The highest E String on your lever harp is most likely to be Second Octave E.Ĭonfused? Remember, if all else fails, find Middle C.
Lever harps often start on First Octave A or First Octave C. It may be the first E string on YOUR lever harp, but its probably not THE First Octave E. Lever harp strings do not usually extend as high as pedal harp strings and the Top Octave and parts of the First Octave are likely to be missing. Continue counting down the harp this way, through Third, Fourth, Fifth, Six and Seventh Octaves. The six notes immediately below First Octave E are also in the First Octave and can be identified as First Octave D, First Octave C, First Octave B etc.īelow First Octave F, another E string occurs: this is Second Octave E and the six strings immediately below this are also in the second octave.
These are typically Top Octave F Top Octave G and Top Octave A. Any strings occurring above the first octave E are in the Top Octave. Octaves start on E and end on F.įind your highest E string. On a harp, octaves are counted downwards from the top end (where the strings are shortest). To identify the notes of the other strings, find a red string and start counting upwards (towards the shorter strings) as follows:Īs you can see, each note occurs several times, so to fully identify a string, we also need to know which octave it is in. So, to identify harp strings, we need to know the note, the octave and type (material) of the string in question, as well as the type of harp it is for. Some manufacturers do use a numbering system, but this is for their own harps only. As the range of strings vary from harp to harp, it is not possible to identify strings universally by number.
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