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	Harp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		While the harp is mentioned in most translations of the Bible, King David being the most prominent musician, the Biblical "harp" was actually a kinnor, a type of lyre with 10 strings.
		Harps with levers installed have a lever at the top of each string; when it is raised, it shortens the string so its pitch is raised a semitone, resulting in a sharp if the string was a natural, or a natural if the string was a flat.
		With the exception of Mauritania's ardin, which is a true harp, most West African harps, such as the kora, are technically classified as harp-lutes because of their two rows of strings which are strung parallel to each other but perpendicular to the soundboard.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harp (4109 words)

	Harp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The European harp first appeared in Ireland and is the national symbol, appearing on all its coins from the Middle Ages to the new Euro coins, 2002, and on all official Government of Ireland seals and stationery.
		Harps are triangular and have nylon, gut, wire, and/or copper wound nylon strings.
		The exception is the pedal harp, where the harpist pushes the pedals with his or her feet.
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/ha/Harp.htm (2719 words)

	Harp Spectrum
		That is, strings of the third row are not parallel to those of the diatonic rows, as in the traditonal triple harp; instead the chromatic row intersects both the diatonic rows as on a cross strung harp, from lower left to upper right.
		The traditional triple harp had only one row of sharps for two rows of naturals, and the player had to be able to "strategize" his-her use of the sharps.
		At the passing of the 20th century, harps are still very much among the most charming and the most celebrated musical instruments, the double action pedal harp is still the dominant concert harp, and multiple-course chromatic harps are still rather obscure, marginal instruments.
	www.harpspectrum.org /folk/clement_short.shtml (1131 words)

	MumaHarps.com - More Background On Multicourse Harps
		Multiple course harps such as the double harp and the triple harp are also capable of producing chromatic music without particular mechanical devices.
		It is a harp with three rows of parallel strings two that are tuned to the diatonic scale and a third one in between which is tuned to the pentatonic scale (sharps).
		The Pleyel harp was born in Paris at the end of the 19 century.
	www.mumaharps.com /harps/xharp/moreback.html (1510 words)

	Sweet Bird Classics Presents: Robin Huw Bowen
		The triple harp was popular for a time all over Europe, being used for both art music and folk music, but after the pedal harp was invented, the triple harp and its awkward cousin, the chromatic harp, both fell out of use.
		The triple harp is strung with three rows of gut strings, for a total of 89 strings.
		The triple harp has a distinctive back curlicue at the top of the harp, and is played resting on the opposite shoulder than other harps.
	www.sweetbirdclassics.org /artists/robin.html (632 words)

	Triple harp -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This harp has three rows of strings: the two outer rows are tuned to the (A scale with eight notes in an octave; all but two are separated by whole tones) diatonic scale and the (The musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument) semitones are in the central row.
		This harp originated in (A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD) Italy in the sixteenth century as a low headed instrument.
		Soon, towards the end of 1600s, it arrived in Wales where it developed a high head and was larger in size, and soon became known as the Welsh or Triple Harp.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/tr/triple_harp.htm (134 words)

	Triple harp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is the Triple Harp which lays claim to the prime place in the history of the harp in Wales.
		This harp has three rows of strings: the two outer rows are tuned to the diatonic scale and the semitones are in the central row.
		This harp originated in Italy in the sixteenth century as a low headed instrument.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Triple_harp (135 words)

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		Harps are the oldest stringed instruments finding their origin in the bow.
		These harps have been used in almost as many places as the bow harp, and are also still in use in parts of the world including the Congo, Ethiopia and Nigeria.
		Harps fell out of favor in Ireland during the reign of Elizabeth I. She considered them instruments of rebellion, and had them burned where ever they were found.
	members.aol.com /tonymorosc/harppage/harp2.htm (1789 words)

	Harp, English
		Harps of different shapes and sizes have been played at least from the Middle Ages and onwards.
		The early harps were not big, and they had a single row of strings with the diatonic notes ("the white keys of the piano").
		Therefore the simpler one row harps lived on, parallell with the multi-row ones, and when mechanical solutions were invented to change the pitch of the strings (first hooks, later pedals), the double and triple harps lost ground and disappeard in the 18th century.
	www.lienet.no /harpe11.htm (650 words)

	Historical Harps Today
		The triple strung harp was first seen in Italy in the 16th century, and in the late 17th century it found its way to Wales.
		The pedal harp, also known as the concert harp or orchestral harp, is the result of one of several experiments that sought to bring the harp into a musical era in which several modulations would occur within a single piece, requiring ready access to notes outside the primary key.
		The triple harp was one solution to this problem, but other ideas involved a more mechanical approach, the modern pedal harp being the result of these efforts.
	www.enchantedharp.org (570 words)

	Chris Barlow web page about making a triple harp
		The neck was redesigned to balance the tension of the strings equally on either side of the frame.
		Many similar harps twist considerably as the tension was all taken on one side of the neck.
		This will mean that the harp strings must be fitted only with access from the front of the soundboard and held in place with pegs.
	www.barlowharps.demon.co.uk /web3/llanover.htm (529 words)

	harp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Augusta was familiar with the harp, 'the Caerphilly harper' having played at her wedding in 1823; she herself had lessons with the harpist and pianist Elias Parish - Alvars (1808 - 1849).
		The triple harp was made the official instrument of the eisteddfodau held by Cymreigyddion Y Fenni, between 1834 and 1853, and players of the pedal harp were not allowed to take any part in the proceedings.
		Harps were given as prizes and as well as donating instruments herself, she persuaded her wealthy and influential friends to do the same.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /gwenynen.gwent/harp.htm (461 words)

	ic Wales - Raising profile of national instrument (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The harp's roots were originally in Italy during the late Renaissance.
		Handel was among the baroque composers who wrote for the Triple Harp but with the invention of the pedal harp, the Triple fell into disuse everywhere but in Wales where it became the national instrument.
		The Triple Harp had all but died in Europe except for a small group of determined Welsh musicians who prevented the death of the irreplaceable sound of this exceptional instrument.
	www.harpa.com /harpahom000z3l5h4x9r7/026-30.8.04/welsh.htm (391 words)

	Triple Harpist Vocalist Harp Music for Special Events
		Made by Clive Morley Harps, Bethan’s triple harp is a replica of the triple harp made by Basset Jones, in 1850 for Charles the 1st.
		The triple harp has a set of 3 strings, hence the name.
		There is a core of triple harpists who are trying to keep the tradition of the triple harp alive.
	www.bethanmyfanwy.co.uk /harpist_vocalist.htm (173 words)

	Robin Huw Bowen
		As the only harpist in the world today devoting himself solely to the performance of the Welsh triple harp, Robin Huw Bowen is currently the leading exponent of this historical, triple-strung wonder of the folk harp world.
		The Triple Harp has three rows of strings, the outer two in unision to each other, the middle for accidentals, making it a fully chromatic instrument.
		The triple harp survived in Wales, where it was extremely popular, and became known as the Welsh national instrument in the nineteenth century and is commonly referred to now as the Welsh harp.
	www.welshfolkdance.org.uk /grwpiau/aberystwyth/rhb/robinhuwbowen.htm (663 words)

	Nancy Carlin Associates: Robin Huw Bowen
		Initially Robin was drawn to the harp through the music of the renowned Breton harpist Alan Stivell, who inspired him to learn about the harp music of his own heritage.
		Although Robin's repertoire closely reflects that of the Welsh harp in its heyday (mid-17th to the end of the 19th Century) his playing and interpretation of the music continue the unbroken tradition.
		Whether it is a fiery tune from the repertoire of the Welsh Gypsies, a long forgotten hornpipe or a slow air showing off the intricacies of his harp's three sets of strings and the unique style of variations on the melody, Robin Huw Bowen is a master musician.
	www.nancycarlinassociates.com /robinhuwbowen.shtml (733 words)

	Harp Repair
		You can learn to play the harp, piano or guitar here; our instructors are experienced musicians, carefully chosen for their teaching ability.
		Harps and Harps are known for their finely crafted custom harps with wonderful warm sound.
		The Paraguayan harp is lightly strung and has the largest bass volume of all harps.
	www.harpmall.com /harp_repair.htm (1214 words)

	The Welsh Triple Harp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This harp has three rows of strings: the two outer rows are tuned to the diatonic scale and the semitones are in the central row This harp originated in Italy in the sixteenth century as a low headed instrument.
		Through the centuries the art of playing the harp was transferred aurally from one generation to the next, from teacher to pupil.
		She is central to its continuation as she passes on the ancient art to her pupils and to the next generation.
	home.freeuk.net /llio.rhydderch/harp.html (433 words)

	Harp Solo
		According to Mersenne's 'Harmonie Universelle' (Paris 1636), the triple harp was invented in Naples by 'Luc Anthoine Eustache', improved by the Roman composer 'Horace Mihi' and played by le Flelle 'en perfection'.
		The harp quickly became associated with an extravagant playing style and with virtuosic improvisation, as cultivated by such musicians as Trabaci and Mayone in Naples and Orazio Mihi, the greatest harpist of the age, in Rome.
		By this time, harps were being built with three rows of strings, arranged like the fl and white notes on a keyboard.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/Harp/harpsolo.htm (658 words)

	BBC - Radio 3 World on Your Street - Musicians' Stories: Elin Wyn Jones (1)
		We rented a small celtic harp at first to establish if I was talented enough for my parents to invest in a harp for me. Soon I was doing my own variations and got on really well with Llio.
		The triple harp has a set of three strings hence the name.
		According to the two triple harp makers in Wales, orders are on the up.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio3/world/onyourstreet/mselin1.shtml (545 words)

	Robin Huw Bowen - In Concert
		The trick is to make verses of one metre and phrase length fit to a harp air of another, but the voice must begin after the harp, sing a separate melody (in counterpoint), and yet finish al the same time.
		A graceful and majestic harp air reminiscent of a swan gliding across a lake, also said to be an imitation of the swan's song, sung only just before the swan dies.
		The variation (set by me) can only be played on the Welsh Triple Harp, as it requires use of both the double row and the chromatic row at the same time.
	www.folktrax.com /flyingf/FLY610.php (1175 words)

	asni: harps and imagination - my instruments - baroque harp chromatic harp triple harp - Wellington New Zealand
		The arpa doppia or baroque triple harp does not have a pedal or lever mechanism to change the pitch of the strings, like modern harps do - as the name "triple harp" implies, it has three parallel rows of strings.
		The baroque triple harp had its heyday in the early 17th century in Italy, when it was very popular as an accompanying instrument in the then newly developed "continuo" style.
		Handel himself has repeatedly written for the harp, both as an obligato instrument in some of his operas and oratorios (Giulio Cesare, Esther, Saul) and, of course, in his famous harp concerto.
	www.asni.net /arpadoppia.html (503 words)

	ipedia.com: Culture of Wales Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The harp has been closely associated with Wales for a very long time, and one kind of harp, the triple harp is uniquely Welsh.
		Due to Nonconformist Christian disapproval, the instrumental folk tradition fell into decline through the 19th and early 20th centuries, but has since seen a revival and is now arguably as strong as ever.
		The principal instruments are the harp and the fiddle, but many other instruments are used, and both the crwth and pibgorn are again being played by a small but growing number of people.
	www.ipedia.com /culture_of_wales.html (751 words)

	Harps at the National Music Museum
		Ivory pegs and neck terminate in carving of a female torso with arms surmounted by the head of a bird atop a circular pot.
		Triple harp (telyn), attributed to John Richards, Llanrwst, Wales, ca.
		Harp by J. Browne and Co., London, and 295 Broadway, New York, 1848-56.
	www.usd.edu /smm/Harp.html (774 words)

	Cheryl Ann Fulton: Welsh triple harp
		She is America's premier performer of historical harps, and one of the few harpists in the world to play triple harp, medieval harp and contemporary lever harps.
		A leading scholar in the field of historical harps, Dr. Fulton, a Fulbright scholar, is a contributing scholar for the new edition of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and has written a chapter for A Performers Guide to Medieval Music (IU Press, 2000).
		She was awarded the Burton E. Adams Prize for Academic Research for her doctoral thesis on the history of the triple harp.
	magnatune.com /artists/fulton (543 words)

	Live music review
		Programmes are a rarity at the Edinburgh International Harp Festival concerts, so to have one for this concert was a bit of a novelty - and a shock.
		Here's the reason: the Welsh triple harp has no pedals, relying instead on three sets of strings to provide the harmonics.
		The triple harp dates from the early 17th century, having come from 16th century Italy.
	www.edinburghguide.com /aande/music/review.shtml?03_04/llio_rhydderch (810 words)

	Tim Hampson - harp maker, Emma elizabeth - 19 th century welsh triple harp
		The famous maker of the period was Basset Jones of Cardiff 1807 -1869.
		It also has the effect of shortening the strings allowing slightly heavier gauges to be used.
		This optional extra is by no means used on all triples of this period.
	www.harp-maker.com /pages/emma.htm (197 words)

	Harps and Harps for wonderful sounding custom harps
		Harps of all types are possible whether they be labelled folk, Celtic, neo-Celtic, non-pedal, lever, single strung, double strung, chromatic triple strung or cross strung harps.
		We repair and restore all types of harps with a specialty in pedal harps.
		As we feel that Camac Harps are today's best made pedal harps we have become dealers for Camac pedal, lever and electric harps.
	www.harps.com.au (353 words)

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		The triple harp has obscure origins, in the eighteenth century; it has three rows of strings, the outer two in unision to each other, the middle for accidentals, making it a fully chromatic instrument.
		It was popular for a time throughout Europe, in art music as much as folk, but was later superseded by the pedal harp (which uses the pedal for accidentals).
		The triple harp lived on only in Wales, where it was extremely popular, and much cheaper and lighter than the new pedal harps.
	www.azirishmusic.com /bowen_2.htm (363 words)

	The Harp Gallery Antique Furniture - Antiques, Fine Furniture, and Art
		The bronze hardware and beveled mirrors are original, and in very fine condition.
		The set consists of true pair of armoires, matched right and left, a headboard that has been adapted to fit a standard king size frame, a dresser with a triple mirror and glass jewel boxes, and a dressing or writing table also with jewel boxes.
		This piece is exceptionally well made - for example - the doors are a full inch thick, and they have solid brass piano hinges.
	www.harpgallery.com /showroomdetail/prod_id/783 (570 words)

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