Harp 🪉
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A harp — the ancient plucked string instrument whose shimmering, ethereal sound has been associated with the divine, angelic, and transcendent across nearly every culture that has encountered it. Harps appear in ancient Egyptian paintings, Celtic oral tradition where harpers held near-royal status, and the Christian Heaven where angels are depicted playing them. The concert harp's 47 strings and seven pedals that shift keys make it one of music's most technically complex instruments.

Glissando sweeps across the harp strings create the musical sound of magic and dream sequences. Used for classical music content, Celtic cultural appreciation, divine and angelic references, the specific dreamy quality of harp music, and music that seeks to evoke the transcendent.