【音樂】如燕 - 豎琴版

小娘惹 主題曲 <如燕> 豎琴版本

HARP 豎琴

是一種大型撥弦樂器，是現代管弦樂團的重要樂器之一。豎琴可作獨奏、重奏和合奏，屬多功能的複音樂器。其流傳地區甚廣，在歐洲、美洲和亞洲等地區亦有出現豎琴類的樂器。豎琴在古埃及稱為貝尼琴，古希臘和古羅馬稱為里拉琴，中國稱之為箜篌，不過箜篌在結構上已與豎琴(狹義)大不相同了，箜篌有兩排弦，且可輪音等技巧，這是豎琴(狹義)所辦不到的。

The harp is a stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicular to the soundboard. It is also considered to be a percussion instrument. [1] All harps have a neck, resonator and strings. Some, known as frame harps, also have a forepillar; those lacking the forepillar are referred to as open harps. Depending on its size (which varies considerably), a harp may be played while held in the lap or while stood on the floor. Harp strings can be made of nylon (sometimes wound around copper), gut (more commonly used than nylon), wire, or silk. A person who plays the harp is called a harpist or a harper. Folk and Celtic musicians often use the term "harper," whereas classical/pedal musicians use "harpist."

Various types of harps are found in Africa, Europe, North, and South America, and a few parts of Asia. In antiquity harps and the closely related lyres were very prominent in nearly all musical cultures, but they lost popularity in the early 19th century with Western music composers, being thought of primarily as a woman's instrument after Marie Antoinette popularised it as an activity for women.

The aeolian harp (wind harp), the autoharp, and all forms of the lyre and Kithara are not harps because their strings are not perpendicular to the soundboard; they are part of the zither family of instruments along with the piano and harpsichord. In blues music, the Harmonica is called a "Blues harp" or "harp", but it is a free reed wind instrument, not a stringed instrument.