Learn Londonderry Air (Danny Boy) 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.
—last glass
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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How to play Londonderry Air (Danny Boy) on the glass harp
A soaring Irish air with wide, expressive leaps — the showpiece. Irish air, traditional.
- Key
- F major
- Time
- 4/4
- Tempo
- 66 BPM
- Notes
- 44
- Level
- Hard
- Listen. Press Listen above to hear it at 66 BPM. You can slow it down in Settings.
- 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.
- 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.
- E4tiF4doG4reA4miG4reA4miD5laC5soA4miG4reF4doD4laF4doA4miA♯4faC5soD5laC5soA4miF4doA4miG4re·
- E4tiF4doG4reA4miG4reA4miD5laC5soA4miG4reF4doD4laE4tiF4doG4reA4miA♯4faA4miG4reF4doG4reF4do