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807	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...	Johny ramserpent	Mar 12, 2008 4:24 pm
808	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 ...	Alasdair Codona calumcille	Mar 13, 2008 7:14 pm
809	Alasdair, Excellent...thanks.... that makes perfect sense. JP...	Johny ramserpent	Mar 13, 2008 10:49 pm
810	A Chairde, Dear friends, The Historical Harp Society of Ireland announces the sixth Scoil na gClairseachÐSummer School of Early Irish Harp Kilkenny, Ireland ...	announcements@...	Mar 17, 2008 2:53 pm
811	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. ...	Alasdair Codona calumcille	Apr 4, 2008 5:42 pm
812	Thanks Alasdair for mentioning this. Heres more info......	simon@... simonchadwick	Apr 4, 2008 11:24 pm
813	Thanks Alasdair and Simon. Sadly, the download is blocked outside the UK. Any comments on the program? - Karen...	tro_tant	Apr 5, 2008 3:16 am
814	It was great to hear Paul Dooley playing Ap Huw, he is brillant! Brendan www.myspace.com/brendanring...	brendan ring brendanring24	Apr 5, 2008 7:12 am
815	Was that 'Caniad y Gwyn Bibydd'? One of the best pieces of music ever. Fantastic stuff brendan ring <brendanring@...> wrote: It was great to...	G ROBERTS bty496926	Apr 5, 2008 11:40 am
816	Greetings. I'm looking for some help in a discussion I'm having regarding Clarsach playing technique. Specifically, the old 'Irish law making it a crime to cut...	Danny O'Mara shenachy	Apr 5, 2008 5:15 pm
817	Hello Danny, I cant recall a reference to a law as you suggest, but on your second point - I always say, not pads but tips. I have collated a range of nail /...	simon@... simonchadwick	Apr 5, 2008 5:58 pm
818	I see, I think it is grumpy about loosing the empire. It was a superb show - much less error ridden than I feared. There was a bit much lyre at the beginning -...	simon@... simonchadwick	Apr 5, 2008 6:05 pm
819	Thanks Simon, The 'Irish Law' reference pops up quite often on Celtic, Irish (Brehon) Law, and Clarsach related websites. But not usually with a reference to...	Danny O'Mara shenachy	Apr 5, 2008 7:20 pm
820	I keep seeing references to Brehon Law about this as well and found something from Laurence Ginnell's "The Brehon Laws: A Legal Handbook", 1894 (Online Books,...	Peter Wilson harpharpharp	Apr 5, 2008 9:02 pm
821	Karen, This was very watchable and well-made. Catrin Finch got to go to Ethiopia, Venezuela, Italy, France, Wales, Ireland, Scotland and we got to go with...	Alasdair Codona calumcille	Apr 6, 2008 12:38 am
822	That's the one! Many thanks, Peter! ... Handbook", ... eyes, ... fined ... person." ... Clarsach ... crime...	Danny O'Mara shenachy	Apr 6, 2008 6:11 pm
823	Hi all, Danny, you mentioned that it was an enigma to you why professionals in the late period of Gaelic harping were using pads or tips instead of nails as it...	Chad McAnally irish_harper	Apr 7, 2008 5:22 am
824	Chad said ; "These musicians were facing tremendous social pressures of a rapidly changing world. They adapted and compromised as best as they were able." ...	Danny O'Mara shenachy	Apr 7, 2008 6:55 pm
825	Ralph, a charaid, To rebuild the Gaelic harp in order for it to have a larger bass and wider spacing between the strings does show a significant response on ...	Alasdair Codona calumcille	Apr 11, 2008 2:28 pm
826	Alasdair raises an interesting point in his quote from Arthur O'Neill regarding how accomadating the harpers were in regards to instruments, especially when...	sanger_keith	Apr 11, 2008 3:31 pm
827	Keith Good question, I would also like to know who made the Harp used by O'Reilly in the Danish Court. Also while you are looking, I would like to know...	bigjoe bigjoe@...	Apr 11, 2008 4:03 pm
828	I'm wondering if Gaelic harpers ever played bray harps on the continent. See the large German chromatic bray harps below in the Baroque section. Peter Wilson ...	Peter Wilson harpharpharp	Apr 11, 2008 4:38 pm
829	Its my opinion that there is strong connections 'horizontally' between traditions at a given time. Alasdair I must take issue with the slant of your comments...	simon@... simonchadwick	Apr 11, 2008 6:00 pm
830	A series of good questions to ponder! It seems reasonable that there were Gaelic type wire strung harps being built in other places in Europe by the 17th...	Chad McAnally irish_harper	Apr 11, 2008 6:59 pm
831	I am afraid that there is nothing relating to wood or strings, but I think that the harper O'Reilly probably took a very small size in woollen socks if thats...	sanger_keith	Apr 12, 2008 6:10 am
832	Thanks Keith I hope you keep looking. Joe ... From: "sanger_keith" <sanger_keith@...> Reply-To: clairseach@... Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008...	bigjoe bigjoe@...	Apr 12, 2008 11:27 am
833	Chad A few more pieces of the Puzzel for you.... Please look at wood and strings; in Ireland and Scotland the large trees were gone (thanks to the English) by...	bigjoe bigjoe@...	Apr 12, 2008 11:46 am
834	Okay Alasdair, the newspaper cutting as requested, except that the Photos part did not recognise the format so its in as a shared file. The cutting is from...	sanger_keith	Apr 13, 2008 2:20 pm
835	Hey Joe, Excellent point about the Irish timber situation of the period and great use of research. At the same time many Irish land owning families were...	Chad McAnally irish_harper	Apr 13, 2008 6:00 pm
836	Hi there, I was more under the impression that the Spaniards took the Spanish single and double strung harps with them to the new world. Of the few pictures...	Robin Ward seb25arpa	Apr 13, 2008 6:56 pm

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