The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #97106   Message #1906696
Posted By: KateG
11-Dec-06 - 04:06 PM
Thread Name: Andy Irvine's Harp
Subject: RE: Andy Irvine's Harp
Oh, you mean harmonica....

When my husband took up the harmonica, it drove me nuts when he referred to it as a "harp," since to me that's a large triangular instrument with lots of strings. Fortunately he switched to the mandolin, so the problem evaporated.

In a blues/jazz setting calling a harmonica a harp is standard and fairly unambiguous. But in a folk/trad setting it can lead to confusion.