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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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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.
harpstringnounThe 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.
harmonicanounA musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note.
harp-guitarnounAlternative 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.
harpguitarnounAlternative 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 harpnounA 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 holdernounA 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 harpnounSynonym of angle harp.
jew's harpnounA 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 harpnounSynonym of arched harp.
mouth harpnounSynonym of Jew's harp.
harmoniphonenounA 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 harpnounSynonym of angle harp.
angle harpnounA 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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