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Paul Kater<p>I just played my harp again. Her name is Angharad, for those who don't know. (No worries, I'll keep reminding you ad nauseum.)</p><p>I love her sound, her singing.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/harp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harp</span></a></p>
Paul Kater<p>ARGH. I keep getting mails about the new Brandee Younger album!<br>Why do I have to wait until June??</p><p>😭 </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHE1kZTQIwo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=pHE1kZTQIw</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a></p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jazz</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Harp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harp</span></a></p>
Amber Grey<p>I’m attending; join me on Tuesday! It’s pay what you can. 🎶 Online Irish Harp Workshop 🎶<br>Tuesday, April 22 at 7:30 PM ET<br>This Zoom workshop is part of Marta’s new series, Harp Beryls, which focuses on ornamentation in Irish traditional music.</p><p>- class is all about the jig The Rolling Wave (the version listed in O’Neill’s as The Humours of Trim). <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/workshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workshop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IrishMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IrishMusic</span></a></p>
Paul Kater<p>Just practiced "Both Sides Now" again, on harp. It's probably my autistic and/or neurodivergent side acting up but I can't play it as it is on sheet music. Notes are missing, bits are "wrong". I constantly play it as it should be.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/harp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harp</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a></p>
icastico<p>This morning's <a href="https://c.im/tags/workout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workout</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> is from Nout who are a trio (<a href="https://c.im/tags/Harp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harp</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Flute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flute</span></a> plus <a href="https://c.im/tags/drummer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drummer</span></a>) who do a mix of <a href="https://c.im/tags/JazzFusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JazzFusion</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Rock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rock</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Folk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Folk</span></a> that you might not expect from the instrumentation. </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/x4E6rOD_Nvc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/x4E6rOD_Nvc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/noiseros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noiseros</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Stonerock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stonerock</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/blackMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackMetal</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Doom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Doom</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/WomenInMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInMusic</span></a></p>
Paul Kater<p>I love playing my harp.<br>30 minutes ago I sat down to play for about 10 minutes.</p><p>Tempus fugit in the best way.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/harp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harp</span></a></p>
Paul Kater<p>Eigenlijk te moe van de drukke week om nog iets te doen. Ga toch bij Angharad zitten. (Angharad is mijn harp), en begin wat te doedelen.<br>Toen "Gröne Lunden" gespeeld (zweeds folklied), "Caledonia" (schots nummer van Dougie McLean), "Greensleeves", nog wat gedoedel, en toen speelde ik zomaar "Sunshine" van John Denver (met fouten), dat ik nog nooit eerder heb gespeeld...</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/muziek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>muziek</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/harp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harp</span></a></p>
Paul Kater<p>Last evening I sort of stumbled over a Highland Session clip where they sang Mo Ghille Mear. This morning I looked for it, found an amazing version and went to buy a whole album of that choir:</p><p>Invisible Stars: Choral Works of Ireland &amp; Scotland - album download<br>UCD Choral Scholars, Desmond Earley</p><p>And 5 minutes later I sort of managed to play it on the harp.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxjvNUNXhkU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=zxjvNUNXhk</span><span class="invisible">U</span></a></p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/harp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harp</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/irish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>irish</span></a></p>
Stan Stewart aka muz4now<p>Healing Harp - plucking the strings of my heart <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/harp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HealingMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealingMusic</span></a> <br><a href="https://muz4now.com/2024/healing-harp-plucking-the-strings-of-my-heart/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">muz4now.com/2024/healing-harp-</span><span class="invisible">plucking-the-strings-of-my-heart/</span></a></p>
Paul Kater<p>First official video of what I made of "Caledonia" by Doughie McLean.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/pt4f-ZCALhA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/pt4f-ZCALhA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/harp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harp</span></a></p>
David McMullin<p>For the harp notation question above, I should have mentioned: </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/composers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>composers</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/contemporarymusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>contemporarymusic</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/classicalmusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>classicalmusic</span></a></span> </p><p>(Please scroll back to see what I'm asking about. Thanks!)</p><p><a href="https://musicians.today/tags/harp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harp</span></a> <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/notation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>notation</span></a> <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/composing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>composing</span></a> <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/ContemporaryMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ContemporaryMusic</span></a> <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/NewMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMusic</span></a> <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/ClassicalMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicalMusic</span></a> <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/orchestra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orchestra</span></a></p>
David McMullin<p>Question for <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/harp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harp</span></a> players (or others who know):</p><p>Is this reasonably playable? Tempo is quarter = 68. </p><p>If so, which is a better way to notate it?</p><p>Here's option 1, with relatively intelligible pitch spellings. This way, I hope the pedaling isn't too bad, since you can keep one foot on C and the other on E the whole time, but I think you might get unwanted buzzing, especially when the E changes in m4.</p><p>1/2</p>
Christian AlvarezMore photos around the NC Renaissance Festival. Shot in November 2024. <br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/RenaissanceFaire?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RenaissanceFaire</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/RenaissanceFestival?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RenaissanceFestival</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/NC?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NC</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/NorthCarolina?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/parrot?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parrot</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/birds?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#birds</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/portraitphotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#portraitphotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/portraitphoto?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#portraitphoto</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/handmade?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#handmade</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/costumes?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#costumes</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/artesian?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artesian</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/crafts?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crafts</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/shops?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shops</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/buildings?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#buildings</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/harp?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#harp</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/music?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/travel?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/travelphotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travelphotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/travelphotos?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travelphotos</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/shotoniphone?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shotoniphone</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Pixelfed?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pixelfed</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Tuesday?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tuesday</a>
Jason Beets<p>Harp cover of "Home" from "Undertale."</p><p>Cover by Samantha Ballard</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkWzNJr0AaQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=rkWzNJr0Aa</span><span class="invisible">Q</span></a></p><p>5/x</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Harp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harp</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/VideoGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VideoGames</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Cover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cover</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Instrumental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Instrumental</span></a></p>
Ride Theory<p>Dorothy Ashby:</p><p>"Afro-Harping"<br><a href="https://archive.org/details/05-life-has-its-trials" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/05-life-ha</span><span class="invisible">s-its-trials</span></a></p><p>"Dorothy Ashby"<br><a href="https://archive.org/details/ashby-dorothy-1962-dorothy-ashby-side-a-archive-04" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/ashby-doro</span><span class="invisible">thy-1962-dorothy-ashby-side-a-archive-04</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jazz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Harp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MusicWomenWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MusicWomenWednesday</span></a></p>
Lars Fiedler :darktable:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://graz.social/@norberteder" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>norberteder</span></a></span>'s <a href="https://photog.social/tags/52WochenFotoChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>52WochenFotoChallenge</span></a> - voller <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Harmonie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harmonie</span></a></p><p>11/52 Harmony in E flat<br>Two photographers, two minds - who both had the same idea. Funny enough. So we did the shooting together on Sunday. Once again a great opportunity to see how different the results can be when photographing the same subject. Thank you <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@marion4life" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>marion4life</span></a></span> and I'm looking forward to your interpretation of this wonderful instrument.</p><p>:nikon: :darktable:</p><p><a href="https://photog.social/tags/harmony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harmony</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/harp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harp</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/instrument" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>instrument</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/closeup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>closeup</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/darktable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>darktable</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/paperg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paperg</span></a></p>
WordofTheHour<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harp</span></a> : a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers</p><p>- German: die Harfe</p><p>- Italian: arpa</p><p>- Portuguese: harpa</p><p>- Spanish: arpa</p><p>------------</p><p>Join our new Discord Server for language learners @ <a href="https://wordofthehour.org/discord" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wordofthehour.org/discord</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Amber Grey<p>Writing “Cadence” 🖤🎶 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vocals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vocals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/singing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>singing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lofi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lofi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BedroomIndie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BedroomIndie</span></a></p>
Anne Vanschothorst - Composer<p>"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."<br> - T. S. Eliot</p><p>Here I am at work. Inspired by poets like Jet Roland Holst, Emily Dickinson and Antjie Krog. These grand writers have led me to Nan Shepherd, T.S. Eliot and Paul Klee. Their <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> and soul are the foundation for my upcoming project called 'NAN'. </p><p>Follow my trail <a href="https://www.annevanschothorst.com/animamundi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">annevanschothorst.com/animamun</span><span class="invisible">di</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/tseliot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tseliot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/nanshepherd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nanshepherd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/harp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/soul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soul</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/animamundi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animamundi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/mystic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mystic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/mountain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mountain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/atelierrolandholst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atelierrolandholst</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/lmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peace</span></a></p>
Jona lendering<p>Alles wat u altijd al wilde weten over <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harp</span></a> in de <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oudheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oudheid</span></a>, maar te verlegen was om te vragen. Een gastblog.</p><p><a href="https://mainzerbeobachter.com/2025/03/06/van-eiersnijder-tot-harp/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mainzerbeobachter.com/2025/03/</span><span class="invisible">06/van-eiersnijder-tot-harp/</span></a></p>