telyn’s twelve comments

This is such an old thread but I’m trying to find out about this tune and cheekily want to ask Ceolachan to look at their CD notes… (if they have them…). more…

There seem to be two distinct versions of this - one commonly played by pipers and one favoured by singers (and nearly every other instrumentalist). Can anyone shed any light? more…

Blast. Wrote something long and detailed and my browser ate it. more…

Lovely! Thanks everyone. Crumbs. There’s so much stuff to go through. more…

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There’s a great little book called Preventing and Correcting Harp-Related Injury by Laurie Riley & Michael MacBean. In it they mention avoiding resting the forearm on the sound board as you can damage the tendons inside by repeated rubbing. more…

There’s a company called Taigh Na Tend based in Scotland. They have a few books with specific harp arrangements - have a look at http://www.scotlandsmusic.com/celtic-harp.htm. more…

I play harp at session, both tunes if I know them but more often accompaniment. I agree that the tinkly waterfall stuff doesn’t work, it lacks enough punch. Often I am drowned out, not the other way round. more…

Port used to mean a type of harp tune. I suspect it may have become less specific over the years. The below paragraph comes from http://www.earlygaelicharp.info/music/about2.htm more…