Writing for the Pedal Harp (A Standardized Manual for Composers and Harpists) Second Edition: This valuable 78 page standardized manual for composers and harpists explains all the various effects you can achieve on a pedal harp as well as how to notate them. There is a CD included that demonstrates everything in the manual. This is a "must-have" reference book for any composer, harpist or library.
Contents: An Introduction to the Double-Action Pedal Harp (by Stanley Chaloupka), Construction, The Strings, Range of the Harp, Tuning and Pedal Mechanism, Manipulating the Pedals, Pedal Diagrams, Indicating Pedal Changes, General Performing Position, Plucked Sounds, Open string sounds, Single Sounds, Multiple Sounds, Arpeggiated chord, Simultaneous or block chord, Simultaneous cluster, Arpeggio, Trill, Tremolo, Bisbigliando, Vibrato, Articulation Possibilities, Let Vibrate, Damping (Muffing), General damp sign, Specific or partial damp signs, Staccato Effects, Staccato chord, Right-hand staccato lines, Left-hand staccato lines, Paraguayan muffle, Isolated sounds, Detached Sounds, Timbral Modifications, Harmonics at the octave, Harmonics at intervals other than the octave, Xylophonic Sounds (Muting Strings), Près de la table (near the soundboard), Près des chevilles (above the bridge pin), Fingernail Sounds, String Noise, Combining Sounds, Sliding Sounds, Glissando (Across the Strings), Articulation Possibilities, Color: Timbral Modifications, Glissando (Produced Vertically), Percussive (Striking) Sounds, Percussive Effects Produced on the Strings, Tapping, Knocking etc., Pedal Effects, Extra-Digital Producition of Sound and Color, Tuning Key, Metal Rods, Mallets, Plectra, Other Accessorues, Special Note on this Chapter, The Prepared Harp, Extended Practices: Improvisation and Indeterminacy, Extra-Musical Activities, Pictorial Glossary of Standardized Symbols, Bibliography