page

2008-08-04T05:27:00.000-07:00

A good friend and relative of my husband offered to do a splash page for me. I have so many blogs and one website! I decided not to add anything else. I will add this blog so if anyone is interested, they can check out the other blogs I have.

http://www.icaco.blogspot.com (Indonesia)
http://www.arthavefun.blogspot.com (free art book by Florence Seymour)
http://www.fertileprayers.blogspot.com (commercial)
http://www.fprayers.blogspot.com
http://www.calender.blogspot.com (free calender recycling book)
http://www.kudzus.blogspot.com (free recipes)
http://www.wishlifecoach.blogspot.com
http://www.ionways.com/Liphart (commercial)
http://www.charharp.blogspot.com

Autoharp classes

2008-06-28T07:56:00.000-07:00

Pictures of the sky by Bob Liphart (c) 2008

Picture of a rainbow by Bob Liphart (c) 2008

September 2008 the Boys and Girls Club tasted kudzu brownies, kudzu crock pot cake, and kudzu juice. They heard the kudzu song, and strummed. They heard Mama's Soup surprise, and O Sole Mio with the autoharps. They heard some other songs, as well, and we talked about signatures, notes, chords, and what is similar to the piano.

Boys and Girls Club

2008-06-28T07:49:00.001-07:00

The photographer is above, and the children and their enjoyment of the autoharp are below. They fought for turns, argued for turns, and the little girl who sucks her thumb and loves to argue wasn't there. We discussed the accidental fart as well as the appropriateness of sitting and putting shoes on tables. One child farted, but I don't think it was an accident. I am not controlling them except for safety. I don't allow them to jump from table to table. They want to.

They said the kids in trouble had to sit in that area. . . .so it was ok to fart on that table. The art teacher is going to learn mosaic stained glass stepping stones from me, and give me a copy of the application to be an art teacher for the Boys and Girls Club and elsewhere. She has a degree in interior design and likes my free wild eye make up and free loud perfume I get from the mall on the days I escape from the house.

The children are told I will sing opera if they don't listen, so either they hear Puccini or Tchaiykovsky (he drank green tea) and sometimes O Sole Mio. This time they heard the Star Spangled Banner with the high A or E. I need to figure what I am singing out. I feel good because only a few ever want to leave. They are funny.

Autoharp afficianados

2008-06-19T17:44:00.000-07:00

Please google cyberpluckers for many, many sites for instruction and music for the autoharp, as well as events. www.youtube.com also has videos of autoharp performances and classes.

Douglasville autoharp

2008-05-27T17:37:00.000-07:00

It was hot! They had lunch served after an accounting firm came and cooked and served the children. They all had tee-shirts on and sat in a group by themselves. Three came to talk to us, and I gave them a copy of Mama's soup surprise I got from Rhapsody with no tabulature. I had copies made for the children with tabs, and will use it for the next few weeks. Several children memorized it in the two hours we were together. The 'harps weren't tuned because it was 98*F during the week, and my air conditioner broke Sunday. I tuned one before coming, and then two while there. Two children tried tuning with me. One said she wanted to continue, but if that means she contacts the Music Depot in Douglasville or not, I cannot say. The great thing is, they will remember, and they made music this summer.

Frank and the autoharp case

2008-05-27T16:35:00.000-07:00