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Post by Antaine on Nov 30, 2017 21:36:15 GMT
Amazing. I've always thought about buying and learning to play a harp. Quite expensive, though. Perhaps some day...
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Post by Antaine on Nov 30, 2017 21:42:29 GMT
Could anyone link to a Youtube video or something that shows off this old harp? I'm curious as to what it sounds like...
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Post by Antaine on Nov 30, 2017 21:49:50 GMT
Wow
Sorry for the triple post, but I think I found it. It sounds different from a typical harp, but I can't exactly say how..
Feel free to merge my 3 posts, if that's at all possible.
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Nov 30, 2017 21:57:08 GMT
Don't worry about multiple posting. Post as often as you like.
I must admit I can't hear the difference.
There was a harp convention in UCD a few years back. It was quite an otherwordly experience, walking through the arts building and hearing the twanging of all the harp strings.
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Post by Antaine on Nov 30, 2017 22:11:39 GMT
I think it's a subtle difference. Well, I've never been good at explaining or describing things. I think the wire-string harp has more of a "folk" feel to it, but also something else as well.... were as the usual harp sounds more.... "elegant"? Eh, I don't really know what I'm talking about.
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Nov 30, 2017 22:13:20 GMT
I'm sure you do. I'm just not that musical.
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Post by ClassicalRepublican on Nov 30, 2017 22:21:58 GMT
Here's Ann Heyman m.youtube.com/watch?v=tMy8ipE-a18The wire-strung harp sounds like bells. The notes ring out with incredible sustain so the technique of playing it needs amazing dexterity for dampening. The strings are nail plucked. In former times, harp music was kind of super-secular courtly music. It wasn't for entertainment per-se. It was for accompanying recitations of sagas and genealogies, laments, commemorations etc. It was also used to dictate the pace of social gatherings.
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Post by Antaine on Nov 30, 2017 22:44:16 GMT
Thanks for describing it ClassicalRepublican. Thanks for the video, too.
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Post by Noel creedy on Dec 11, 2017 20:29:58 GMT
What ever happened to the grushi
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Dec 11, 2017 20:42:39 GMT
Hard times! :-)
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Post by Antaine on Dec 11, 2017 22:58:02 GMT
What's the grushi?
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Dec 11, 2017 23:17:38 GMT
Have you never heard of grushi? A shower of coins thrown at kids at a wedding, for them to grab.
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Post by Antaine on Dec 12, 2017 20:53:17 GMT
Have you never heard of grushi? A shower of coins thrown at kids at a wedding, for them to grab.Yes, I'm sure that was the excuse when the police arrived.
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Dec 29, 2017 20:22:53 GMT
Has anyone here ever had "goody"? This is what Wikipedia says of it:
"Goody or goodie is an Irish dessert-like dish made by boiling bread in milk with sugar and spices. It is often given to children or older adults.[1][2] This dish is eaten on St. John's Eve. This dish is also prepared by parents to give to children when they have an upset stomach."
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Post by cato on Dec 29, 2017 21:17:07 GMT
Has anyone here ever had "goody"? This is what Wikipedia says of it: "Goody or goodie is an Irish dessert-like dish made by boiling bread in milk with sugar and spices. It is often given to children or older adults.[1][2] This dish is eaten on St. John's Eve. This dish is also prepared by parents to give to children when they have an upset stomach." I do recall hearing of children getting it as a treat in Donegal. Nowadays you would probably end up having child protection officers call if you fed it to your weans.
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