Hello everyone, just to let you know that I am gradually resurfacing, having spent the last few weeks moving from Oxford to St Andrews. Now I'm geting used to...
Hi all! Have read these pages with interest. I am a complete beginner - about to start to play in a couple of weeks when I get my first instrument. Has anyone...
... The HHSI would like to express their sincere thanks to the Arts Council, whose generous 2005 Minor Capital funding grant to us enabled us to buy two of...
Very Well Done! The Downhill is such a cool instrument, I'm glad to see you (the HHSI) opted for a third higher headed option. As much as I love the little...
Thanks Chad, glad you like the look of it... Yes we are hoping that this will become the students' preferred choice not only for the ergonomics you mention but...
Excellent addition and reasonably priced. No teeth? Don't want to frighten off the new students- maybe they'll grow in, or only emerge during a full moon. ...
Hi Peter, if you check out the original in the Guinness museum you'll see that there are 30 tuning pins and 32 string shoes (Armstrong gets his numbers the...
Hi Simon, Agreed, the Downhill is a great choice for it's playing characteristics and sound, as well as it's history and the stylish monster that can attack...
Folks, A question. Can some one please explain what the relation is between tonal intervals and 'key' ie what the main 'difference' is say between the...
Dear JP, I'm very glad someone else asks these questions! For the Gaelic harp, the safest and barest concept to link with key is that of gamut position. Ie,...
Aladair, thanks for reply...I think I get what you have said...it is a very interesting reply...this stuff only ever seems to get more complex...but I guess...
Dear JP, So many questions that require a decent answer. I'll chunk my reply over two separate messages just in case they become threadworthy. I'm thinking on...
Dear JP, The remainder of the reply! HARMONIC HOMES < Alasdair...another question ref. 'the characteristics of Irish melody' in Bunting....he says that 'what...
Hi there JP and Alasdair, interesting modal musings, but I cant help throwing in a few ideas. Hard to say more on 001100 stuff without more hints from you JP...
Alasdair, Well what can I say...your emails are now added to my 'essential study list!' Cheers I owe you a few guinness next time we meet! : ) JP ... Yahoo!...
Hello all, Hope you lads over in Scotland are properly ensconced in a warm parlour with a fire and a big pot of tea. Will we see spring any time soon? Well...
Hi Brenda, is this a leading question? Anyway there's not much published in the way of theories about comhluighe. Here is probably the best bet! Alasdair wrote...
Dear Simon, Thanks very much for the leads. I like the 'that's the way its always been done' explanation better than you could know. Since you ask, what got me...
Until we find out why these tunings (na caomhluighe, missing F, who knows what else) were created I don't think it matters if you use them or not. Maybe...
Dear Peter, It's all very interesting, isn't it? The anthropomorphic harp... I'd disagree with you about how much it matters to use the comhlaí though. In...
Dear Brenda and Simon, As I´ve said before, that's another webpage that badly needs re- writing! I´ll just take this opportunity to update from message 96 et...
Peter To me Bunting's remark that Dennis Hempson told him that there is no low F because there is no Conchord that used low F (at least in the common harp...
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Aye Peter, it is a curious problem. but I'd take issue with your suggestion - perhaps until we really understand why metal strings were used, we should use...
Dear Joe, ... no low F because there is no Conchord that used low F (at least in the common harp scale). In the type of harmony that would be traditional there...
Dear Alasdair Well I disagree. The quote is from a foot note in Bunting's vol 3 page 23: The Irish Harp had no string for F sharp between E and G in the bass,...
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Dear Joe, ... Since the Welsh harp has a missing EE string (rather than a missing FF), and as the Gaelic language indicates that the FF pitch is the primary...
