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    What is the difference between a Welsh harp and an Irish harp?

    Question #49661. Asked by mochyn. (Jul 22 04 9:58 AM)


    mibmob

    		The irish or celtic harp is much smaller. The Welsh harp looks like a concert harp without the pedals.

    [Jul 22 04 11:30 AM] mibmob writes:

    You can have Welsh triple harps with three rows of strings but they aren't all like this.

    Jul 22 04, 10:01 AM
    mochyn

    		yay ,mibby ,the traditional Welsh harp has 3 rows of strings,wheras the Irish or Gaelic harp has two rows

    Jul 22 04, 10:36 AM
    mibmob

    		I would argue that these harps CAN have these rows of strings but on the other hand they need only have one row of strings which are pretuned.

    Jul 22 04, 10:39 AM
    gmackematix

    		According to the answer to Q33175 a Welsh harp does have pedals while the Irish one has levers.
    According to a quiz here on Welsh culture, the Triple harp with its three rows of parallel strings is a feature unique to the Welsh one.

    Jul 22 04, 5:27 PM

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