harp

Definition of harp in English English dictionary: An occupational surname for a player of the harp; (usually with on) To repeatedly mention a subject
Why do you harp on about a single small mistake?.; A harmonica; A musical instrument consisting of an upright frame strung with strings that are stroked or plucked with the fingers; {n} a musical instrument, a constellation; The harp is the emblem of Ireland Its origin as the badge of Erin is obscure, but probably alludes to the instrument of Brian Boroimhe; {v} to play on the harp, to dwell upon; An English surname; A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers; Historic and Archeological Resources Plan; 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; To repeatedly mention a subject; come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things"; play the harp; "She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully"; 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 grain sieve; A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre; a shortening of "French harp," or harmonica; 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; To play on the harp; To play on, as a harp; to play (a tune) on the harp; to develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon; {i} large stringed instrument with an upright triangular frame which is played by plucking the strings with the fingers; {f} play on a harp; dwell tediously on a subject; a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade; The metal frame that holds the shade over the base of the lamp; play the harp; "She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully; The harp is an ancient instrument It is a chordophone, usually triangular in shape having anywhere from 1 to 47 strings The strings are knotted perpendicular to the soundboard It is played by strumming or plucking; a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole; An abbreviation for "hot rolled annealed and pickled "
harp closure: harp shackle
harp closures: plural form of harp closure
harp seal: A species (Phoca groenlandica) of true seal (or earless seal) found in the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and adjacent parts of the Arctic Ocean
harp seals: plural form of harp seal
harp shackle: a shackle shaped so that the opening is smaller than the circumference of the loop
harp on: If you say that someone harps on a subject, or harps on about it, you mean that they keep on talking about it in a way that other people find annoying. Jones harps on this theme more than on any other She concentrated on the good parts of her trip instead of harping on about the bad
harp on the same string: dwell tediously on the same subject, repeat oneself
harp on the same subject: dwell tediously on the same issue, repeat oneself
harp seal: common arctic seal; the young are all white
harp seal: An earless seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans whose pups are hunted for their fine white fur. Migratory earless seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus, sometimes Phoca groenlandica) of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans. The adult male is light grayish or yellowish, with brown or black on the head and a similarly coloured U-shaped marking on the back and sides. The female is less clearly marked. Adults are about 6 ft (1.8 m) long and 400 lb (180 kg). Strong swimmers, harp seals feed on fish and crustaceans and spend much of the year at sea. They breed near Newfoundland, Can., and in the Greenland and White seas. Until two weeks old, the pups bear a fluffy white coat highly valued by the fur trade; public indignation over hunting methods (including clubbing) has led to increased regulation and supervision of sealing activities in the Newfoundland area
Harper: An occupational surname for a player of the harp
Jew's harp: 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
aeolian harp: An open box over which strings are stretched that sound when the wind passes over them
glass harp: An instrument made with wine glasses, tuned by putting different amounts of liquid into them. Sound is produced by rubbing one's fingers around the edge of the glasses
æolian harp: Alternative spelling of aeolian harp
harper: {n} one who harps, a player on a harp
jews-harp: {n} a very small musical instrument
Jew's harp: (Muzik) The Jew's harp, jaw harp, mouth harp, or Ozark harp, trump and juice harp, is thought to be one of the oldest musical instruments in the world; a musician apparently playing it can be seen in a Chinese drawing from the 4th century BC. Despite its common English name, and the sometimes used Jew's trump, it has no particular connection with the Jewish people or Judaism. This instrument is native to Asia and used in all tribes of Turkish people in Asia where it is variously referred to as a temir komuz, agiz komuzu or gubuz
Ozark harp: (Muzik) The Jew's harp, jaw harp, mouth harp, or Ozark harp, trump and juice harp, is thought to be one of the oldest musical instruments in the world; a musician apparently playing it can be seen in a Chinese drawing from the 4th century BC. Despite its common English name, and the sometimes used Jew's trump, it has no particular connection with the Jewish people or Judaism. This instrument is native to Asia and used in all tribes of Turkish people in Asia where it is variously referred to as a temir komuz, agiz komuzu or gubuz
jaw harp: (Muzik) The Jew's harp, jaw harp, mouth harp, or Ozark harp, trump and juice harp, is thought to be one of the oldest musical instruments in the world; a musician apparently playing it can be seen in a Chinese drawing from the 4th century BC. Despite its common English name, and the sometimes used Jew's trump, it has no particular connection with the Jewish people or Judaism. This instrument is native to Asia and used in all tribes of Turkish people in Asia where it is variously referred to as a temir komuz, agiz komuzu or gubuz
mouth harp: (Muzik) The Jew's harp, jaw harp, mouth harp, or Ozark harp, trump and juice harp, is thought to be one of the oldest musical instruments in the world; a musician apparently playing it can be seen in a Chinese drawing from the 4th century BC. Despite its common English name, and the sometimes used Jew's trump, it has no particular connection with the Jewish people or Judaism. This instrument is native to Asia and used in all tribes of Turkish people in Asia where it is variously referred to as a temir komuz, agiz komuzu or gubuz
trump and juice harp: (Muzik) The Jew's harp, jaw harp, mouth harp, or Ozark harp, trump and juice harp, is thought to be one of the oldest musical instruments in the world; a musician apparently playing it can be seen in a Chinese drawing from the 4th century BC. Despite its common English name, and the sometimes used Jew's trump, it has no particular connection with the Jewish people or Judaism. This instrument is native to Asia and used in all tribes of Turkish people in Asia where it is variously referred to as a temir komuz, agiz komuzu or gubuz
Aeolian harp: An instrument consisting of an open box over which are stretched strings that sound when the wind passes over them. Also called wind harp. Stringed instrument played by the wind (named for the wind god Aeolus). It is usually a long, narrow, shallow box with soundholes and 10 or 12 strings strung lengthwise between two bridges. The strings are of the same length but different thicknesses and are all tuned to the same pitch; the wind makes them vibrate in successively higher harmonics. The harp may be hung, or set horizontally under a window sash. The first known Aeolian harp was constructed 1650 by Athanasius Kircher (1601-1680)
Harper: Harper brothers Harper's Magazine Lee Harper
Jew's harp: musical instrument comprised of a metal frame which is held between the teeth and a metal tongue that makes a twanging sound when plucked
The Burmese Harp: popular Japanese film
aeolian harp: stringed box-shaped musical instrument sounding when wind passes through it, wind harp
aeolian harp: a harp having strings tuned in unison; they sound when wind passes over them
aeolian harp: A primitive musical instrument, named after Aeolus, legendary ruler of the winds It has strings of different thicknesses, all tuned to the same note and stretched across a box that create sounds when the wind blows through them
aeolian harp: {ee-oh'-lee-uhn} The aeolian harp is a shallow box zither about 1-1 5 m (3-5 ft) long, strung with multiple strings of the same length but of different thicknesses and tuned in unison The harp is suspended where the wind will set the strings in motion; the wind force and the different diameters of the strings cause the eddies of air immediately downwind to vary considerably, which in turn causes variations in tone Thus, the harp produces strange, ghostly sequences of harmonies, swelling and diminishing with the strength of the wind Named for AEOLUS, god of the winds, the aeolian harp originated in the 17th century and achieved its greatest popularity in the romantic era ROBERT A WARNER
aeolian harp: A harp played by wind passing through the strings It takes its name from Aeoleus, the Greek god of the wind
harped: past of harp
harper: A harpist
harper: {i} person that plays the harp
harper: A player on the harp; a minstrel
harper: A brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp, formerly current in Ireland
harper: someone who plays the harp
harping: Pertaining to the harp; as, harping symphonies
harping: present participle of harp
harpist: someone who plays the harp
harpist: A person who plays a harp
harpist: {i} one who plays the harp
harpist: A harpist is someone who plays the harp
harpist: A player on the harp; a harper
harps: plural of harp
jew's harp: a small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavity