glass harp

glass harp (plural glass harps) A musical instrument consisting of glasses (typically wine glasses) tuned by putting different amounts of liquid into them. Sound is produced by rubbing one's fingers around the rims of the glasses, causing them to vibrate.

Both of these instruments are based on the principle of generating musical tones by means of friction. What does that mean? When you rub your moistened finger along the rim of the glass, your finger will stick to the glass as it encounters resistance, or friction, when it moves over the glass surface.

Franklin attended one of these concerts and was intrigued by the beauty of the sound. Almost immediately, he set to work applying the principles of wet fingers on glass to his own musical creation. Ben Franklin completed his glass armonica in 1761. (Its name is derived from the Italian word for harmony.)

: a musical instrument consisting of a series of rotating glass bowls of differing sizes played by touching the dampened edges with a finger.

Some said the glass armonica was magical, but perhaps the man responsible for it was. Franklin made it possible to create beautiful sounds with the touch of a finger, sounds that his wife Deborah once called, "the music of the angels."

Once an aristocratic instrument played for royalty, harpists were challenged with being able to evoke three distinct emotions from their audience: tears, laughter, and sleep. 8. The harp has been Ireland's national symbol since the thirteenth century. 9.

Harps were associated also with David in the Old Testament and used as the symbol of St. Cecilia, patron saint of musicians. But if seen on jewellery, or in funerary art, it can be seen as a symbolic of worship in heaven or hope.

Some people thought that the high-pitched, ethereal tones invoked the spirits of the dead, had magical powers, or drove listeners mad. Others thought that lead from the crystal bowls or paint was absorbed into the musicians' fingers when they touched the glass, causing sickness.

Various features of the film were deemed unfit for release by the censors. The surreal hand-drawn animation style and unorthodox score composed by Alfred Schnittke contradicted the artistic style of socialist realism that had been mandated by the Soviet government.

The harmonica is a talisman, a physical object with emotional meaning, and tied intimately to the central theme of hope. It is raised in the first discussion about hope.

The Harp's Purpose Psalm 71:22 “I will also praise You with a harp, Even your truth, O my God; To You I will sing praises with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.” The harp appears many times throughout the Psalms (such as the one above) and is used as an instrument of praise to the Lord.

We know, as our ancestors did, with their 'heart knowledge', that the harp has the power to touch us on many levels of our being. 'Spiritual Harp' music opens us to new ways of seeing ourselves and our world, and can help us to effect real change, on a deep level, in all areas of our lives.