harp
Tall plucked instrument
A harp is a stringed instrument with a triangular frame, played by plucking with the fingers.
The strings run at an angle from a curved neck to a soundboard.
Harps range from small folk instruments to the large concert pedal harp of orchestras.
To harp on something is to dwell on it tediously: She keeps harping on my mistakes.
Small plucked string instrument
Small plucked string instrument
elegy · lament · rhapsody · muse · pastoral · lyrical · imagery · stanza
Thin flexible lines
- pedalsFoot-operated levers
- soundboardTone-amplifying wooden surface
- pluckingRemoving by tugging
- glissandoRapid pitch sweep
arpeggio · resonance · tuning · luthier · chordophone · acoustic · octave · harmonics
Large instrumental ensemble
- symphonyExtended composition for orchestra
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
- concertoSolo-and-orchestra composition
- philharmonicLarge orchestra organization
soloist · chamber · accompaniment · recital · cadence · sonority · pizzicato · legato
lyre
Small plucked string instrument
lyre
Small plucked string instrument
verse · elegy · lament · rhapsody · muse · pastoral · lyrical · imagery · stanza · epic
strings
Thin flexible lines
- pedalsFoot-operated levers
- soundboardTone-amplifying wooden surface
- pluckingRemoving by tugging
glissando · arpeggio · resonance · tuning · luthier · chordophone · acoustic · octave · harmonics · sonorous
orchestra
Large instrumental ensemble
- symphonyExtended composition for orchestra
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
- concertoSolo-and-orchestra composition
philharmonic · soloist · chamber · accompaniment · recital · cadence · sonority · pizzicato · legato · dynamics
seraphic
Angelically pure and beautiful
- cherubimHebrew plural for certain angels
- heavenlyDivinely pleasant or blissful
- celestialOf the sky above
divine · ethereal · paradise · halo · blessed · sacred · holy · glory · beatific · radiant
nag
Pester repeatedly
persist · belabor · reiterate · complain · gripe · badger · pester · obsess · drone · hound
- musicmusic, song, songs, singing, singer
- classical musicBach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms
- IrelandDublin, Cork, Irish, leprechaun, Galway
- Irish cultureshamrock, shamrocks, leprechaun, leprechauns, Celtic cross
- orchestraorchestra, symphony orchestra, philharmonic, strings, string orchestra
- Heavenparadise, pearly gates, eternal life, kingdom of heaven, New Jerusalem
harpdrum
Struck percussion cylinder
bass drum · snare drum · percussion · drums · violin
harplet go
Cease holding something
drop it · move on · forget about it · let slide · overlook
- harp onRepeat tediously, incessantly
- harping onObsessively revisiting one topic
- harped onDiscussed to excess
- Harper Lee
- harp sealsSpotted northern pinnipeds
- Harpers FerryWest Virginia historic town
sharp, sharpen, sharpness, sharply, sharpener, harpoon, sharp-witted, harpy, harps