{"id":696,"date":"2013-07-09T17:54:08","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T21:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markgustavson.com\/blog\/?p=696"},"modified":"2013-07-10T11:09:12","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T15:09:12","slug":"probing-the-mysteries-of-the-harp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markgustavson.com\/blog\/probing-the-mysteries-of-the-harp\/","title":{"rendered":"Probing the Mysteries of the Harp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The orchestral harp with all of the those pedals to understand. The instrument, from a composer&#8217;s perspective, has a steeper learning curve than many instruments. 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