In Wales the triple harp was popular, an instrument with three rows of strings as opposed to the conventional harp which has one row. It has been the tradition in Wales to play the harp on the left ...

There is a considerable wealth of classical music and opera in Wales. The popular perception of a tradition of the harp and the male voice choir is a long way from the 21st century reality of a ...

You might recall the next bit of that poem by the Irish poet Thomas Moore: The harp that once through Tara’s halls, the soul ...

This style of playing is possibly unique to Wales. The growth in popularity of the singly strung classical harp at the beginning of the 20th century had a negative impact on the popularity of the ...

Unlike the harp there is no unbroken tradition of ... tunes which appear very similar in style to contemporary classical or popular music.