harps

n. large stringed instrument with an upright triangular frame which is played by plucking the strings with the fingers

v. play on a harp; dwell tediously on a subject

The harp is a stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicular to the soundboard. All harps have a neck, resonator and strings. Some, known as frame harps, also have a forepillar; those lacking the forepillar are referred to as open harps. Harp strings can be made of nylon (sometimes wound around copper), gut (more commonly used than nylon), wire, or silk. A person who plays the harp is called a harpist or a harper. Typically, folk/Celtic musicians prefer the term "harper," whereas classical/pedal musicians prefer "harpist."
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A harp is a stringed musical instrument.Harp may also refer to:Clàrsach, a form of harp used in Ireland and Scotland from ancient timesBlues harp, a style of harmonica-playing in blues. Also refers to a diatonic harmonica itself.Jew's harp, an old instrument that is placed in the performer's mouth and pluckedHarp, a generic term for drums used in Rastafarian grounation ceremonies; these include the bass drum, funde, and kété
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The High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS) is a high-precision echelle spectrograph installed in 2002 on ESO's 3.6m telescope at La Silla Observatory, with first light achieved February 2003. It is a second-generation radial-velocity spectrograph, based on experience with the ELODIE and CORALIE instruments.
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Noun
1. 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
(hypernym) chordophone
(hyponym) aeolian harp, aeolian lyre, wind harp
2. a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade
(hypernym) support
3. 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
(synonym) harmonica, mouth organ, mouth harp
(hypernym) free-reed instrument
Verb
1. come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things"
(synonym) dwell
(hypernym) repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell
2. play the harp; "She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully"
(hypernym) play
(entail) pluck, tweak, pull off, pick off
(derivation) harmonica, mouth organ, mouth harp
(classification) music

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Playing the harp for oxen.
Wasting good things on people who cannot appreciate them. Talking deep theory to fools or speaking to an audience of inappropriate subjects. Casting pearls before swine.

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