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Aug 9, 2006 · The harp is prized as much for its expressive range and gentle textures as for its elegant appearance. The instrument is heard not only in the performance of classical music, but has increasingly become an integral part of Celtic and folk music performances in Canada and elsewhere. Canadian orchestras frequently feature the harp, and Canadian ...
An instrument conveying the voice of nature was certain to inspire poets and writers at a time when burgeoning romanticism glorified nature. The Aeolian harp was thus the source of several poems. This harp continued to be popular until the mid-nineteenth century. In England, it was set on windowsills in the home.
The instrument is sometimes called the Celtic or neo-Irish harp. Based on the modern clàrsach, the harp shown here has thirty strings, made of nylon. The soundbox, which consists of a single piece of carved cedar taken from a church organ pipe, bears a traditional magical knot motif, and the head of the pillar is decorated with a stylized bird.
The building of string instruments for popular use has many adherents everywhere in Canada and fiddle making is a widespread activity among folk musicians. Other instruments in popular use in Franco- and Anglo-Canadian folk music include the guitar, button accordion, harmonica, whistle, jew's-harp, 'bones,' and spoons.
The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orchestras or concerts. Its most common form is triangular in shape and made of wood.
Harp definition. The harp is a plucked stringed instrument, which is broadly triangular in shape. Each string produces one note, and the gradation of string length from short to long corresponds to pitch from high to low. The soundboard runs at an almost perpendicular angle to the plane of the strings.
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The Ontario Harp Society (Ontario Chapter of the American Harp Society) works to promote and foster the appreciation of the harp as a musical instrument throughout the Province of Ontario. The Harp Society is dedicated to encouraging the composition of new music for the harp by Canadian composers and improving the quality of performance of harpists.
