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• Harp — A medieval harp (left) and a single action pedal harp (right) String instrument Hornbostel–Sachs classification 322 5 (Composite chordophone sounded by the bare fingers) …   Wikipedia

• Harp guitar — The harp guitar (or harp guitar ) is a stringed instrument with a history of well over two centuries. While there are several unrelated historical stringed instruments that have appropriated the name “harp guitar” over the centuries, the term… …   Wikipedia

• Harp and bowl — its name derived from [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%205:8 version=31 Revelation 5:8] is a type of worship. It is music that is integrated into prayer, the harp representing the music and the bowl being representative the …   Wikipedia

• harp´si|chord´ist — harp|si|chord «HAHRP suh krd», noun. a stringed musical instrument like a piano, used especially from about 1550 to 1750 and again played extensively at present. It has a weak and tinkling sound because the strings are plucked by leather or quill …   Useful english dictionary

• harp|si|chord — «HAHRP suh krd», noun. a stringed musical instrument like a piano, used especially from about 1550 to 1750 and again played extensively at present. It has a weak and tinkling sound because the strings are plucked by leather or quill points… …   Useful english dictionary

• harp — harplike, adj. /hahrp/, n. 1. a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers. 2. anything… …   Universalium

• harp seal — noun common Arctic seal; the young are all white • Syn: ↑Pagophilus groenlandicus • Hypernyms: ↑earless seal, ↑true seal, ↑hair seal • Member Holonyms: ↑Pagophilus, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• harp —    Occasionally used in American slang for an Irishman, the harp being emblematically associated with Ireland. At one time there were coins called ‘harps’, short for harp groat and harp shilling, which were in use in Ireland. They had the figure… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• Origin of the harp in Europe — The Nigg stone 790 799A.D carving of a Pictish harp in a 19th century illustration, minus the top section …   Wikipedia

• Electric harp — Like electric guitars, electric harps are based on their acoustic originals, and there are both solid body and electro acoustic models available. A solid body electric harp has no hollow soundbox, and thus makes very little noise when not… …   Wikipedia