Editing Autoharp (section)

==Notable performers==
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[[Kilby Snow]] (May 28, 1905 – March 29, 1980) was an American folk musician and virtuoso autoharpist, who won the title of ''Autoharp Champion of North Carolina'' at the age of 5.  He developed the "drag note" playing style, a technique that relied on his left-handedness to produce "slurred" notes; he has been enormously influential among autoharpists, and is regarded by many as the first modern autoharp player.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kilby Snow {{!}} Biography & History|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kilby-snow-mn0000092923|access-date=2020-10-11|website=AllMusic|language=en-us}}</ref>

[[Maybelle Carter]] of the original [[Carter Family]] brought the instrument to prominence in the late 1940s by using it as a lead instrument when performing with her daughters; the [[The Carter Sisters|Carter Sisters]].{{cn|date=July 2022}}

Maybelle Carter's granddaughter [[Carlene Carter]] frequently plays the autoharp onstage and on her recordings; her song "[[I Fell in Love (album)|Me and the Wildwood Rose]]", a tribute to her grandmother, makes prominent use of the autoharp.
[[File:Al Jardine playing John Sebastian's autoharp 1966.jpg|thumb|Al Jardine of the [[Beach Boys]] playing an autoharp owned by [[John Sebastian]] {{circa|1966}}]]
Several Lovin' Spoonful songs feature the autoharp playing of [[John Sebastian]], including "[[Do You Believe in Magic (song)|Do You Believe in Magic]]" and "[[You Didn't Have to Be So Nice]]". He also played in the 1979 [[Randy VanWarmer]] hit song "[[Just When I Needed You Most]]".<ref>Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of No. 1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), pages 228-9.</ref>

[[Bryan Bowers]] developed a complex finger-picking style of playing the autoharp (as opposed to the more common strumming technique) which he initially brought to bluegrass performances with [[The Dillards]] in the 1970s, and later to several of his own solo albums.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bryan Bowers {{!}} Biography & History|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bryan-bowers-mn0000626643/biography|access-date=2020-10-11|website=AllMusic|language=en-us}}</ref>

British singer songwriter [[Corinne Bailey Rae]] regularly plays the autoharp and composed the title track from her 2010 album ''[[The Sea (Corinne Bailey Rae album)|The Sea]]'' on the autoharp.<ref>Interview with Corrine Bailey Rae on BBC 6 Music about her Mercury nominated album "The Sea", Wednesday, 1 September 2010.</ref>

Norwegian avant-garde artist [[Sturle Dagsland]] frequently performs with an autoharp.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tmw.postimees.ee/3641737/indie-electro-cybercore-ja-psuhhedeelne-vibe-tmw |title= Indie electro, cybercore ja psühhedeelne vibe @ TMW |date= 3 April 2016 | language=et |publisher= www.postimees.ee|access-date=2016-09-01}}</ref>

Singer/songwriter [[Brittain Ashford]] of the band Prairie Empire is known for using autoharp in her music, including the 2008 release "There, but for You, go I". She also regularly performs on the autoharp as part of her role in [[Ghost Quartet]], a four-person song cycle composed by [[Dave Malloy]].

French singer/songwriter [[Pomme (singer)|Pomme]] performs with an autoharp for songs such as "les oiseaux" "On brulera" "Umbrella" and many more