But no matter where, or what kind, or how it's played, the harp remains one of the most beautiful and fascinating instruments in the world. It can be played solo or as part of an ensemble. It can be played with only the hands or with both hands and feet, as in the case of a pedal harp. It can have a body carved from a single chunk of wood, or one precisely constructed from 2000 hand-crafted or machine-tooled pieces. It can accompany a voice, a silver flute, or be backed by jazz bass and drums. What is a harp? Is it the instrument played by angels floating on clouds? Or is it that tall, golden, half-hidden thing in the symphony orchestra? Maybe it's that squat and broad instrument in an Irish band or the stringed instrument accompanying an African storyteller.
What Is a Harp? - by Joyce Rice and Deb Seymour
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