Heath
For awhile now i have been gassing for a harp , you know like the angels play . so i have done some research and found a few plans and build instructions that imo are alot easier then building a guitar . I really think a harp would be cool to play ..... Or do i need to see my shrink .
FatBoy
If it's not a blues harp, you need a shrink! hahaha nah dude whatever rocks your boat, as long as I'm not in that boat with you!
aubs1
No......Tailon, here is a clip of my favourite harpist, Andreas Vollenwieder. I have 3 of his CDs.....this is really calming, inspirational and soothing stuff.
Go get a harp man.......
AlanRatcliffe
aubs1 wrote
Go get a harp man.......
Nah - get one o' these:
MikeM
Ah that is awesome!! Would be more awesome if the distance affected the pitch tho, but cool nonetheless.
Heath
Curse this stupid phone .... What am i missing ..........
Ray
Nah! You sick man! Get help!
chris77
Try it, why not. But...unless you have orchestral backing, you might find it difficult to play something that will keep you interested for very long. And even more so than drums, it is waaay more difficult than it looks. Solo harp looks like phd level stuff...
MikeM
Yea. Harp is supposedly up there amongst violins on the difficulty scale..
Bob-Dubery
I have occasionally enjoyed the playing of Savourna Stevenson.
Here's a clip of her playing with Shetland fiddler Aly Bain and the fabulous Danny Thompson.
This is a bit spoiled because the clip has been forced into a wide screen mode, but you can still hear the playing.
And see an interesting thing. There are levers at the top of each string, that can flatten or sharpen the string. Harps can be constructed to be played in a limited number of keys or, like this one, have the little levers to allow key/mode to be changed (or introduce incidental notes). So here she's doing this on the fly. It looks to me like this takes a bit of co-ordination.
Lovely playing from all three, with Danny Thompson, as he so often does, creating a sense of motion.
Bob-Dubery
Another Scottish harpist (in fact the gaelic word is "clasarch"). This is Catriona McKay playing with Aly Bain, dobro-meister Jerry Douglas, Russ Barenberg on guitar and Donald Shaw on harmonium.
Wizard
Old joke: Harpists spend half their time tuning their harps; and the other half playing out of tune ...
aubs1
Wizard wrote
Old joke: Harpists spend half their time tuning their harps; and the other half playing out of tune ...
LOL.......I think I've heard more guitarists play their guitars outta toon, never a harpist.......hahahahaha.... ?
Heath
jean michel jarre is one of my all time favourites ....... the man is a legend . the rest of the clips are just making me gas more .
Wizard
jean michel jarre is my cell phone ring tone ....
DonovanB
Check this...
AlanRatcliffe
Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark
Stairway to Heaven
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Jack-Flash-Jr
Alan Ratcliffe wrote
Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark
Stairway to Heaven
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Alan you got here before me! Got a couple of friends who are harpees ?
I am in love with plucked string instruments, hence my Koto purchase of some time ago... harps included.
RobK
Alan Ratcliffe wrote
Stairway to Heaven
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She keeps on glancing at me - ya think she digs me ?
AlanRatcliffe
Nah - that's just a dramatic re-enactment of the Stare-way bit...
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