The body is hollow and resonates, projecting sound both toward the player through openings, and outward through the highly flexible sounding board. The lower ends of the strings are fastened to the inside of the sounding-board, which is the outer surface of the resonating cavity. Harps are roughly triangular and are usually made primarily of wood. The kanun is a descendant of the ancient Egyptian harp and was introduced to Europe by the Moors during the Middle Ages but is like the beforementioned Aeolian harp not a harp but a member of the zither family. Other ancient names for harps include magadis and sambuka. The oldest depictions of harps without a forepillar are from 4000 BC in Egypt (see Music of Egypt) and 3000 BC in Persia (see Music of Iran). To allow a greater number of strings, harps were later made from two pieces of wood attached at the ends: this type is known as the 'angle harp'. It is self-evident that the harp's origins may lie in the sound of a plucked hunter's bow string or the strings of a loom.Ī type of harp called a 'bow harp' is nothing more than a bow like a hunter's, with a resonating vessel such as a gourd fixed somewhere along its length. Harps were most likely independently invented in many parts of the world in remote prehistory. Īn ancient Egyptian harp on display in the British Museum. In blues music, the harmonica is called a "Blues harp" or "harp", but it is a free reed wind instrument, not a stringed instrument, and is therefore not an actual harp. The aeolian harp (wind harp), the autoharp, and all forms of the lyre and Kithara are not harps because their strings are not perpendicular to the soundboard they are part of the zither family of instruments along with the piano and harpsichord. Harps continued to grow in popularity through improvements in their design and construction through the beginning of the 20th century. The harp also predominant in the hands of medieval bards, troubadors and minnesingers, as well as throughout the Spanish Empire. The oldest harps found thus far have been uncovered in ruins from ancient Sumer. In antiquity, harps and the closely related lyres were very prominent in nearly all cultures. Various types of harps are found in Africa, Europe, North, and South America, and in Asia. Folk musicians often use the term "harper", whereas classical musicians use "harpist". A person who plays the harp is called a harpist or harper. Harp strings are made of nylon, gut, wire, or silk on certain instruments. Depending on its size (which varies considerably), a harp may be played while held in the lap or while it stands on the floor. Some, known as frame harps, also have a forepillar those lacking the forepillar are referred to as open harps. All harps have a neck, resonator, and strings. It is classified as a chordophone by the Harvard Dictionary of Music and only types of harps are in that class of instruments with plucked strings. This is beautiful collection for the lever harpist who is interested in exploring classical repertoire.The 'harp' is a stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicular to the soundboard. The score includes right hand fingering and lever change markings. The 11 CLASSIC MINUETS have been carefully arranged for lever harp.
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