Definitions
Etymologies
- auto- + harp (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The autoharp is the defining instrument here, and its slightly tinny tone creates an atmosphere that's not of this world.”
“Citing a song on her 1995 album "To Bring You My Love," she said, "'Down by the Water' on autoharp sounds like an ancient folk song.”
“She chose an autoharp as the focal point for several songs.”
“She eschews the growl and guitar that defined her previous decade, accompanying herself instead on piano and autoharp, and delivering her lines in a nerve-rattling high keen.”
“I play autoharp, so guitar tabs work just fine if I know the melody already ...”
“But folk legend Judy Collins said goodbye to eight guitars and one autoharp in style Thursday with a private performance at Christie's.”
The Wall Street Journal: Folk Legend Takes to the Auction Stage
“PJ's preferred instruments come and go – the autoharp is only the latest – but always conjure up a taut, ascetic soundscape from which her strikingly true tones rise.”
“This time around she trades the piano for the autoharp, but the lyrics are as gloriously dark and oblique as ever.”
The Huffington Post: Shawn Amos: PLAY > SKIP: This Week's New Music
“This first song, "Om Tare," by the Hindu-leaning artist Angelika, is a rather enchanting vocal performance resting atop an autoharp, very light piano and the drone tamboura.”
The Huffington Post: Ravenna Michalsen: Listening To Matra Music
“A bandura (in case you wanted to know) looks like the graceful child of a lap harp and a lute and sounds a little like a dulcimer and a little like an autoharp, only a lot less tinny.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘autoharp’.
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Things I never find at rummage sales ...
(No matter how hard I try.)
theodolite, astrolabe, zither, autoharp, Latvian-English D..., equestrian helmet, early works by Ja..., The Century Dicti..., nuclear reactor, stuffed bilby, trichobezoar, Keith Floyd DVD's and 15 more...
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Zing Went the Strings
lute, guitar, mandolin, violin, banjo, balalaika, sitar, pipa, autoharp, zither, kantele, guqin and 329 more...
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trademark
all of these are from 7 English
dictionaries and Macquarie dictionary
I havent listed capitalized ones yet
but Viagra would be one and common
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Names of musical instruments
ney, dulcimer, clavicembelo, charango, bandurria, rebab, recorder, flute, guitar, autoharp, accordion, euphonium and 11 more...
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