Happy New Year all, I've posted links to Vol. II and Vol. III of Eugene O'Curry's book. These have been scanned in by google and are searchable and also...
I'm just looking through "Scottish Life and Culture : A compendium of Scottish Ethnology Volume 10: Oral Literature and Performance Culture" As well as having...
Thanks Karen. There are some other useful things on google books incl. Logan's "Scottish gael" which was mentioned here recently. I have paper copies of...
The volume in question did have a remarkedly long gestation period between submission of content and final publication,although whether long enough for the...
Thanks Keith. I decided that actually both of these looked worth having - not just for the harp articles but more for the context - its all too easy to get...
Folks, I would like to experiment playing my harp with a guitar effects pedal board... I am sure our ancestors would have loved playing with this stuff if they...
Hi Johnny, hope all is well with you I looked into micing mine up a while ago but never did it so take this all with a grain of salt, it is just what I've seen...
Hi JP, I hope you're doing well. I use a wee harp pickup that sticks to the soundboard. The tone seems to change with the barometric pressure, so I have to...
Hi Johny, Try contacting Peter Brough, he is based in Devon but has done a lot with making harps amplified by electrical means. you can access his page through...
Hey there all, Despite really disliking having to amp my harp, I've been forced had to in order to play large, loud spaces. Alas silence is no longer observed...
Hi Johnny, I don't have very much experience with this, but here's my 2p anyway. I had to amplify my harp a few times and used a free standing cartiod mic,...
Nor do I have much experience with this, but my husband uses a small simple lapel mic taped just inside the sound hole of his classical guitar and I've tried...
Hello again, Something else about pickups I forgot to mention. On the larger harps (like the Downhill or Otway) the twin pickup heads of the K&K Twin worked...
Hi Karla Your e-mail got throug to me. I use something similar, but I use some velcro tape that is intended for use as cable tiesfor computer cables. I...
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If you are awake and can see the sky, take this opportunity to see the Moon - illuminated by all the sunsets in the world. - Karen...
Clàrsach na Bànrighe (which means 'The Queen's Harp') is the brand new debut CD from Simon Chadwick. The disc presents two complementary programmes, of...
Congrats on new CD, look forward to hearing it! JP __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Inbox....
Simon, CD arrived, really enjoyed it, excellent playing and recording, on first hear there seemed something quite haunting about the sound, it also had a...
Thanks JP, glad you liked it. Yes the cathedral vault is a pretty good place to sit and play, and the recording guy was very good at sitting back and catching...
Folks, Wondering if the harp is tuned with F sharp about the scales/modes this creates. I gather this creates a G major scale and that due to the sharp it does...
Dear JP, When you retune the F#, the modes would keep the same names and all would shift up a fifth or down a fourth. You could call these Dorian D Ionian C ...
A Chairde, Dear friends, The Historical Harp Society of Ireland announces the sixth Scoil na gClairseachĐSummer School of Early Irish Harp Kilkenny, Ireland ...
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A chàirdean, Just in case anyone hasn't noticed, the Radio Times gives the following information about one of tonight's digital TV programmes in the UK. ...
