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✧⋆｡˚ Harp ˚｡⋆✧
✧⋆｡˚ Harp ˚｡⋆✧
February 7, 2025 - Harp Development Through History
Chordophone - a stringed instrument
Harps originated from the hunter's bow, leading to other early string instruments:
lyre
kithara
zither
Egyptian angled harps
Bowed harps
Burmese Saung Guak
Turkish ceng
Asian Table harps:
Japanese Koto
Korean Kayagum
Chinese Guzheng
Medieval & Renaissance: Adding more strings and pitches
Bray Harp
Arpa Doppia
Cross String
Triple strung harp
Renaissance Period (14th to 17th Century)
Design Enhancements:
Addition of more strings for increased range.
Development of the double harp with two rows of strings.
Musical Expansion:
Harps started appearing in more complex musical compositions.
Played in both secular and sacred music.
Baroque Period (17th Century)
Triple Harp:
Invented in Italy, featuring three rows of strings.
Allowed for playing chromatic notes (all the notes in a scale).
Welsh Adoption:
The triple harp became the national instrument of Wales.
Used in traditional Welsh music.
18th Century
Single-Action Pedal Harp:
Invented by Jacob Hochbrucker in Germany.
Features pedals that could raise the pitch of strings by one semitone.
Advancements:
Made it easier to play music in different keys.
Increased the harp's popularity in classical music.
19th Century
Double-Action Pedal Harp:
Perfected by Sébastien Érard in France in 1810.
Pedals could raise the pitch of strings by two semitones.
Standardization:
Became the basis for the modern concert harp.
Typically has 47 strings and a wide range of notes.
Orchestral Inclusion:
Harps became standard in symphony orchestras.
Composers wrote specific parts for the harp.
20th Century to Present
Technological Innovations:
Electric Harps:
Incorporate pickups to amplify the sound.
Used in jazz, pop, and contemporary music.
Lever Harps:
Smaller harps with levers to change pitch manually.
Popular in folk music and for beginners.
September 30, 2024 - Sleigh Ride
The piece will likely be in C Major. It'll have a fast tempo and be upbeat. The piece is indeed fast-paced. I like how Christmas-y it feels and sounds. It makes me feel like it's the Christmas season. I like this piece a lot.
August 23, 2024 - Wade in the Water
I think the piece will be jazzy and rhythmic. I think it will have pedal changes and arpeggios. There are some rhythmic beats that I think are a harp technique. I think the hands are muffling the strings to perform nail glissandos. The piece is pretty. I can hear pedal changes. Not many arpeggios but lots of chords. The glissandos are pretty at the end.
August 9 - Sonata en Re
I think the piece ill have glissandos and arpeggios. I think it will start slowly and become more lively later on.
The piece starts lively. It sounds like the piece is in C Major. There are lots of dynamics that add depth. I hear the repetition of parts. I like the piece and how it sounds. I can hear the bass clearly. The other two parts seem to be playing higher on the harp.
July 31 - Spanish Dance No.1
I think this piece will be a fast-tempo piece. I think it will be very upbeat and lively.
The piece has a lot of dynamics. All of the harps are beautiful. The tone of the music changes throughout the song. I love all of the glissandos and trills. They are playing very cleanly; The notes came across very clearly.
✧⋆｡˚ World Lit ˚｡⋆✧
✧⋆｡˚ World Lit ˚｡⋆✧
Shaping Our World Recording - 10/3/24
Today we finished recording our scenes.
Shaping Our World Recording - 9/24/24
Today, our group recorded 1 out of 5 scenes.
Shaping Our World Checklist - 9/19/24
Today we completed the shaping our world checklist.
Dad's Garage - 9/17/24
Today two guest speakers informed us about improving.
Shaping Our World Table Read -
We learned about and performed a table read of our script as a class. We then completed feedback forms for each group.
Shaping Our World Script -
My group worked on and finished the rest of our script.
Shaping Our World Script - 9/10/24
Today we worked on our script. We watched videos on how to write scripts. We completed 2 more scenes.
✧⋆｡˚ ChemVas Art ˚｡⋆✧
✧⋆｡˚ ChemVas Art ˚｡⋆✧
Ink Making - 2/7/25
Today, in class, my table group and I made ink by collecting soot from the spoons we burned with candles, then we mixed it with the gum powder, and finally, we mixed it with rubbing alcohol. When the spoons were burned, carbon was released, which was the main component of the powder. Chemistry is incorporated into the ink-making process with the combustion reaction, which creates the soot.
Paper Making - 1/27/25
In class, I made paper with my table group by ripping up pink, white, and yellow paper into small pieces. We blended the paper, strained the pulp, and pressed it into a sheet of homemade paper.
Chinese Fu Baoshi Painting - 1/24/25
In class, I made a Chinese Fu Baoshi-style painting using water, ink, and a rat whisker brush. We had to make the foreground dark and the background light to show atmospheric perspective.
Weaving - 1/8/25
In class, everyone got to choose between weaving a heart-shaped basket, a loom, a box, or a basket. I chose the loom. I used a makeshift cardboard loom and string to make a weaving pattern.
Weaving Bonds - 1/6/25
For this assignment, we started by watching a video about covalent and ionic bonds. Afterward, with a partner, we weaved different colored papers to represent the different charges. For Ionic bonds, partners chose 2 different colors to represent the different charges. For the covalent bond, a strip was woven into it to represent the shared electron.
Mandala Research: 9/23/24
Mandalas are Buddhist devotional images often deemed a diagram or symbol of an ideal universe. They originated in India in the first century BCE. They are most commonly associated with Buddhism and Hinduism, but other cultures have also created mandalas, including the Mayans, Aztecs, and Australian aborigines. Often they are painted on scrolls and taken with travelers over long distances across the Eurasian continent. They use different colors and shapes to make a flower-like drawing. The shape of the Mandala can be used to show an atom since they look slightly similar. I think they show up in different world organizations through trading and different countries conquering others.
July 29, 2024
To me, art is something that you view as art. Other people might not view things the way you do. Art can be something as random as a banana. Maurizio Cattelan clearly showed that with his artwork. Art is what you make of it. You can incorporate other subjects such as English into your artwork. You could use pages of a book and add it to a painting. The world of art is your oyster.
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