Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Of gothy harps and other curiosities

Big news for plucky people: Amy Lee of Evanescence appeared on The Tonight Show armed with a harp in addition to her usual piano to help out in her rendition of "Sally's Song" from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Her cover of this song appears on the new album Nightmare Revisited.



Interesting, even though the harp plays a pretty minor role. I'm not sure what make it is, but it seems to be a pedal (makes sense, she played piano first) and looks like it's got a black finish (of course). That said, her playing isn't all that impressive. As you can see, she doesn't really grab it until the very end, and it looks like mostly basic double-handed chords.

But to be fair, she's just beginning, so maybe we'll be seeing more complex things further down the road. And hey, it's a still a harp on TV, right?

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