Autoharp

Autoharp is a synthesizer app that will allow the user to play chords on an autoharp synth.

iOS Link

Android Link

Features and Interface

Authoharp is somewhat limited in that it is specifically customized to sound like an autoharp. The instrument is played by the user swiping his or her finger across the strings on the screen. By doing so, one is effectively strumming the strings. Individual strings can be picked as well.

The chord being played has to be before the instrument is strummed. However, the app responds quickly and one can change chords relatively quickly.

Classroom Applications

The app offers a cheap substitute for popular but expensive autoharps commonly used in General Music classrooms. It also eliminates the need for the long and difficult process of tuning that goes along with using an actual autoharp.

Students themselves could swipe the strings relatively easily. It could be helpful in a lesson introducing students to the idea of playing chords as accompaniment in a piece of music.