you are fantastic! your teaching style is helping me play neater and really utilize this book! are you still active in teaching harp lessons? i hope youll never stop!

Haunting.

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That ending. Wow.

Strange stuff. I'm listening to his instructions and holding a small 19 string lap harp he made in 1983 that i came across in a used item shop. . His wifes name is in it too so I assume she had a hand in the construction. .

Very nice Harp, Thanks for sharing.🎵🎶👍

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Thank you so much. You are a great Harp teacher. I really love your lessons👍💐.

I bet Patrick mac Chruitier or his Father Michael de Carryck "the harper" played this instrument for the Chiefs of Clan Buchanan the parent clan of this sept

I so enjoyed listening to this one!

Just about to order my harp… soon. And after hearing quite a few reviews, I stumble across this gem! Thanks!

Is their printed music available for this arrangement?

This is a beautiful piece of music! Love it. Saw you play, before this, in New Jersey, in the early mid '70s. You were on a bill with Jim Croce. Thanks for the music. These are the mythic times!

Such a great teacher. How did he know I needed to BREATHE right then? ;)

Louisa Neal Harper of Georgia her Ancestry Jane Gillespie McWhorter of Delaware her Ancestry

Harper is my 2nd Great Grandmother on my Harris last name line her maiden name and McWhorter is the maiden name of my 7th Brevard Great Grandmother from the Ancestry of my Grandfather on my Mothers side Brevard comes from the maiden name of my Forney 5th Great Grandmother and Forney from my 4th Moore GGM Moore is my moms maiden name

I even got a custom light grey heather hat / castle walls look hat my double harp hat with a black harp with le harpur on the left front panel and a gold harp on the right panel with Mac Chruitier below the harp to represent both my ancestry

and I have Harper Ancestry which is an English version of the surname of occupational origin Harpfer is the German Harp player surname but I don't know if I have that Andestry

I have McWhorter Ancestry which originates from Scottish Gaelic Mac an Chruiteir son of the Harper so my Ancestors may have been Harpists for the Clans like apparently McWhirters were the Clan Buchanan Harpers McWhorter MacWhorter McWherter MacWherter McWhirter MacWhirter McWater MaWorter McQuarter McQuirter and possibly other spelling varients of this surname that do or did exist in the world

Will this harp be reintroduced in the future?

I'm suffering from MS. To listen to harp music gives me relaxation, confidence and inspiration even when I can't play it myself anymore.

I loved this interpretation of weel kenned tunes. Lovely to hear it. I also enjoyed seeing harp construction. Thankyou for posting this.

Hello sir, I am from India. Learning Burmese harp and doing a research on Asian Harp tradition. And simultaneously want to learn the Western harp to know the Harp music World wide. Please guide me. Thank you.

I’m looming for one of these for sale, if you have one, lemme know :)

These ARE verily.

Adult Beginner here, thank you.

sometimes I think the initial design of the sound of historic instruments were influenced primarily by instinct: things as seemingly random as the feel of the weather or the intonation of accents mirror this sound in places I either know or have been. as this style instrument was designed about 1,000 years ago, maybe the weather and people's accents haven't really changed all that much in these parts. Scottish people's accents speaking English often sound more Gaelic to me than Irish people speaking Irish but there must be some northern twang influencing my consciousness there (I guess). MacMadness speaks again. Do you know, I read once (maybe on a Derek Bell cd?), that Turlough O'Carolan was asked what the harp was meant to evoke if played well and he said "it has to have the right old madness" in how it rings. The ringing in your ears with the wire-strung harp is the sound more than the notes, which kind of makes me think that this instrument is meant to evoke atmosphere more so than play tunes and so that'd be a way to approach it, instinctually, if one could play it, which I cannot, not that I have ever tried or am capable of making sense in this other realm of...harps. Pibrochs make sense on the wire-strung harp and not the modern harp and yet...why do people not have ears for that? This has more x-factor reality than 10,000 years of Neolithic archaeology or Newgrange ghosts or any of that bullshit. You hear it. You see it. You know it. Just from the sound and no other associations whatsoever. Yeah? Yeah...

Chris was a class act! So sorry he's no longer with us! About 40 years ago, I had a couple of bodhran & penny whistle lessons with him. Still enjoy playing the bodhran, but the penny whistle just wasn't my cup of tea. My wife grew up with Chris & his family, & we still play Irish tunes with some of his former bandmates from high school days. Back then, Chris & several other folks formed "The Celtic Tradition," an amazing nearly pro-level Celtic band.

Такая лёгкая и простая, но в то же время и уникальная музыка, как это расслабляет... Классный был мужик, должно быть...

Love the lilt. Classic and beautiful.

Such an extraordinary harper, musician and artist. This CD is one of my favourites. I was lucky to meet Chris when I had just started playing, and bring him to NY to do his Harpquest weekend in 1987 or so. His work with Robin Williamson & his Merry Band was brilliant as well. He is sorely missed.

I don't understand one piece of information I read on all the websites for harp. My instrument is the piano. A flat is G sharp. B flat is A sharp. C flat is B. D flat is C sharp. E flat is D sharp. F flat is E. G flat is F and A flat is again G sharp. The websites all say it is impossible to flat the harp. Maybe so, but if I play a song in B flat is sharp the A and the D. If A and D appear in the song, temporarily neutral them. Playing something in F flat minor could be fun, but beginning musicians rarely play songs in that signature. So, what is the issue?

That these beautiful handmade harps are no longer available is a great loss.

Nothing compares to Chris.......a true artist, friend, creator of the finest harps for all. So missed.

for ever in your music

You were all so beautiful, and still are. Thank you. When you played Charlottes Web, it was pure beauty transporting souls, thank you again. This is a joy to know this is online. Thank you from Orcas Island.

I really miss Chriss Caswell, even though i have never met him. What an artist has been lost to this world with him gone. I hope he rests easy and i hope whatever place he has gone to, there is music.

Haunting, spellbinding, melancholy, beautiful, pristine, peaceful, tranquil and simply gorgeous.

does anyone know where i can buy one of these?

Are there templates for it? Maybe someone could start making them again in his memory.

Excellent Clársach music, by the way. Simply beautiful.

When I see you, sir.....I see an ISRAELITE. Make of that what thou wilt.

I miss you, Chris.

I love the way the harp evokes the sound of the wild geese. I just got a metal strung harp- a very relaxing, wistful sound, long of soft tone and soothing to the nerves in a world that bangs clanks and roars. Thank you Chris.

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WOW what a great idea. They sounded pretty good too. When you pizza box wears out please visit our site for a real bodhran: www.mid-east.com/Drums/Roosebeck-Bodhrans

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Such a great teacher! I’m sad that he’s not here with us anymore.

Thank you. Love it. Reinforced how important it is the way you close your fingers in like a box with a lid on it, sitting position etc. Have managed little songs.. twinkle twinkle... hardest Joy to the world but just played with both hands not with the bass notes yet..so relaxing. Having these videos will help me stay motivated when learning on my own mostly.