Tuning a Harp with Levers

This video is a quick discussion about tuning harps with levers! These clips are from my longer, more in-depth video all about harp tuning “Tuning A Harp: Everything You Need To Know” (watch that here: • Tuning a Harp: Everyth... )
I’ve wanted to make videos like this ever since I started taking on harp students - I would love to create a whole arsenal of informative, in-depth harp videos to refer harp learners to for all sorts of topics! I'm planning on doing these types of videos regularly so I hope you enjoy, and if you do, make sure to give this video a like, leave a comment, and consider subscribing to my channel!
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[@optimism1434]

Something that confused me is flats. What's the point of doing E flat when you can just do D#??

[@bjacksonharp]

You can in some scenarios. But some pieces written in the key of Bb and onward require Eb's. You could rewrite the music to have the enharmonic equivalent, but it's usually easier to just retune those E's. Also if you have pieces that are using D constantly, you'd have to switch those lever constantly when that could be avoided by having Eb's available instead. If you tune your harp to have 3 flats and 4 sharps, you have both Eb and D# available to you and can play most common keys that lever harp music is written in (major keys being C, G, D, A, E, F, Bb, Eb and the minor keys that accompany those)

[@optimism1434]

@@bjacksonharp Thank you that makes a lot of sense

[@susancallhutchisongoodoldtunes]

Thank you. exactly what I needed!

[@bjacksonharp]

I'm so glad! Thank you for watching 😊

[@inthedaysstillleft1257]

Thank you!

[@fouellet1701]

I think the whole idea here is that tuning the harp in E-flat offers the most tuning possibilities with the levers. The knowledge of the Circle of Fifths is the best way to illustrate this.

[@bjacksonharp]

Yep!

[@carloskianhernandezburleso3987]

Great explanation! This helped a lot

[@bjacksonharp]

I'm glad it helped! Thanks for watching 😊

[@happynewmom]

Very useful. Thanks!

[@bjacksonharp]

I'm glad it was helpful!

[@evitachu6573]

Thank you!!! I am starting to do lever harp these days because of portability. This is a completely new territory for me because I have been playing pedal harp (as hobby) only.

[@bjacksonharp]

Thanks for watching, I'm glad it was helpful!

[@KimFsharpHarp]

Thank you. I played Troubadour years ago and moved on to pedal. I’ve been looking for an explanation on lever harp again since I recently picked one up, and this was the best example I found. Especially when you show the strings step by step! Many thanks.

[@bjacksonharp]

Thank you so much! I'm glad it was helpful! 💓