Wednesday 31 August 2022

Sandy Bells folk nights 2022

 


Fun #folk nights at #SandyBells, Forrest road #Edinburgh still buzzing, after decades of some of the best folk #musicians and the likes of folklorist and #poet Hamish Henderson.


Celtic harp, clàrsach, guitar, fiddle, mandolin, 

 




The Celtic harp is a triangular frame harp traditional to the Celtic nations of northwest Europe. It is known as cláirseach in Irishclàrsach in Scottish Gaelictelenn in Breton and telyn in Welsh

 

In Ireland and Scotland, it was a wire-strung instrument requiring great skill and long practice to play, and was associated with the Gaelic ruling class. It appears on Irish and British coins, the coat of arms of the Republic of IrelandMontserrat, the United Kingdom and Canada as well as the flag of Montserrat.