How it feels when playing a harp?

Answer 1

like your playing a guitar with a light weight on your right shoulder( and none on your lap)

Another answer:Intellectually, it's similar to playing a piano, but it's physically quite different.

The technique of playing the harp is more three-dimensional than most instruments.

Since you don't have your hands on the strings all the time, you have to rely on your internal sense of body position and movement (which is called kinesthesia) to move your hands through space and have them land at exactly the right spot at the right time. You can't be timid about it, either; if you've got strings vibrating, you have to put your fingers on them firmly and very quickly to avoid making a buzzing sound. On a piano, it is possible to simply "tell" your fingers where they need to go; on the harp, you have to plan your fingering much more carefully. Once you've got the movements committed to muscle memory, though, you can focus on the music and let your hands do the playing.