The violin and harp are both stringed instruments that make sound by vibrating strings. The violin has four strings that are tuned a fifth apart. The harp has 47 strings of different lengths that are tuned to the white keys of the piano. The strings are plucked with the fingers and each string sounds a different note. Harps can be played standing or sitting, and in orchestras or concerts.

The Jew's harp referred to in "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a musical instrument played by Scout in Chapter 14. It is a small, simple instrument that produces a twanging sound when plucked. In the book, it symbolizes the innocence and playfulness of childhood.

Around 2,500 B.C. in Egypt.

to sooth the minds of hard workers

I think it was called an 'Arpeggio'

Alberto Ginastera, a 20th Century Argentine composer, and probably one of two or three best South American composers, wrote a pretty sweet harp concerto.

The grade 3 class at McLurg School in Regina SK thinks that the harp is bigger than the double bass :)

Lowest note on the harp is C1, the lowest C on the piano.

The highest note is G7, the highest G on the piano.

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I think the Harp is bigger. I think it's more inconvenient to carry around anyway.

Harp strings are color coded so that the player can identify what strings to pluck. The C strings are red and the F strings are black, arranged in octaves like a piano.

Theoretically, it could be used in any genre. The harp most often appears in classical music, though.

yes, it evolved from the lyre

A concert pedal harp typically has six and a half octaves. This is a very large harp, and most other types of harps have a much smaller range. Typical folk, Celtic or medieval harps range from two to six octaves. There are smaller harps having one or less, and some of the ancient professional instruments, which we see in art of the time, had less than one.

A classical lyre has a hollow body or sound-chest (also known as soundbox or resonator), which, in ancient Greek tradition, was made out of turtle shell. Extending from this sound-chest are two raised arms, which are sometimes hollow, and are curved both outward and forward. They are connected near the top by a crossbar or yoke. An additional crossbar, fixed to the sound-chest, makes the bridge which transmits the vibrations of the strings.

the octobass, not comenly used in modern orchastras, its lowest string is tuned to C1 (32.7 Hz), one octave below the lowest C of the cello (C2, 65.41 Hz). in modern orchastes the lowest piched instrument would be the double bass.

The Jew's harp, also known as a mouth harp, belongs to the family of musical instruments called the plucked idiophones. These are also known as lamellophones. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system for musical instruments, this mouth harp belongs to category 12.

There are around forty-six (46) strings on the harp, depending on what type it is and seven (7) pedals.

Harps were most likely independently invented in many parts of the world in remote prehistory. It is often said that the harp's origins may lie in the sound of a plucked hunter's bow string; the converse is considered possible. A type of harp called a 'bow harp' is nothing more than a bow like a hunter's, with a resonating vessel such as a gourd fixed somewhere along its length. To allow a greater number of strings, harps were later made from two pieces of wood attached at the ends: this type is known as the 'angle harp'. The oldest depictions of harps without a forepillar are from 4000 BC in Egypt[citation needed](see Music of Egypt) and 3000 BCE in Persia (see Music of Iran)[citation needed]. While most English translations of the Bible feature the word 'harp', especially in connection with King David, the Hebrew word is nevel, a type of lyre with 10 strings and not a harp at all.