How Do You Tune A Lap Harp?
• Lap harp with a tuning sheet. Find what you’ll need to tune the harp. Most lap harp kits include a tuning key (small “L”-shaped silver instrument with a hole to fit over the tuning pegs on the side(s) of the instrument and a handle to turn it), a pick (which will make strumming and note quality easier and better), and most have music that you can insert below the strings, which marks the names of the notes on all the strings. Some kits may even have a separate sheet with all the notes marked and tuning instructions. Be sure to have something of this sort so that you’ll know what notes each string is supposed to play. • Set the tuner. You’ll be tuning to a frequency of 440 Hz (hertz), sometimes displayed on the tuner as A = 440. Keep in mind that the lap harp is not a transposing instrument, so the note you see on the screen when you play a note will be in concert pitch. • Strum a note, and watch the tuner screen. Is the note displayed even the note that this string is supposed to be
