Word Finder - harp

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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

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A harmonica.

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A grain sieve.

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(usually with on) To repeatedly mention a subject.

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Why do you harp on a single small mistake?

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To play on (a harp or similar instrument)

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To play (a tune) on the harp.

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To develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.

He took off its cloth covering, and the harp gave out a jarring sound.

She resolved to give up learning the harp and to play only the guitar.

Or play, it is the harp of tuneful sound.

A small harp of this kind having 20 strings was discovered at Thebes in 1823.

The collar is formed of alternate roses with red and white leaves, and gold harps linked by gold knots; the badge is suspended from a harp surmounted by an imperial jewelled crown.

There is no age limit for learning to play the harp or piano.

Find out more about veneer at Harp Gallery.

The nucleus of the township lies on high ground to the east of the Edgware road, which crosses the Welsh Harp reservoir of Regent's Canal, a favourite fishing and skating resort.

At a sufficient distance over the woods this sound acquires a certain vibratory hum, as if the pine needles in the horizon were the strings of a harp which it swept.

A shortage of ice could also affect hooded and harp seals which rely on the ice to rear pups.

The new authorization calls for the killing of 350,000 harp seals in two of the next three years, and 275,000 in the third.

The harp or clarsach brings its distinctive dream-like sound.

The young people, at the countess' instigation, gathered round the clavichord and harp.

Baby Harp Seal This baby harp seal will have a silky white coat for only the first three weeks of its life.

One night, having quitted a festive company because, from want of skill, he could not comply with the demand made of each guest in turn to sing to the harp, he sought his bed and fell asleep. He dreamed that there appeared to him a stranger, who addressed him by his name, and commanded him to sing of "the beginning of created things."

The music was very harmonious, and it immediately awakened the giant, who went in pursuit of the dwarf and recovered the harp.

Get into a spin on a human gyroscope, pluck a magical harp and be led astray by a runaway briefcase.

In High street could be heard singers, accompanied by a harp and violin, bawling out in vulgar strains snatches of indecent songs.

The newly awakened interest in the Irish harp in recent years has brought with it an ever-increasing awareness of the lack of playable material.

Joined by Tom on harp, who is signed to Big Square Records, they build a fresh new sound.

As Essara watched the daily hustle and bustle unfold he idly plucked his harp.

This means more animals are being killed than would be considered prudent under a truly precautionary approach to harp seal management.

Late spring Greenland storms Drown thousands of harp seal pups, Nothing on TV.

We make gut and wire strings for the harp, and gut strings for tennis, badminton and squash racquets.

Its highly distinctive sound is based on an instrumental combination of harp, cuatro (a small, four stringed guitar) and maracas.

Azure a harp of stringed argent being our Royal and Imperial Arms.

This achieved nothing than to create a twanging, thrumming sound like the longest string of a harp.

The lyre and harp soundtrack was replaced with wailing heavy metal guitars.

Stringed instruments include orchestra instruments like the violin, cello, viola, and string bass, as well as the banjo, harp, and mandolin.

Popular Irish designs included on St. Patrick's Day sweaters consist of things like shamrocks, leprechauns, a harp or Celtic cross or phrases like, Luck of the Irish.

When they bump into each other, they swim in a circle and make sounds like plucking a harp's strings.

One of the most famous pieces, "Prologue", is the harp music rising and falling at the games' opening sequences.

While those whose existing mortgages aren't from Chase can still refinance with a mortgage from Chase, the HARP program is simply a shortcut to doing so, since all of your information is already in the system.

The animated angel plays haunting renditions of Christmas classics on her harp.

While diners enjoy the intimate lounge, they will find their mood soothed by live piano and harp music.

Christian yoga instructors say this album is great for a yoga session and that Briggs' harp playing is heavenly.

The music features violins, guitars, bass and often trumpets or a harp.

They Pedi began performing this music after Lutheran missionaries introduced them to the harp.

This theme vanished after the earlier episodes, and it was left for the Doctor to continually harp on Spock's Vulcanity as the series progressed - everyone else, apparently, had Gotten Over It.

The chief musical instrument was the harp (hearpe), which is often mentioned.

After a few songs with harp accompaniment, the wedding party dispersed, and the bride and bridegroom quietly proceeded to their new home.

The first (Très lent) opens with a flute and clarinet theme answered by the strings followed by harp arpeggios.

The three most important Scottish instruments are the harp, bagpipe, and fiddle.

They play harp, flute, cittern, guitar, whistles and sing in close harmony with male and female voices.

Britten had in fact always been intending to write a harp concerto, so had been studying the instrument.

Featuring concertos including sonatas for two pianos, concertos for clarinet, flute and harp.

She teaches the clarsach and pedal harp in schools and privately and has recently formed a flute and harp duo with flutist Emma Wilkin.

At the end, the oboe motive returns, to be dismissed by a final harp glissando.

As one delicately plucks the strings of her Celtic harp, the other performs a captivating show with her crystal balls.

After she had played a little air with variations on the harp, she joined the other young ladies in begging Natasha and Nicholas, who were noted for their musical talent, to sing something.