Tuesday, October 03, 2023

Harpo Harps with Harpist Himself



Harpo Marx spots a harp in a department store and things get weird. What else would you expect? This scene is from the 1941 movie The Big Store.


3 comments:

xoxoxoBruce said...

It's amazing he or anyone else can play that thing. I guess it's like recognizing piano keys to find the string you want but then you have to pluck it or stroke it or something to make the sounds you want.

Could be a hoax, an illusion by the pedophiles in Washington to make you think your kid is taking lessons with the money they actually spent addictive games.

Tim said...

Bruce: with practice, a harpist would be able to easily know where the string is and whether they need to strum, pluck, or whatever as they are reading the music. Once the music is memorized, you get performances like this.

It is like any instrument. I played trombone from 4th grade through university and could find the positions fairly easily.

Same concept; mainly muscle memory.

Still, it is impressive to watch a great player play.

Anonymous said...

I just want to slice a big block of orange Govt Cheese by pushing it through one of those things.