He much loved to play the harp when tired in mind and weary in body, but he comforted himself with the thought that at least the harp was safe from seizure by the tax collector.
The most frequently depicted harps were found to have seven strings, and according to Curt Sachs' study of Egyptian instruments, the Egyptians tuned their harps in the same diatonic series of intervals.
The Spanish guitar and European harp are among the most popular instruments, while dances include the lively polka and distinctive bottle dance, which involves the performer twirling a bottle around her head.
The harp, however, seemed quite out of place in this flag, and another was tried in which St. George was in the first and fourth, St. Andrew in the second, and the red saltire on white daringly placed in the third as representing Ireland.
It is assumed that its creation is linked to that of the arc, the form of which is very close and that the taut string makes a sound evocative. The harp is an instrument universally recognized: it is present on all continents and in all social classes express themselves through their art.
ハープは現存する楽器の中で最も古いものの一つです。
The harp is one of the oldest instruments in existence.
ハープは早くも13世紀にアイルランドの国の象徴であった。
(The harp being the national symbol for Ireland from as early as the thirteenth century).
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