Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- A trademark used for a musical instrument similar to a zither.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A musical instrument of the zither class, having across the strings several bars provided with projecting dampers so arranged that when one of the bars is pressed down all strings are damped or rendered mute except those of some particular chord. By supplying such bars for a number of chords usually required in simple accompaniments, the instrument is made usable for convenient arpeggio effects with but little technical knowledge or skill on the part of the player.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A zitherlike musical instrument, provided with dampers which, when depressed, deaden some strings, leaving free others that form a chord.
Examples
“These are warmblooded, frequently up-tempo, bluesy alt-rock tracks propelled by curious devices: an omnipresent Autoharp; a sampling of Niney the Observer's reggae obscurity "Blood and Fire" on "Written on the Forehead".”
The Washington Post: Album review: PJ Harvey, "Let England Shake"
“NORRIS: You can hear more music from the "Masters of Old Time Country Autoharp" and see photos of them at NPR. org.”
“This collection called "Masters of Old Time Country Autoharp" clued a lot of people in to the fact that the autoharp could be more than a folk music joke or a gadget.”
“I rested and wrote for three months, intending that the proceeds of the book entitled "The Autobiography of an Autoharp" should start another home.”
“There I rested and wrote for three months, intending that the proceeds of the book entitled “The Autobiography of an Autoharp” should start another home.”
“Ms. Harvey's vocals rise out of a kind of bleary skiffle, with the strumming of Autoharp or distorted electric guitar above rudimentary drumbeats," the New York Times critic Jon Pareles wrote in a review in February.”
“She plucked at a gold-flaked banjo on "Rocky Top," and later broke out a glittery grand piano, a sparkly Autoharp and a bedazzled dulcimer - all of which matched the dress she wore during her first set, an azalea frock glistening in sequin dew.”
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post
“Jimmy Carter Says Yes," often on an Autoharp or an electric zither of his own design.”
“Rhiannon Giddens, Justin Robinson, and Dom Flemons trade lead vocals and swap instruments-banjo, jug, fiddle, bones, kazoo, Autoharp, sometimes guitar-and they've improved greatly as players since starting the band five years ago.”
“Darge paints and stitches and plays a variety of musical instruments, including the Autoharp, which will eventually make its way to Armenia.”
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