Rebekah Harp is here!
My new cross-strung floor harp arrived on Wednesday, August 20th! Stoney End Rebecca (I’ve decided to change the spelling of her name slightly to the Biblical Rebekah) has 51 strings, with the bottom 10 being wound metal like a wire harp. Most of the strings are nylon, a significant departure from my nearly […]
Playing sacred music on the Irish wire-strung harp From reading neums to playing strings...
Sing unto the Lord with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. – Psalm 98:5 My preceding posts on reading Gregorian chant didn’t go into how to play it on the wire-strung harp. Gregorian chant is a vocal music, not an instrumental one. So there’s a little bit of re-interpretation here. […]
Thoughts on playing a cross-strung wire harp How you can play one too!
Since my double strung harp is out of commission for the time being, I’ve been relying on my lightweight (10 lbs.!) Esabelle harp to come to church with me every Sunday. Playing her on a weekly basis has certainly helped improved my technique! Cross-strung (X) harps are usually not wire; they normally have nylon strings instead […]