Learn Greensleeves on the Glass Harp

Musical glasses, as Benjamin Franklin heard them. Press and circle a rim to make a glass sing — faster circles sing louder, several fingers make chords. More water, lower note.

Tap for a ting · circle for a song · lift to let it ringHold keys like a piano: Z S X … Q 2 W …Swipe the empty top of the table to reach every glass.

Pick a song to practise, or just make the glasses sing.

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Songs

Settings

100 BPM
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Space listen or stop · Esc stop

How to play Greensleeves on the glass harp

A haunting minor-key air in a rocking 6/8 lilt. English folk air, 16th century.

Key
A minor
Time
6/8
Tempo
90 BPM
Notes
39
Level
Medium
  1. Listen. Press Listen above to hear it at 90 BPM. You can slow it down in Settings.
  2. Play along. Press Play along and the glass to circle lights up. Play it and the next one lights. A wrong note is named, so you know what to change.
  3. Play it from the notes. Once it feels familiar, play it from the sheet below without the lights.

Press and circle a rim to make it sing. A quick tap only gives a ting, and circling faster makes it louder.

The notes

Written as the note names. A dot (·) is a rest.

  1. A4laC5doD5reE5miF5faE5miD5reB4tiG4solA4laB4tiC5doA4laA4la
  2. G♯4siA4laB4tiG♯4siE4mi· A4laC5doD5reE5miF5faE5miD5reB4tiG4sol
  3. A4laB4tiC5doB4tiA4laG♯4siA4laB4tiG♯4siE4mi· A4la