Is harp a hard musical instrument to learn?

It is a hard instrument to learn – in fact often considered one of the hardest instruments to learn. This is because of the number of things you have to remember to do: • Bending fingers and thumbs – every time you play a note, you have to bend that finger back to make it touch your hand. Harp players do this to make sound quality better. read more

You can already have the musical knowledge and not the instrument knowledge and still learn an instrument easily, but neglecting musical knowledge on a first or second instrument will get you nowhere. read more

The harp is a multi-stringed musical instrument that belongs to the category of chordophones (stringed instruments). Technically a harp consists of a neck, resonator and strings (positioned perpendicularly to the sound board). Nylon, gut, wire or silk is used to make the strings of a harp. Many baroque and classical composers like Mozart and Dussek used the harp as a solo instrument in concerts and orchestras. read more