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Autoharp
A string instrument having a series of chord bars attached to dampers (muting bars) which mute all the strings other than those that form the desired chord.
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A string instrument having a series of chord bars attached to dampers (muting bars) which mute all the strings other than those that form the desired chord.
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| Word | Definition |
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| harpnoun | (music) A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body |
| harp guitarnoun | (music) Any of several designs of guitars with at least one unstopped string that can be plucked, like that of a harp. |
| harpenoun | (Ancient Greece) A type of curved weapon or implement, variously described as a sickle, a pruning hook, or a curved sword like a scimitar. In later depictions it became a combination of a straight sword on one side and a curved blade on the other. |
| harpstringnoun | The string of a harp. |
| electric harpnoun | (music) A type of harp with a solid body and electric pickups on each string, in order to amplify the instrument's sound. |
| harmonicanoun | A musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note. |
| harp-guitarnoun | Alternative form of harp guitar. [(music) Any of several designs of guitars with at least one unstopped string that can be plucked, like that of a harp.] |
| harpsichordnoun | (music) A musical instrument with a keyboard that produces sound through a mechanical process. When the performer presses a key, a corresponding plectrum plucks a tuned string. The harpsichord originated in late medieval Europe and is one of the most important instruments used to perform Baroque music. |
| harpguitarnoun | Alternative spelling of harp guitar. [(music) Any of several designs of guitars with at least one unstopped string that can be plucked, like that of a harp.] |
| harmoniumnoun | (music) A small keyboard instrument that consists of a series of reed pipes, which sound when one of the keys is pressed to open a valve that allows air to pass through. |
| arched harpnoun | A type of harp where the string carrier and resonator are physically united, with strings at right angles to the sound table, no pillar and a neck that curves away from the resonator. |
| harp holdernoun | A framework that fits around the neck and holds a harmonica up to the mouth so that it can be played while leaving the wearer's hands free, usually in order to play another instrument. |
| open harpnoun | Synonym of angle harp. |
| jew's harpnoun | A musical instrument consisting of a flexible metal or bamboo “tongue” attached to a frame. This tongue is placed in the performer's mouth and plucked with the finger to produce a note of constant pitch. Melodies can be created by changing the shape of the mouth and causing different overtones. |
| bow harpnoun | Synonym of arched harp. |
| mouth harpnoun | Synonym of Jew's harp. |
| harmoniphonenoun | A free-reed musical instrument played with a keyboard, in which the sounds are produced by reeds set in a tube, and vibrating under pressure from the breath; a precursor of the modern melodica. |
| angular harpnoun | Synonym of angle harp. |
| angle harpnoun | A type of harp where the neck runs at an angle over the resonator. |
| harmonicnoun | (physics) A component frequency of the signal of a wave that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency. |
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