harpist
Orchestral string player
A harpist is a person who plays the harp.
The term applies to performers across genres—from orchestral musicians to folk players to those accompanying vocalists: The harpist's fingers moved gracefully across the strings.
She trained as a classical harpist at Juilliard.
Removing by tugging
- fingerpickingPlucking strings by hand
- glissandoRapid pitch sweep
- arpeggioSuccessive chord tones
- harmonicsFrequencies above the fundamental
pedaling · lever · damping · tuning · fingernails · cartilage · placement · octaves
Thin flexible lines
- soundboardTone-amplifying wooden surface
- columnVertical structural element
- pedalsFoot-operated levers
- leversForce-multiplying pivot bars
gut · nylon · wire · double-action · resonance · pitch · acoustic
Divinely pleasant or blissful
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- celestialOf the sky above
- seraphicAngelically pure and beautiful
- divineOf or from gods
cherubic · sublime · transcendent · sacred · spiritual · beatific · radiant · devotional
Player of stringed instrument
- lyreSmall plucked string instrument
- psalteryPlucked medieval string instrument
- zitherFlat stringed instrument, played horizontally
- dulcimerStringed percussion instrument
koto · troubadour · minstrel · bard · accompanist · soloist · session player · sideman
Extended composition for orchestra
- philharmonicLarge orchestra organization
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
- concertoSolo-and-orchestra composition
- conductorOne who directs musicians
score · principal · section · pit orchestra · opera · ballet · glissando · cadenza
Of ancient Greece/Rome
- CelticOf Irish-Welsh descent
- folkRegular common people
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- liturgicalOf public worship rites
medieval · Renaissance · baroque · impressionist · contemporary · Debussy · Ravel · arrangement
plucking
Removing by tugging
- fingerpickingPlucking strings by hand
- glissandoRapid pitch sweep
- arpeggioSuccessive chord tones
harmonics · pedaling · lever · damping · tuning · fingernails · cartilage · placement · octaves · chords
strings
Thin flexible lines
- soundboardTone-amplifying wooden surface
- columnVertical structural element
- pedalsFoot-operated levers
levers · gut · nylon · wire · double-action · resonance · pitch · acoustic
heavenly
Divinely pleasant or blissful
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- celestialOf the sky above
- seraphicAngelically pure and beautiful
divine · cherubic · sublime · transcendent · sacred · spiritual · beatific · radiant · devotional · blessing
lyrist
Player of stringed instrument
- lyreSmall plucked string instrument
- psalteryPlucked medieval string instrument
- zitherFlat stringed instrument, played horizontally
dulcimer · koto · troubadour · minstrel · bard · accompanist · soloist · session player · sideman · busker
symphony
Extended composition for orchestra
- philharmonicLarge orchestra organization
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
- concertoSolo-and-orchestra composition
conductor · score · principal · section · pit orchestra · opera · ballet · glissando · cadenza · tutti
classical
Of ancient Greece/Rome
liturgical · medieval · Renaissance · baroque · impressionist · contemporary · Debussy · Ravel · arrangement · transcription
- Street Performersbusker, street performer, street singer, street dancer, juggler
- Court Entertainmentjesters, jester, court jester, court fool, fools
- entertainmentmovie, movies, films, band, television
- classical musicBach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms
- music jobsmusician, singer, composer, songwriter, producer
- musicianspianist, guitarist, electric guitarist, bassist, vocalist
- harping onObsessively revisiting one topic