Various types of harps are found in Africa, Europe, North and South America and in Asia. In antiquity, harps and the closely related lyres were very prominent in nearly all cultures. The oldest harps found have been uncovered in ruins from ancient Sumer in southern Iraq. The harp also was predominant with medieval bards, troubadors and minnesingers throughout the Spanish Empire. Harps continued to grow in popularity through improvements in their design and construction through the beginning of the 20th century.
A number of non-harp-like instruments are colloquially referred to as "harps." Chordophones like the aeolian harp, (wind harp) and the autoharp (with the piano and harpsichord) are not harps, but zithers, because their strings are not perpendicular to their soundboard. Likely, the many varieties of harp guitar and harp lute, while chordophones, belong to the lute family and are not true harps. All forms of the lyre and Kithara are also not harps, but belong to the fourth family of instruments under the chordophones, the lyres.
A type of harp called a bow harp is similar to a hunter's bow, with a resonating vessel or 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.
Lever harps do not have pedals or rods. Instead they use a shortening lever on the neck for each individual string which must be activated manually to shorten the string and raise the tone a half step. A string tuned to natural may be played in sharp, but not flat. A string tuned to flat may be played in natural, but not sharp. Lever harps are considerably lighter in weight than pedal harps and are smaller in size and number of strings.
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A number of non-harp-like instruments are colloquially referred to as "harps." Chordophones like the aeolian harp, (wind harp) and the autoharp (with the piano and harpsichord) are not harps, but zithers, because their strings are not perpendicular to their soundboard. Likely, the many varieties of harp guitar and harp lute, while chordophones, belong to the lute family and are not true harps. All forms of the lyre and Kithara are also not harps, but belong to the fourth family of instruments under the chordophones, the lyres.
A type of harp called a bow harp is similar to a hunter's bow, with a resonating vessel or 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.
Lever harps do not have pedals or rods. Instead they use a shortening lever on the neck for each individual string which must be activated manually to shorten the string and raise the tone a half step. A string tuned to natural may be played in sharp, but not flat. A string tuned to flat may be played in natural, but not sharp. Lever harps are considerably lighter in weight than pedal harps and are smaller in size and number of strings.
Map of Central America
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South America Political
Grey South America map
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Map quiz details: mechanics
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