what year was the harp invented?

Answer 1

"The harp's origins may lie in the sound of a plucked hunter's bow string. The oldest documented references to the harp are from 4000 BC in Egypt and 3000 BC in Mesopotamia. While the harp is mentioned in most translations of the Bible, King David being the most prominent musician, the Biblical "harp" was actually a kinnor, a type of lyre with 10 strings. Harps also appear in ancient epics, and in Egyptian wall paintings. This kind of harp, now known as the folk harp, continued to evolve in many different cultures all over the world. It may have developed independently in some places.

The lever harp came about in the second half of the 17th century to enable key changes while playing. The player manually turned a hook or lever against an individual string to raise the string's pitch by a semitone. In the 1700s, a link mechanism was developed connecting these hooks with pedals, leading to the invention of the single-action pedal harp. Later, a second row of hooks was installed along the neck to allow for the double-action pedal harp, capable of raising the pitch of a string by either one or two semitones. With this final enhancement, the modern concert harp was born."

Answer 2

When Was The Harp Invented

Answer 3

The experts all say that the "history of the harp is lost in the mist of time", but that harps were described in the timbs of Egypt 3500 years ago so that's a good enough time frame for most of us.

It's like someone asking when GOLF was invented and finally realizing that the first hairy guy that picked up a bent stick and hit a rock down the hillside into a hole in the ground had just made his first "Hole in 1" might be called the inventor.

Answer 4

The earliest evidence of the harp is found in Ancient Egypt circa 2500 BC. They were shaped liked bows or angular and had very few strings (because they lacked a column they could not support much string tension).

Answer 5

One of the oldest know working harps was discovered in King Tut's tomb, making it about 3,000 years old. It was a well known instrument even then.

Answer 6

who invented the harp

Answer 7

They found one in the tombs of Ur from about 3500 BC, so it's been around for a time.

Answer 8

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