A wind harp is not played by human hands, but made to sound by the wind. The sounds of the instrument change depending on the strength and direction of the wind.
The department for music education of the bell “Musik ins Ohr” built a wind harp together with the school on Marcusallee (School for Hearing and Communication) in a joint project week.
Music is a difficult subject
Together with the sound artist Jutta Kelm, pupils with hearing impairments from grades five to nine played the harp. “Music is a difficult topic in a school with children with hearing impairments,” says headmistress Sabine Kolbe.
The wind harp is a great way to experience music in other ways, for example via vibration or sound. In this way, the world of sounds could also be experienced by hard-of-hearing and deaf children.
Miscellaneous Audience
“Through projects like this, we want to offer as diverse an audience as possible access to our musical culture,” says Alexandra Schlappa, director of “Musik im Ohr”. During the project week, the children first made a small instrument to get an idea of the harp. Then the wooden slats were precisely sawn, planed, rasped and then smoothed and glued. Then all the individual parts could be put together.
Artist Jutta Kelm then made the fine adjustments in her studio. “The energy with which the children implemented the project was impressive. Everyone has contributed their part,” says Kelm, who has been building such instruments for almost 30 years.
Sounds in front of the Domsheide
The wind harp, which is around two meters high, is now in front of the bell on the Domsheide and can be viewed there by all interested visitors until June 30th. There they have the opportunity not only to hear the tones of the harp, but also to feel them. In the ticket office area of the bell there is also a small photo exhibition showing how the harp was made.
After that, the instrument will find its final place of installation in the school on Marcusallee.
2023-05-16 14:02:19
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