Wire-strung harp techniques: coupled hands and gracing

At the NHM 2012 in Jyväskylä, Vincent Michaud demonstrated the wire-strung harp techniques used by the Gaels : Left-shoulder, finger nails, combination of fingers moves to both play and select damp, coupling hands to reach maximum rhythmical efficiency and elaborate gracing.

Vincent centered the workshop around the music of Brittany that has, in many aspects, a lot of common point with Finnish ancient music.

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