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A Dyer Style 8 harp guitar, circa 1915. [3]
The harp guitar (or "harp-guitar") is a stringed instrument with a history of well over two centuries. While there are several unrelated historical stringed instruments that have appropriated the name “harp-guitar” over the centuries, the term today is understood as the accepted vernacular to refer to a particular family of instruments defined as "A guitar, in any of its accepted forms, with any number of additional unstopped strings that can accommodate individual plucking."[1] Additionally, in reference to these instruments, the word "harp" is now a specific reference to the unstopped open strings, and is not specifically a reference to the tone, pitch range, volume, silhouette similarity, construction, floor-standing ability, nor any other alleged "harp-like" properties. To qualify in this category, an instrument must have at least one unfretted string lying off the main fretboard. Further, the unfretted strings can be, and typically are, played as an open string.
This family consists of an almost limitless variety of different instrument configurations. Most readily identified are American harp guitars with either hollow arms, double necks or harp-like frames for supporting extra bass strings, and European bass guitars (or contraguitars). Other harp guitars feature treble or mid-range floating strings, or various combinations of multiple floating string banks along with a standard guitar neck.
[edit] Electric harp guitars
While most players of harp guitars play on acoustic instruments, a few of them also work with electric instruments. Notable artists playing electric are Tim Donahue, Michael Hedges. American musician William Eaton both designs and plays electric harp guitar and is considered one of the world's great designers/builders of unique guitars.[2] The Japanese noise band Solmania built their own harp guitars. Yuri Landman has built a 17 string electric harp guitar for Finn Andrews of The Veils.[3] The instrument has an additional movable bridge on the harp section allowing to pitch the harp section higher or lower.
[edit] Harp guitar players
Historical harp guitar players include the great Italian virtuosi Pasquale Taraffo (1887–1937),[4] Mario Maccaferri, and Luigi Mozzani. Viennese and French virtuosos who often played instruments with extra, floating bass strings include Carulli, Coste, Giuliani, Mertz, Padovec and Sor.[5] Michael Hedges was known for playing a harp guitar build in the 1920s in his songs like "Because it's there". Andy McKee also plays a Harp Guitar in a few of his songs, such as "Into The Ocean." and also Antoine Dufour in songs, such as "Paroxysm".
[edit] Notable harp guitarists
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "What is a Harp Guitar?". www.harpguitars.net. July 2007. http://www.harpguitars.net/history/org/hgorg.htm.
- ^ [1]
- ^ Belgium article about Finn Andrews' electric harp guitar
- ^ See http://harpguitars.net/players/taraffo/taraffo.htm and http://guidodeiro.com/taraffo.html.
- ^ [2]
- ^ http://www.tomshinness.com
- ^ http://www.bradhoyt.com
[edit] External links
 Media related to Harp guitar at Wikimedia Commons
[5] William Eaton website and information.
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Log Cabin Democrat
Wed, 16 May 2012 12:41:00 -0700
Private instruction is offered in piano, voice, harp, guitar, fiddle, mandolin, and all band and stringed instruments. “The summer is an excellent opportunity for students preparing for early fall auditions or just trying to improve the skills they ...
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Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com
Thu, 10 May 2012 05:15:06 -0700
The museum has one on display, Gibson's 1917 ornate 16-string harp-guitar. But even in that case, questions plague Deitz. "Did he invent that, or was that an instrument that was around, and he was working to prefect it?" He'll have to keep searching.
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Dumfries and Galloway Standard
Fri, 04 May 2012 08:41:44 -0700
Its five members use fiddle, accordion, harp, guitar, flute, step-dance blending boundless energy with joie de vivre. One man soul band, poet and storyteller, Rory McLeod, sings his own unique upbeat dance stories. He is a modern travelling troubadour ...
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Derwesten.de
Mon, 07 May 2012 08:53:52 -0700
Und der Amerikaner Doan bringt seine 20-string Harp Guitar -- ein Instrument, das weltweit nur wenige Musiker beherrschen – mit nach Schwerte. Auch Mönkemeyer greift musikalisch ins Geschehen ein. Dank der finanziellen Unterstützung der heimischen ...
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