The simple drawing of the harp is as follows:

The harp is a large stringed instrument and one of the oldest plucked stringed instruments in the world, originating from ancient Persia (Iran).

According to ancient Egyptian records, this instrument appeared in the third or fourth millennium BC. The shape at that time was like a bow with strings.

Early harps only had strings arranged according to the natural scale, and the tonality they could play was limited. The modern harp was designed by French piano maker S. Herard in 1810. It has forty-seven strings of different lengths and seven pedals that can change the pitch of the strings and play all tones.

According to legend, in ancient times, hunters invented bows and arrows. When they were shot, the arrows vibrated and produced musical sounds, which evolved into the prototype of the harp. As far back as 5000 or 6000 BC, on the vast grasslands of the Mesopotamian plain, a prototype of the harp was discovered in the tomb of a queen.

In the long years later, the harp was only a sacred instrument that could only be owned in the palace and among the royal family, and slowly spread throughout ancient Egypt. There are records in the Middle Ages that the ancient harp was the lyre. The English name for the harp is HARP, and in China it is called the Harp.

Myths and legends related to the harp

In ancient Greek music, the human voice sang the earliest hymns and lyric poems, and the main accompaniment instrument was the lyre, which was derived from the harp. , that is, the lyre. Orpheus (Orpheus) is a demigod musician in Greek mythology. When he plays the harp and sings, the wind will stop breathing, the water will stop flowing, the rocks will be moved, and the beasts will become He is extremely docile, but he has to endure the pain of love.

Orfeo's wife Eurydice was accidentally bitten by a poisonous snake while playing in the wild and died. The grief-stricken Orfeo broke into the underworld with his harp, hoping to use his sincere harp to The sound moved the stubborn and ruthless Pluto. Pluto sympathized with him, but due to human nature, Orfeo violated the covenant made in the underworld and was unable to bring back his wife from the underworld, unable to fight against death.

Orfeo never got over the grief of losing his wife, and in the end he was unfortunately killed by the witch. The gods took pity on him, and the harp given to him by his father Apollo was hung high in the sky, dotting the sky. This is the origin of Lyra.