THE LATIN TOUCH
Margaret
Scruby Paraguayan Harp
Jorge
Carrillo Spanish Guitar
Phillip
Goss Percussion
Recorded at Apple Tree Studios, Ludgershall, Bucks
This is Margaret Scruby's first CD of
Paraguayan harp music. She began playing this instrument as a teenager when she
spent a year working in Asunción, Paraguay. She first had harp lessons with her
friend Hilary Barratt of Los Picaflores, then Cristino Baez Monges and
Feliciano Peralta.
After returning to England she trained to
be a nurse and then married a research scientist and had four children. In
recent years she has taken up the harp again and received lessons from Bill
Morgan.
The Paraguayan harp is a rare instrument
in Britain. It is light and portable and the strings are made of nylon. It is
played with the fingernails, which give it an exciting and powerful sound. This
CD contains some of the most popular Latin American pieces for harp. Jorge
Carrillo on guitar adds rhythm to the arrangements. Margaret's sister,
Rosemary, and Bill join her for the last track Bell Bird.
This CD contains a wide range of Latin
American music played on the Paraguayan harp. Although the majority are from
Paraguay, there are also tunes from Mexico, Cuba, Peru, Venezuela and Ecuador.
This CD is excellent value for money, with over an hour's music. You can listen
to one of the tracks, Cascada , if you have an mp3
player such as Winamp. The full list
of tracks is as follows:
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