The document discusses different aspects of harps. It describes harps as having a triangular frame that holds strings stretched between the neck and soundboard, with a hollow resonating body. There are different types of harps including pedal harps, lever harps, double-strung folk harps, and Irish wire strung lap harps. Harps can be played solely with hands or hands and feet, and have origins as the oldest known stringed instrument dating back to Anglo-Saxon, German, and Norse terms meaning "to pluck".

1. By Jewel and Shrusti

2. What is a harp?
 A harp can accompany a voice, a silver flute, or be
backed by jazz, bass, and drums.
 It can be played with only the hands or with both
hands and feet.
 It can have a body carved from a single chunk of wood,
or one precisely constructed from 2000 hand-crafted
or machine-tooled pieces.
 What ever happens a harp will stay the most beautiful
fascinating instruments.

3. How does it look?
 All harps have a triangular frame that holds a set of
strings.
 The three sides of the triangular frame is called the
column, the soundboard, and the neck.
 The strings are stretched between the neck and the
soundboard.
 There is a hollow, resonate body behind the
soundboard, which contributes to the tone of the
instrument.

4. Where does it come from?
 The harp is the oldest known stringed instrument.
 The word “harpa” or “harp” comes from Anglo-Saxon,
Old Germa,and Old Norse words meaning “to pluck”.
 The earliest Gaelic term for a wire-strung instrument
was “cruit” was applied specifically to the harp by 1200.

5. What types of harps are there?
 There is the Pedal harp that is referred to in many different
ways.
 The big ornate, sometimes glided-gold harp.
 There is also the Lever harp, double-strung folk harp,
Irish wire strung lap harp.
 Sizes can slightly vary, but they’re all referring to the
same thing.