Yes, you can learn.

[dulcinbradbury]

Here's a quote I want to perpetuate in pretty much everyone

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[ravnsdaughter]

Yes, this. SO much. I love this quote.

I have a harp question for you and this is as good a place as any other... do you have any suggestions for where to start looking for harp music that is period to the SCA? I've been playing the harp for about a year (but have 30 years of piano experience and really good general music skills), and haven't found much in the way of music yet. My persona is 9th C Hiberno-Norse (norse/irish living in Dublin), I'm willing to play just about anything from any time period, but I'd really love to find more stuff from early Ireland (anything up to the 9th century, essentially).

[dulcinbradbury]

Well... early music is tough. Particularly *that* early. You really have to look at religious music at that point. (Or be an expert in reconstructing ancient music.)

I recommend Suzanne Guldimann's books though. She does a lot of early music arranged for folk harp. It's mostly rennaissance stuff -- English Country Dances, ballads, etc. But there's some more solidly high to late medieval as well.

http://www.amazon.com/Suzanne-Guldimann/e/B002XYYJX0/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_41?qid=1330042153&sr=1-41

[jennythe_reader]

One of my goals for this year is to take voice lessons. I'm sure that I could sing well, but I don't really know how to make my voice do what I want it to.

[dulcinbradbury]

Awesome! What style of stuff are you hoping to sing?

[jennythe_reader]

I'm hoping to at least feel comfortable singing along around the campfire, and maybe do a little bit of solo performing or leading singing. Nothing particularly formal.