What pitch does the harp play?

What pitch does the harp play?

Tuned in C♭ major, the range of the harp is from the C♭ three octaves below middle C to three and a half octaves above, usually ending on G♭. Using octave designations, the range is C♭1 to G♭7.

What instrument category is a harp?

String instrument
Harp

String instrument
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	322–5 (Composite chordophone sounded by the bare fingers)
Playing range
(modern pedal harp)
Related instruments

What is the lowest pitched string instrument?

The double bass
The double bass is the biggest and lowest pitched instrument in the string family. The deep, very low sounds of the double bass are often used to help hold together the harmonies and to help carry the rhythm.

What is the lowest note on a harp?

The most common one for harps starts with the lowest note of a concert grand being C7, and going up to g00, with each octave numbered from the F to the E (C7, D7, E7, F6, G6, A6, etc).

What is the playing range of the harp high low or both?

The notes range from three octaves below middle C♭ to three and a half octaves above, usually ending on G♯. Using octave designations, the range is C♭1 to G♯7. At least one manufacturer gives the harp a 48th string, a high A.

Is harp a string instrument?

Harp. The harp is different from the other stringed instruments. It’s tall, about six feet, shaped a little like the number 7, and has 47 strings of varying lengths, which are tuned to the notes of the white keys of the piano. There are usually one or two harps in an orchestra and they play both melody and harmony.

Is a harp a string or percussion instrument?

Q: Is the harp considered a percussion instrument or a string instrument? A: The harp sound originates in a ‘percussed’ string; thus it is considered both a string and a percussion instrument.

Is a harp loud?

The harp is not a particularly loud instrument but the sound of its attack does penetrate, so composers often only use one with an orchestra or two with a larger orchestra. The harp relies on 7 foot pedals to change the pitches of its 47 strings.

How many strings are on a harp?

47 strings
The harp is a unique instrument and many elements of how it is constructed bring light to how to play or write for the instrument. The modern harp has 47 strings and 7 pedals which raise or lower each pitch-class of strings.

Is harp a chromatic?

An inline chromatic harp is a harp where the strings for all 12 chromatic notes of the octave are placed in one row (the same way strings are placed on a standard concert harp), as opposed to their being placed in two or three (parallel or crossing) courses.

What type of instrument is a harp?

Harp is a string instrument found in almost all ancient cultures of the world; the Indian version of the harp is the surmandal. The harp is a stringed instrument that is plucked with the fingers.

Is the harp a string or percussion instrument?

The harp sound originates in a percussed string; thus it is considered both a string and a percussion instrument .

Is the harp an orchestral instrument?

The harp found its early orchestral use as a solo instrument in concerti by many baroque and classical composers (Handel, Mozart, Boieldieu, Albrechtsberger, Schenk, Dussek, Spohr) and in the opera houses of London, Paris and Berlin and most other capitals.

What is a stringed instrument similar to a harpsichord?

Over a period of some three centuries there are plenty of references to gut-stringed instruments that resemble the harpsichord and imitate the delicate soft timbre of the lute (including its lower-sounding variants, the theorbo and chitarrone or archlute) or the harp, but little concrete information.