Used. $69.99$69.99. The Harpsicle® Harp. If you are looking for a tuner with more features though (especially accuracy), then I would recommend the KLIQ UberTuner (check price on Amazon). There we go! The only bad thing about GuitarTuna is that you have to pay for an in-app purchase to tune 7 & 12 string guitars… it’s only free for regular 6-strings. The lap harp has 15 to 22 strings and is commonly used as accompaniment in folk and classical music. What is the chromatic scale? Tuning a 12-string guitar in standard E tuning (E-A-D-G-B-E, thick to thin) is very common. But if you’re looking for a more long-term and accurate solution, you shouldn't rule out getting a physical clip-on tuner (or even a pedal tuner like the PolyTune 3 from TC Electronic if that’s more your style), I’ll recommend a few online guitar tuners that I’ve used in a minute, but before I do I wanted to mention a point I brought up earlier (and try to convince you not to tune through your mic!). You can play each string near the mic and it should tell you what note it is currently tuned to, then you can go up or down from there to get to the right place. A physical clip-on tuner reads what frequency you’re currently playing through vibrations in your guitar - there’s only one intermediate layer, the solid wood material the sound passes through. To tune your 12-string, tune the E, A, D, and G string pairs within an octave of each other. Wishing you the best of luck with your twelve amazing strings - get out there, practice, and never give up! Lyre Harp,16 Metal String Harp Solid Wood Mahogany Lyre Harp with Tuning Wrench Spare String Carry Bag,Unique Patterns, Carved Phonetic Symbols,Suitable for Music Lovers Beginners Children Adults. Only lowest and highest octaves are shown; intervening notes are tuned chromatically. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. The Etienne is also a more convenient size for traveling and has a more delicate lute-like sound. As I mentioned in the last section, the most significant difference is the octave-higher and octave-lower tuning in the E, A, D, and G string pairs. ( Log Out /  Price and other details may vary based on size and color. 99. The last two string pairs, high B and high E, are tuned to the same frequency. From Thickest to Thinnest Strings (eE-aA-dD-gG-BB-EE): We talked about tuning a 12-string, using clip-on guitar tuners, recommended tuners, and even looked at a great online microphone tuner you can use in case you’re missing a physical one. Favorites Compare. You’ll notice that one of the strings is thinner - tune this string to the octave higher E. You’ll also see that one of the strings is thicker - tune this string to the regular (low) E. After the G string pair, at B and E, tune both strings in each pair to the same high frequency. It's very similar to the old 10 string "high G" C6 tuning and also very similar to the newer 10 string tuning with a "D" string on top. 0.0% Response Rate. . Be sure to w... Be sure to w... To learn to play the Harp, please check out my First Year Harp video Playlist. Daddy Long Les starting to learn to play the harp. All Rights Reserved. Amazon's Choicefor lap harp tuning key. What you have is a folk/lap harp, which can have levers or not and yours does not. Hopefully your Lyre Harp came with a tuning tool included, most of them seem to. It might take a little more time than your regular 6-string guitar, but the richer sound you’ll get makes it well worth it. See more ideas about harps music, harp, piano music. Glad I’ve actually helped someone out! $379.99$379.99. Many variants exist having differing number of keys, multiple keyboards, pedal boards, choirs of strings, etc., and they may have anywhere from about 120 to many hundreds of strings. The B and E string pairs are tuned in unison to a High B and High E. When tuning the E, A, D, and G string pairs to different octaves, you have to pay attention to the string you’re tuning. This website is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. We hope that you learned everything about tuning your harp. If you wanted, you could try tuning it pentatonic. This tab uses the same 12 string C6 tuning popularized by Maurice Anderson. Lately, I’ve been using a clip-on tuner from Fender (the one shown in the pictures above, If you are looking for a tuner with more features though (especially, There could literally be a jet plane engine sitting next to you while you’re tuning your guitar -- as long as it doesn’t affect the vibrations going through your guitar’s headstock, you can, It’s not as accurate as what you’d get from a clip-on tuner, and on top of that, if you’re in a loud environment (or practicing in a band setting) your phone’s microphone just, I personally thought this was a bummer, which is why I still recommend the physical, If you play the E string on your guitar, for example, that sound wave has to travel through the air to the microphone and get picked up. There are several possible Celtic harp tunings, depending on whether or not your harp has sharping levers for every string (“full levers”). Irish Harp 27 Strings With Levers. It is tuned D B G E C A G E C A F D high strings to low. When tuning the E, A, D, and G string pairs to different octaves, you have to pay attention to the string you’re tuning. Especially with a young harp or a new string, it is often wise to go through the entire tuning process more than once. To put it simply, it’s the entire range of twelve pitches on a musical scale including flats and sharps.