Harp v.s. Piano
Many people view harp and piano as completely different instruments. Some might even say that these two instruments are on completely different sides of the spectrum. Though this can be true, they are actually alike in many ways as well.
At first glance you may think that harp and piano look nothing alike, but you would be surprised by how similar these instruments really are. The instruments look alike in three main ways: size, shape, and structure. It is no secret that both harp and piano are unnecessarily large and bulky instruments that seem almost impossible to move. They both weigh a lot and are awkward in size when it comes to transporting them. Along with size, both harp and piano have similar shapes. If you put these instruments side by side, it would seem otherwise, but it’s all about perspective. If you look at a piano from a top view, you will see that the shape is that of a harp. Some might even say that piano is a sideways harp, not the other way around, because, in fact, harp was invented first. The structure of these two instruments is also very similar. Much like shape, it doesn’t seem like they are alike in any way when it comes to structure, but they actually are! Though the piano is played by pressing down on the keys, both
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harp and piano have strings. Both instruments are played by the strings being plucked, even if they aren’t plucked the same way. As well as looks, harp and piano use similar techniques when it comes to playing them.
It may seem otherwise, as the harp is played by plucking strings and piano is played by pressing keys, but this isn’t necessarily true. Both instruments require two hands to successfully play them. In order to successfully play a song on either instrument, you must use both hands to play two different parts, the melody and bass line. Along with this, both harp and piano are played by strings being plucked. Although the harp is plucked in a more direct way, piano also gives off sound by strings being plucked. When a key on the piano is pressed, it sets off a small piece inside of the piano that hits, or plucks the
strings. Harp and piano are similar in a lot more ways than most people think, but they are also different in a lot of ways. The main difference between these two instruments is in the sound that they give off. Harp gives off a more quiet and restful sound. It is more peaceful and calming. Piano has a louder and more bold sound. When played without using any sound effects or techniques, harp has more of a legato sound, where the notes blend into each other, while the piano has more of a staccato sound, where the notes are singular and each note is easily identified. Harp and piano are two instruments that are both the same and different in many ways. They can be seen as almost the same or completely different, it’s all about perspective. Some may say that they look similar, sound similar, and use similar techniques, while others may say the complete opposite, but in the end, they are both the same and different.
The harp had come to Gwilan from her mother, and so had her mastery of it, people said. “Ah,” they said when Gwilan played, “you can tell, that’s Diera’s touch,” just as their parents had said when Diera played, “Ah, that’s the true Penlin touch!” Gwilan’s mother had had the harp from Penlin, a musician’s dying gift to the worthiest of pupils. From a musician’s hands Penlin too had received it; never had it been sold or bartered for, nor any value put upon it that can be said in numbers. A princely and most incredible instrument it was for a poor harper to own. The shape of it was perfection, and every part was strong and fine: the wood as hard and smooth as bronze, the fittings of ivory and silver. The
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and piano. As this was my first Chamber Concert I was not sure what to expect.
Since the first person heard the wind whistle through the trees or the sea in a seashell humans have been drawn to sound. Being the oppressive and ingenious species that we are we felt the need to capture these sounds and any others that we could to keep for our own. Eventually people like Pythagoras and gods such as Apollo found that by stretching materials and picking/plucking them that they would produce sounds and that the tighter you stretched these strings the higher the sound would go. These were the early beginnings of the pianoforte.
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