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The cross-strung harp or chromatic double harp is a multi-course harp that has two rows of strings which intersect without touching. While accidentals are played on the pedal harp via the pedals and on the lever harp with levers, the cross-strung harp features two rows so that each of the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale has its own string.
A French cross-strung chromatic harp. Chromatic double and triple harps have one row of strings that is tuned pentatonically to allow for chromatic playing. These harps exist both as parallel chromatic harps or as cross-strung harps.
Double chromatic harp, built ca. 1890 by Henry Greenway; one of two extant instruments of this type, (photo: National Music Museum) Henry Greenway (Birmingham, England, 1833 - St. Louis, Missouri, 1903) was an English-born American harp maker. He created a type of chromatic cross-strung harp displaying X
Cross-strung chromatic harp. The cross-strung harp has one row of diatonic strings, and a separate row of chromatic notes, angled in an "X" shape so that the row which can be played by the right hand at the top may be played by the left hand at the bottom, and vice versa.
Instrument Tradition Hornbostel–Sachs classification Description harp, triple [1] [2] [3] telyn: Wales: 322.212.1 Harp with no blades or levers, with three rows of strings, the outer two tuned in a diatonic scale and the inner one tuned to the extra semitones of the chromatic scale
322.212 Chromatic frame harps 322.212.1 With all strings in one plane – Inline chromatic harp; 322.212.2 With strings in two planes crossing each other – Cross-strung harp; 322.22 With tuning action. 322.221 With manual tuning action – Lever harp. 322.221.1 With all strings in one plane; 322.221.2 With strings in two planes crossing each ...
1st position (or "straight harp"): Ionian mode. Playing the harmonica as it was intended, in its main major key. On a diatonic, starting note is hole 1 blow. On a C-chromatic, starting hole is the same, resulting in C major scale. This is the main position used for playing folk music on the harmonica. 2nd position (or "cross harp"): Mixolydian ...
The Pro Harp was another model that was in Hohner's handmade line of harmonicas, and was later adapted to the modular system. [9] The Cross Harp was a nearly identical model to the Pro Harp with the exception of a wood comb and slightly thicker original reed plates. The black coverplate coating was greblon.
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