What is an Autoharp? (and what it ISN'T)

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  • Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
  • Today starts a 9 part series on Zithers and old zither relatives!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 23

  • @exoplanet11
    @exoplanet11 3 роки тому +6

    A concise course on the core concepts of Chorded chordophones.

  • @lindarodgers1401
    @lindarodgers1401 2 роки тому +1

    Where in the world were you 20 years ago when I bought my Autoharp ????😁😁😁😁 THANK YOU so very much for sharing your knowledge!!!!
    It is APPRECIATED sooooo much!!!!🎶🎶🎶🎶
    From Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

  • @BhashanaLiyanage
    @BhashanaLiyanage Рік тому

    so much information in 13 minutes

  • @davidvanreyk5775
    @davidvanreyk5775 2 роки тому +1

    Are we going to let accordions be chordo-phones? The child of a chordo-phone and an aerophone?

  • @maledictionwolf
    @maledictionwolf 2 роки тому +2

    This is an incredibly informative video, I may put this whole series on while I'm working on my art so I can absorb more knowledge.
    I recently actually had the opportunity to purchase a bowed psaltery on the cheap, which I turned down, a choice I regret. I'm now looking at a vintage autoharp for sale on Craigslist and trying to figure out if I want to go for it or not (and wondering if the guy with the psaltery will pop up again). I love browsing the musical instruments for sale section of the site, even if it is mostly guitars and amps, you sometimes bump into more unusual stuff and trying to figure out what some of those instruments are is what brought me here, to this video!

  • @carriekay5987
    @carriekay5987 3 роки тому +1

    I'm so happy I found this channel. I love the sound of the autoharp. But I'm an appreciative spectator rather than a performer. This is a great intro for me to understand this beautiful instrument.

  • @nopms
    @nopms 3 роки тому +1

    Very interesting! I look forward to the coming Weeks' videos.

  • @deborahmilford2790
    @deborahmilford2790 Рік тому +3

    Hi Hal, Do you perform any autoharp repairs?

  • @Bhangshot
    @Bhangshot Рік тому

    Thanks for this video. I learned so much and want to nerd out more about historical instruments 🤩

  • @prosti-noot
    @prosti-noot 3 роки тому +1

    This is so cool! Can't wait for further videos to see more autoharp cousins. Love hearing about the history behind this awesome instrument :)

  • @BambiNoelaniBrock
    @BambiNoelaniBrock 3 роки тому

    So helpful! Thank you. Why anyone disliked this video is beyond me. New sub :).

  • @a1v2c
    @a1v2c 3 роки тому

    Thanks for this helpful perspective on music making in our modern, industrial society. I am sharing it with friends who have no interest in autoharp.

  • @spacealienjesus709
    @spacealienjesus709 3 роки тому

    Thank you..
    Great video on the history of these insturments.

  • @aayla2453
    @aayla2453 2 роки тому

    That first one is the type I recently bought

  • @dochoward00001
    @dochoward00001 3 роки тому

    Nice job of playing simple gifts on the bowed psaltery.

  • @pabaltes
    @pabaltes 3 роки тому

    Very good, as always... we keep learning things everytime

  • @JoanBrown-j3e
    @JoanBrown-j3e Місяць тому +1

    So it’s called an ‘autoHARP’ but it’s not a harp? Yet a harp is also an instrument where you have tuned strings which are plucked or strummed. So if what you say is true they need to remove the word HARP.

    • @wildautoharp
      @wildautoharp  Місяць тому

      You are correct. The original german product was called volkszither -- folk zither or people's zither.

  • @a1v2c
    @a1v2c 3 роки тому

    And I like your new hair style.

  • @angelikasmales465
    @angelikasmales465 3 роки тому

    Hi Hal, you’re welcome to include Running with Zithers in any of you future videos on chord zithers 🎵

    • @wildautoharp
      @wildautoharp  3 роки тому

      Well this series is already shot, but we could do an interview via zoom, and if you had any video and stills that we could dub in over our conversation that would provide a visual element that UA-cam would need. If you are gsme we could talk about that!

  • @johnirby493
    @johnirby493 2 роки тому

    Percussion instruments go back further than all the other classes combined.