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Glass Harp being played in Alexandria VA

Well - actually it's called "Quiero ser tu sombra" (wanna be your shadow), apparently by Hector Quattromanos and Zulema Alcayaga. I first heard this piece on the web, and learned it from there, complete with the wrong title! Anyway, apologies to Hector and Zulema! It's such a great piece - I love the slinkiness of it (if that's not a word, it is now). The Paraguayan harp is amazing - the sound on this recording is just noise-reduced, no other audio treatment - you can hear the sparkly treble and deep bass. The harp has guitar-type tuners (machine heads) which can be a bit fiddly near the middle of the harp, where it curves inwards. You hardly have to touch the strings to make it work - and when you play loud, the strings have the characteristic "twang" which you can use for special effects. I bought it at the Stamford Harp Festival and there's a rolled-up banknote in the end of the harp at the top - I can't get it out so who knows what it's worth! Apparently people would put banknotes in between the strings or into the top, as a tip. If you're a harpist, you might spot that the strings don't follow the conventional colours because Paraguayan harps have the C string in blue, and the F string in red, the reverse of other harps. I'm playing it in my annex, which was a bakery serving the local houses, built around 1790 - that's the bread oven in the stone wall behind me. This is another of my late-night recordings, and it's the first complete take - so there's the odd rough bit. The arrangement and video is my copyright. You are welcome to learn and play the arrangement if you like it - but please credit me if you play it in public. If you like it, I'll post more music. The video was recorded using a 3-CCD camera direct to hard disk, and I used Cool Edit Pro to noise reduce the audio and Adobe Premiere Pro for picture correction. If you want a higher-quality file to download and put on your computer, leave me a message and I'll send you the link.

Turlough O'Carolan was an irish harpist who lived in the mid-1600s and wrote pieces for the people he met and stayed with - playing music in exchange for hospitality. Tradition has it that the harp was played last thing at night, before people went to bed. The building I'm playing it in was a bakery built around 1790, serving the local houses. The bread oven is in the stone wall behind me, and the building has a new floor and triple-glazing on the windows. It's a great mixture of old and new and a great place to play this music. Appropriately, I recorded this piece very late one night, and just went with the first take so the playing has the odd rough bits. I like to think that's authentic - apparently Carolan never played the same way twice. Bet he never had as much trouble as I did finding DivX codecs, either! Only the melodies survive, so I've done this arrangement myself and I'm playing it here on a Pilgrim gut-strung harp. The arrangement and video is my copyright. You are welcome to learn and play the arrangement (by ear - I haven't written it down!) if you like it - but please credit me if you play it in public. If you like it, I'll post more music. To make the recording I used a Sony 3-CCD camera direct to hard disk, with one audio take, noise-reduced in Cool Edit Pro, with Adobe Premiere Pro to edit the visuals together. If you want a higher-quality file to download and keep on your computer, just send me a message.

Harp Showspot / Entertainment played by Louise Thomson on an Aoyama Monarch Pedal Harp. Sunday 9th October 2005 was the Final Round of the 2005 London Harp Competition held at the The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, organised by Clive Morley Harps.

A few pieces usually used during receptions & functions for background music. Enquiries for gigs, recording, lessons & harp hire at mdharp@bigpond.net.au More at http://www.soundclick.com/markdavies Buy CD-R "the Celtic Harp" by Mark Davies on Ebay.com.au

Pachelbel Canon in D, arranged for harp by Sylvia Woods. I'm sorry for the lousy sound. I don't have anything else right now than a webcam to record videos and music. I use quite dramatic dynamic changes, but it is almost unhearable when recorded with a webcam. Pachelbel Canon is one of my most favorite pieces to play since I was introduced to it a few years ago by my teacher. 14-06-2007 Thanks for all the lovely comments. While I'm going through some tough times, these comments put a smile on my face every day. I can't thank you all individually, so: many thanks to you all! And don't hesitate to send me your videos.

http://www.stephenhobley.com/build NEW: Now you can build your own laser harp: http://www.stephenhobley.com/store Rendezvous II by Jean-Michel Jarre - (no copyright infringement intended).I need some practice playing it, it's all in the fingertips! Just to clarify, It really works and I am *playing* (not miming) along to the Jean Michel Jarre track - and the track does have the laser harp notes on it (it's from the album) - but I do play a bit without at the end - just to confirm it does work. Heh, no one was more cynical than me about the original laser harp - so I guess I proved it to myself. I'll be putting together some "how-to-build-it" videos over the next few weeks - stay tuned! www.stephenhobley.com/build

http://www.stephenhobley.com/build Now you can build your own laser harp: http://www.stephenhobley.com/store Finally got the bugs worked out with the sensor. The harp is driven by an Arduino (Boarduino varation) and connected to the impOSCar VSTi software synthesizer, the TAOS sensor array sits on the floor in it's own stand. The array above the harp i is just made up of fs mirrors for added p'zazz. Complete plans, schematics and source code will be available soon on my website. The harp does respond to hand distance from the sensor, but that can sometimes go awry - so I switched it off for the demo.

EDMAR CASTANEDA SOLO HARP LIVE AT SWEET RHYTHM

This is a little piece of something that is nothing less that majestical. A splendid beauty from a animation company that is focused exclusively on computer animation of music. A piece of Heaven. All the copyright belongs to the Animusic. I'm just sharing and divulging something that when I knew, I stand up to applaud. Visit the official website and tell your friends... Spread the Joy. www.animusic.com

NEW: Metallica in the harp and guitar - Nothing else Matters http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=YIMMKvC6q48 The Trooper in the harp http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=d_vbdxwI5Ck Fear of the dark cover in the harp !!! Incredible !!! Made in Brasil !!! Thanks for all to watching this video !!! Obrigado galera !!!!

Cheyenne Brown performs at Clive Morley Harps on a Dusty String FH36B in walnut during a workshop on Saturday 25th November 2006. Cheyenne plays a set with a Jig and two Reels - first jig is Earl of Denmore, then Iggy and Squiggy followed by a traditional Scottish piece called Arthur's Seat. Drama where she received a BA in 2005 and is now pursuing Honours. Cheyenne has produced a CD in Alaska with the harp duo Wild Thyme. She performs in both Alaska and Scotland and has played for the First Minister of Scotland Jack McConnell and the Prince of Wales, as well as in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall with the Whitburn Brass Band. She has toured Denmark and northern Germany with the Scottish band Ferley. Her newest musical endeavor, the duo Andrasda with Scots cellist and singer Seylan Baxter, has been playing frequent gigs around Scotland including the Cowal Festival and Glasgow's Celtic connections. Cheyenne also does teaching on both sides of the Atlantic - in private lessons, group situations, and in schools. She is currently the clarsach tutor for the West Dunbartonshire Council. Besides music, Cheyenne also enjoys the outdoors, skiing, kayaking, and painting.

Irish harper Gráinne Hambly & Scottish harper William Jackson perform Eily Gheal Chiun at the Somerset Folk Harp Festival, July 22, 2007. Shot & used by permission of venue & artists.

Traditional lullaby All the Pretty Horses, played on the harp and sung by Darcy Bell-Myers. This is dedicated to Amelia and 'Nessa, and all people who love horses or need to go to sleep.

Long established Scottish harp and Shetland fiddle duo, traditional Shetland tunes arranged by Catriona McKay and Chris Stout. For more info and to buy the cd LAEBRACK including "smugglers Set' please visit www.catrionamckay.co.uk, http://www.myspace.com/catrionamckayharp & www.chrisstout.co.uk

small harp piece. Played as a troubadour in medieval costume. Composed the piece the night before.

Part 1. Everyone was asking for beginning harmonica instruction so here it is in a short three part series. Taken from a three year old instructional video that never saw the light of day until now.

Shape note singers at the Michiana Singing Convention really get into this traditional song.

Harp is a fun, easy-to-play software instrument you can carry with you anywhere.

http://www.stephenhobley.com/build Finally got the chance to complete the WiiMote extension to the Laser Harp. The WiiMote front sensor has been modified to track 532nm light, rather than the normal IR. Software on the PC converts the information from the WiiMote into MIDI controller data - this is merged (using MIDIOX and MIDI-Yoke) with the trigger pulses coming from the harp and fed to the impOSCar synth. It solved a whole heap of problems I was having with the analog sensor on the harp, at the cost of having to include some software on the PC. Eventually it should be possible to wire the Arduino MPU in the harp directly into the I2C bus that the PixArt WiiMote sensor is connected to. This would bypass the Bluetooth and PC altogether.

Mark Hummel at the Ringwood Library Legacy Series. "She's Got It" is on his new CD, "Ain't Easy No More". www.markhummel.com

Igor Flach plays "Yalla, Magnun" forever. Our dear friend Igor Flach passed away on march 8th 2008. Igor is sadly missed by his girl friend Yvette and his two little daughters Nastassja und Finnja. He is also missed by all his friends especially Michael and JJ. P.S. This is not blues but oriental music played on blues harp...."yalla magnun" means "go crazy".

Cécile Corbel live with her band performing "Yarim Gitti", a traditionnal turkish song. Harp/Vocal, Guitar, Bass, Cello, Percussions.

http://www.calmstrings.com Our friend Francisco plays Bell Bird, Pajaro Campana at our party. For more info go to http://www.calmstrings.com This is the same video I posted a few months ago, but now in DIVX format with a better picture and better sound.

Susana nació en Oaxaca, de ascendencia libanesa y aprecia mucho y difunde la cultura oaxaqueña.