New to composing for harp, questions about playability!
Hello all! I am hobbyist composer and I am writing a piece for orchestra that includes harp. Since it is the first time that I have written for harp, I was wondering if any harpists here would be willing to take a look at it and give their thoughts on playability and whatnot.
The opening and closing glissandos are what I would mostly be worried about. From my understanding, each harpists hands have better access to the higher or lower ends of the instrument, so have I written any glissandos that requires the harpist to like reach in a way that is uncomfortable/impossible? Also, for these glissandos, I care mostly about their shape and atmosphere, so would the noteheads I've written specify a level of precision that might be higher than intended? As I've seen in some scores glissandos notated without heads and just the lines, but I am not sure what practice would be better in this instance.
Also are the pedal changes asked for reasonable? (btw there should be one before m. 61 back to C major, but for some reason my notation software is not showing that on the part score, so I am still trying to fix that).
Thanks for any help anyone can provide!
