To dwell on or recur to a subject tediously or monotonously in speaking or in writing; to refer to something repeatedly or continually; usually with on or upon
A member of the string instrument family, the sub-category of unbowed strings It has the following stages of sound production: energy source: muscle vibrating element: the strings resonating chamber: the instrument's body
A harp is a large musical instrument consisting of a row of strings stretched from the top to the bottom of a frame. You play the harp by plucking the strings with your fingers. harp on about to talk about something continuously, especially in a way that is annoying or boring. Plucked stringed instrument in which the resonator, or belly, is perpendicular to the plane of the strings. Harps are roughly triangular. In early harps and many folk harps, the strings are strung between the resonating "body" and the "neck." Early harps and many folk harps lack the forepillar or column forming the third side of the triangle that characterizes frame harps; the column permits high string tension and higher-pitched tuning. Small, primitive harps date back to at least 3000 BC in the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East. In Europe they became particularly important in Celtic societies. The large modern orchestral harp emerged in the 18th century. It has 47 strings and a range of almost seven octaves. It plays the entire chromatic (12-note) scale by means of seven pedals, each of which can alter the pitch of a note (in all octaves) by two semitones through tightening or relaxing the strings by turning a forklike projection against it; it is thus known as the double-action harp. Its massive resonator permits considerable volume of tone. See also Aeolian harp
The harp's strings are plucked, and its pitches are changed by means of pedals Its ethereal tone is easily recognizable The harp frequently plays broken chords called arpeggios
a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things"
A large upright roughly triangular musical instrument consisting of a frame housing a graduated series of vertical strings, played by plucking with the fingers
A large, plucked stringed instrument that predates the piano The strings are plucked mechanically, distinguishing it from the piano in which they are struck with hammers