Harps
Proper noun
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Harps (plural Harpses)
A surname.
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All forms of the lyre and kithara are also not harps, but belong to the fourth family of ancient instruments under the chordophones, the lyres.
Chromatic-strung harps Some harps, rather than using pedal or lever devices, achieve chromaticity by simply adding additional strings to cover the notes outside their diatonic home scale.
Early instruments included flutes and harps, while instruments similar to trumpets, oboes, and pipes developed later and became popular.
A number of types of harps are found in Africa, predominantly not of the three-sided frame-harp type found in Europe.
As European harps evolved to play more complex music, a key consideration was some way to facilitate the quick changing of a string's pitch to be able to play more chromatic notes.
By 1985, Lyon & Healy also made folk harps, also known as Irish harps, which are even smaller than the Troubadour.