Sound again the harp strings. This time is the Venezuelan musician Eduardo Betancourt, but not about the classic Celtic harp or pedal harp, but the traditional harp is heard in the Venezuelan plains.
On June 30, the interpreter presented his first album, "Ad libitum", under the patronage of the musician, composer and guitarist Aquiles Báez and project / seal Guataca.
It is a production in which the traditional sounds Venezuelans take on a special dimension, the taste of world music, which seeks to reach audiences beyond Venezuela's borders.
Meanwhile, Eduardo Betancourt llanera uses the diatonic harp and the electric harp, and additionally uses the French harp Camac, which has special devices or levers that allow the midtones. That is, they have the approximate function that have pedals classical harp.
With these instruments, Betancourt has no impediment to address gender that you like, "I see no impossibility. I can play whatever I want. Reggaeton not, because I do not like (laughs), but is personal, not that it can not also touch, "he says.
About tuyera, traditional in the Tuy valleys mirandinos harp, believes that is a brother of Baroque harpsichord instrument, "but has a different swing. It resembles the sound of the harpsichord by the similarity with raw metal strings has the tuyera harp. I do not play, I'd love to, but has a different technique and repertoire is different. It's another language. Is a matter of study, I have not had the opportunity to touch, but do not rule out "claims.
Good option to keep track of this interesting musician, who also won in 2010 "backlash" Latin Grammy when Ilan Chester won for his album "Treasures of Venezuelan music" and where Betancourt participated with their harps.
