Hello Metamor,
(oops, first reply went to Matt instead of the list)
Not all harps have pedals to change strings' tunings to get a full
chromatic range of notes.
I was only familiar with orchestral harps. Thanks for the clarification!
May He bless you and keep you in His grace and love,
Charles Matthias
Saturday, August 6, 2011, 1:30:02 PM, you wrote:
CM> However, to play a harp, you use your feet to press pedals which
CM> change the tension on each named string (that is, one pedal changes
CM> all the A strings, another changes all the B strings, etc...). They
CM> can raise and lower each string by a half step, which provides all of
CM> the notes of the diatonic scale. So your mockingbird will need to
CM> check the tunings before he plays, and he may want to keep one
CM> taloned foot down by the pedals at the harp's base in case he needs
CM> to make a key change.
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