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Posted: Sep. 15 2009, 17:49
I've always loved the intro to Pt. 4 -- very mediaeval in sound. I've always assumed it to be a harp, but the album notes don't specifically mention one.

If it is a harp, I assume it's covered under the strings conducted by David Bedford?

Or is it actually a guitar (classical/acoustic) that sounds vaguely harp-like?

The Exposed video just has MO playing a version of the melody on electric guitar, so that's no help.
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Posted: Sep. 16 2009, 03:57
It's a celtic harp played by Mike.Same as the one he used at the start of Ommadawn part1.If you have the gatefold version of FMO you can see it in the picture of Mike in the studio on (from memory)the right hand side.

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