Meaning of "harp" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HARP

Old English hearpe; related to Old Norse harpa, Old High German harfa, Latin corbis basket, Russian korobit to warp.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF HARP

harp  [hɑːp]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HARP

Harp is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb harp in English.

WHAT DOES HARP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Harp

The harp is a multi-string musical instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicularly to the soundboard. Organologically, it is in the general category of chordophones and has its own sub category. All harps have a neck, resonator and strings. Some, known as frame harps, also have a pillar; those without the pillar are referred to as open harps. Depending on its size, which varies, a harp may be played while held in the lap or while it stands on a table, or on the floor. Harp strings may be made of nylon, gut, wire or silk. On smaller harps, like the folk harp, the core string material will typically be the same for all strings on a given harp. Larger instruments like the modern concert harp mix string materials to attain their extended ranges. A person who plays the harp is called a harpist or harper. Folk musicians often use the term "harper", whereas classical musicians use "harpist". Various types of harps are found in Africa, Europe, North and South America and in Asia. In antiquity, harps and the closely related lyres were very prominent in nearly all cultures.

Definition of harp in the English dictionary

The first definition of harp in the dictionary is a large triangular plucked stringed instrument consisting of a soundboard connected to an upright pillar by means of a curved crossbar from which the strings extend downwards. The strings are tuned diatonically and may be raised in pitch either one or two semitones by the use of pedals. Basic key: B major; range: nearly seven octaves. Other definition of harp is something resembling this, esp in shape. Harp is also to play the harp.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HARP

PRESENT

Present

I harp

you harp

he/she/it harps

we harp

you harp

they harp

Present continuous

I am harping

you are harping

he/she/it is harping

we are harping

you are harping

they are harping

Present perfect

I have harped

you have harped

he/she/it has harped

we have harped

you have harped

they have harped

Present perfect continuous

I have been harping

you have been harping

he/she/it has been harping

we have been harping

you have been harping

they have been harping

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I harped

you harped

he/she/it harped

we harped

you harped

they harped

Past continuous

I was harping

you were harping

he/she/it was harping

we were harping

you were harping

they were harping

Past perfect

I had harped

you had harped

he/she/it had harped

we had harped

you had harped

they had harped

Past perfect continuous

I had been harping

you had been harping

he/she/it had been harping

we had been harping

you had been harping

they had been harping

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will harp

you will harp

he/she/it will harp

we will harp

you will harp

they will harp

Future continuous

I will be harping

you will be harping

he/she/it will be harping

we will be harping

you will be harping

they will be harping

Future perfect

I will have harped

you will have harped

he/she/it will have harped

we will have harped

you will have harped

they will have harped

Future perfect continuous

I will have been harping

you will have been harping

he/she/it will have been harping

we will have been harping

you will have been harping

they will have been harping

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would harp

you would harp

he/she/it would harp

we would harp

you would harp

they would harp

Conditional continuous

I would be harping

you would be harping

he/she/it would be harping

we would be harping

you would be harping

they would be harping

Conditional perfect

I would have harp

you would have harp

he/she/it would have harp

we would have harp

you would have harp

they would have harp

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been harping

you would have been harping

he/she/it would have been harping

we would have been harping

you would have been harping

they would have been harping

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you harp
we let´s harp
you harp

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to harp

Past participle

harped

Present Participle

harping

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «HARP»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «harp» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of harp

dwell on · go on · labour · press · reiterate · repeat · rub in

TRANSLATION OF HARP

Find out the translation of harp to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of harp from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «harp» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 竖琴
• Translator English - Spanish: arpa
• English: harp
• Translator English - Hindi: वीणा
• Translator English - Arabic: قِيثار
• Translator English - Russian: арфа
• Translator English - Portuguese: harpa
• Translator English - Bengali: বীণা
• Translator English - French: harpe
• Translator English - Malay: Kecapi
• Translator English - German: Harfe
• Translator English - Japanese: ハープ
• Translator English - Korean: 하프
• Translator English - Javanese: Swarane
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đàn hạc
• Translator English - Tamil: வீணையை
• Translator English - Marathi: वीणा
• Translator English - Turkish: arp
• Translator English - Italian: arpa
• Translator English - Polish: harfa
• Translator English - Ukrainian: арфа
• Translator English - Romanian: harpă
• Translator English - Greek: άρπα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: harp
• Translator English - Swedish: harpa
• Translator English - Norwegian: harpe

10 QUOTES WITH «HARP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word harp.

1

Diogenes

Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.

2

John Goodman

Then I started checking out blues albums from the library and playing the harp along with them.

3

Taraji P. Henson

I don't harp on the negative because if you do, then there's no progression. There's no forward movement. You got to always look on the bright side of things, and we are in control. Like, you have control over the choices you make.

4

Zora Neale Hurston

I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands.

5

John McCormack

I live again the days and evenings of my long career. I dream at night of operas and concerts in which I have had my share of success. Now like the old Irish minstrel, I have hung up my harp because my songs are all sung.

6

Hattie McDaniel

I've played everything but a harp.

7

Bruce Nash

A lot of reality shows tend to harp on the negative. The person isn't pretty enough or can't sing well enough or maybe isn't even funny enough.

8

Joanna Newsom

I am producing sounds that people are not used to hearing from the harp.

9

Joanna Newsom

I started playing harp about fourteen years ago.

10

Joanna Newsom

I recorded harp first or singing first. I recorded it all together. Part of the reason is that I don't know how to play the songs without also singing. I forget how they progress. I don't think that any of them are verse, chorus, verse, and so on. They are not simple.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HARP»

Discover the use of harp in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to harp and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Little Slaves of the Harp: Italian Child Street ...

In The Little Slaves of the Harp John Zucchi tells the story of the thousands of Italian children who were indentured to padrone and then uprooted from their villages in central and southern Italy and taken to Paris, London, and New York to ...

John E. Zucchi, 1998

Harp of Burma:

The spiritual journey of a man from army corporal to Buddhist monk.

Michio Takeyama, 1966

Harp Music in the Nineteenth Century

Harp Music in the Nineteenth Century makes available a wealth of information on a vital period in the development of the harp and its music.

Hans Joachim Zingel, Mark Palkovic, 1992

The unstrung harp, or, Mr. Earbrass writes a novel

Originally published in 1953, this long out-of-print volume explores the nature of the literary life and its isolation, writer's block, boredom, and anguish, in the story of Mr. Earbrass, who, on November 18th of alternate years, begins ...

Edward Gorey, 1999

Mel Bay's Basic Harp for Beginners

Extensively illustrated, this book is for musicians of all levels, requiring only an interest in learning to play the harp. The material in the book can be applied to any type of harp (with or without pedals) and any type of music.

Laurie Riley, 1994

The Harp and the Eagle: Irish-American Volunteers and the ...

Analyzing letters and diaries written by soldiers and civilians; military, church, and diplomatic records; and community newspapers, Susannah Ural Bruce significantly expands the story of Irish-American Catholics in the Civil War, and ...

Susannah Ural Bruce, 2006

The Indispensable Harp: Historical Development, Modern ...

A musical instrument that has played a vital role in Latin American music cultures - the harp - is the subject of this work.

John Mendell Schechter, 1992

The Sacred Harp: A Tradition and Its Music

Passed down from early settlers in the backwoods of the Southern Uplands, this religious folk tradition hearkens back to a simpler age when Sundays were a time for the Lord and the “singings.” Illustrated with forty-one songs from the ...

Buell E. Cobb, Jr., 2004

The Makers of the Sacred Harp

This authoritative reference work investigates the roots of the Sacred Harp, the central collection of the deeply influential and long-lived southern tradition of shape-note singing.

David Warren Steel, Richard H. Hulan, 2010

The Crowned Harp: Policing Northern Ireland

A detailed analysis of policing in Northern Ireland, tracing the history of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) since its origination in 1922, and the complex problems it faces today.

Graham Ellison, Jim Smyth, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HARP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term harp is used in the context of the following news items.

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Teenager who drowned in Welsh Harp reservoir is named - News …

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The Tao of Improv Workshop: The Basics of Healing Harp - PR.com

With the Angel Harp Academy, the class is taught by Cymber Lily Quinn, Reiki master and holistic harpist. Her improvised healing CD, “Seasons of the Soul” won ... «PR.com, Jul 15»

Bar Exam: The Harp, a Unique Waterfront Bar - Urban Milwaukee

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Harp Concert: Music from the Harp - The Frederick News-Post …

Performed by Grace Cloutier, professional harpist and musician, during the Maryland Summer Harp Institute. Donations accepted to support the ... «Frederick News Post, Jul 15»

Sacred Harp Convention brings singers from across the country, world

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Sacred Harp Convention

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GLIERE & JONGEN: Harp Concertos; RODRIGO: Concierto de …

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