February 2011
6 posts
The Bardic Teaching Begins!!!
Greetings!!!
So today was my first day teaching!! And I loved every minute, even when the class was acting up a bit! :) Today was also my first day as tutor of Clarsach at the Feis near where I live, up in Thurso. There were quite a lot of students, and they were split into two groups. The first group were larger and more boisterous, while the second were more devoted to their music, and a lot...
“A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on...”
– Leopold Stokowski
A Wandering Bard begins to Teach
As mentioned before, I’ve been asked to start tutoring clarsach at a Feis nearby, and giving lessons to beginner’s on how to play. The first day is this Saturday, 19th, and I am really looking forward to it!! Although a little scary at first, teaching is not that bad, you must have confidence in yourself. I will be giving a few lessons each Feis day, depending how many wish to learn....
“What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul...”
– Khalil Gibran
“Go where he will, the wise man is at home,
His hearth the earth, his hall the...”
A Wandering Bard
I play the clarsach or Scottish harp as it’s otherwise known, and I have played for around ten years now. I have three of varying sizes and strings, and it is a small collection compared to some I know, but it is only three so far. My first harp, has 19 strings, of gut. My second is floorstanding, with 34 strings, the bass ones are wire-wound. My last harp is wire-strung, and also has 19...
