The Celtic harp is a triangular frame harp traditional to the Celtic nations of northwest Europe. It is known as cláirseach in Irish, clàrsach in Scottish...
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the Celtic harp. A multi-course harp is a harp with more than one row of strings, as opposed to the more common "single course" harp. On a double-harp, the...
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easily introduced. Melodic variation is widely used in Celtic music, especially by the pipes and harp. It is easier to anticipate the direction that the melody...
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Alan Stivell (category Celtic fusion musicians)
January 1944) is a Breton and Celtic musician and singer, songwriter, recording artist, and master of the Celtic harp. From the early 1970s, he revived...
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Harpe Celtique or Renaissance of the Celtic Harp is a 1972 record album by the Breton master of the Celtic harp Alan Stivell that revolutionised the connection...
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for 2 Harps Problems playing this file? See media help. The pedal harp (also known as the concert harp) is a large and technologically modern harp, designed...
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The Celtic Harp Orchestra (CHO), founded in 2002 by Fabius Constable, is a musical formation composed primarily of lever harps, or Celtic harps, as they...
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onwards. The medieval harp usually featured gut strings, though horsehair and silk were used occasionally. In Ireland, the Celtic harp was strung with wire...
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Breton, Finnish, German, Dutch, Swedish, Latin, and Hindi, and play Celtic harp, mouth harp, hurdy-gurdy, bodhrán, guitar, bouzouki, didgeridoo, flutes of...
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Music of Brittany (section Celtic harp)
Cochevelou built the first Breton new-Celtic harp. Since then and during the 50s, the Celtic harp or Breton harp has taken its place back into Breton music...
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The triple harp is a type of multi-course harp employing three parallel rows of strings instead of the more common single row. One common version is the...
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Latin, Greek, and Scandinavian languages. Their instruments include Celtic harp, Swedish nyckelharpa, hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes, cittern, flutes, and many...
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marionette show. She first learned to play guitar, and discovered the Celtic harp as a teenager during a concert by Greek harpist Elisa Vellia, who later...
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Furor Gallico (category Celtic metal musical groups)
collaboration among Melissa (past member, bass), Stefano (guitar) and Becky (Celtic harp) in 2007. The band was formed upon the idea of playing new school Italian...
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Robertson is an American Celtic harp player. She was born in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and classically trained on piano and orchestral harp. Her work encompasses...
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Celtic Thunder is an Irish singing group and stage show known for its eclectic, theatrical style show. The group is backed by the Celtic Thunder Band on...
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the Merry Band with Sylvia Woods (Celtic harp), Jerry McMillan (fiddle), and Chris Caswell (flutes, and wire-strung harp). They toured extensively for three...
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rock instrumentation; by the addition of traditional Celtic instruments, including the Celtic harp, tin whistle, uilleann pipes (or Irish Bagpipes), fiddle...
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the worldwide renaissance of the Celtic harp, or cláirseach. Woods began selling and writing music for Celtic harps in the 1970s, when the instrument...
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renovations that made hanging them difficult. In addition to the shamrock and Celtic harp, Brigid's cross is a national symbol of Ireland. From 1962 to 1995, it...
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Athy (harpist) (section Harp (or Piano) Sheet music)
electric harper) (born 28 February 1984, Ituzaingó, Buenos Aires. Argentina) is a musician and composer who plays electric harp and Celtic harp. Athy's...
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di Bronzo "Ys", a 1972 song by Alan Stivell from Renaissance of the Celtic Harp Your Sinclair, a British computer magazine Confederation of Vocational...
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coins in Ireland since independence. In all three, the coin showed a Celtic harp on the obverse. The pre-decimal coins of the Irish punt had realistic...
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sings and plays flutes, harp, keyboards, and a wind instrument called a WX5. Their daughter Sarah sings and plays Celtic harp, violin, baritone ukulele...
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Dan Ar Braz (category Celtic music groups)
50-piece Pan-Celt band. As a leading guitarist in Celtic music band, he recorded as a soloist with Celtic harp player Alan Stivell. He also represented France...
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Camille and Kennerly Kitt (redirect from The Harp Twins)
practicing martial arts, focusing on the harp instead. Camille and Kennerly perform as the rock and Celtic harp duo the Harp Twins; they are best known for their...
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Golden Bough (band) (category Celtic music groups)
members of the band include Margie Butler (lyric soprano) on vocals, Celtic harp, penny whistle, recorder, bodhran and guitar; Paul Espinoza (folk tenor)...
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bridges and streets. The arms of Ireland are a gold, silver-stringed Celtic harp (cláirseach) on an azure field. As a region, Northern Ireland has not...
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Irish traditional music (section Harp)
today, among many others.[citation needed] The harp is among the chief symbols of Ireland. The Celtic harp, seen on Irish coinage and used in Guinness advertising...
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Celts (redirect from Celtic people)
usages) or Celtic peoples (/ˈkɛltɪk/ KEL-tick) were a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia, identified by their use of Celtic languages...
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