harp
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
Other meanings
Any instrument of the same musicological type.
A struck tuned percussion instrument of metal or wooden bars, especially as a function of a theatre organ.
Kinds of harp
- wind harp
Related words
- arched harp
- Celtic harp
- Harp
- harp closure
- harper
- Harper
- harp-guitar
- harp holder
- Harp Island
- harpist
- harpless
- harplike
Word history
From Old English "hearpe".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “harp” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.