autoharp
- noun
- /ˈɔːtoʊhɑːrp/
- The children enjoyed making music together with the autoharp during their music class.
Examples
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Likewise, piano, guitar, accordion, and even autoharp require an individual's commitment of practice time to become proficient and fluent, even for simple selections.
Academic text (1998) -
Vocal independence is gained by singing a cappella or with recorder, guitar, dulcimer, or Autoharp accompaniment.
Academic text (1994) -
Students accompanied themselves while singing; reading the letters indicated on the bars of the Autoharp was not a problem.
Academic text (1996) -
I'll do Man of Constant Sorrow then with the autoharp.
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The autoharp and guitar were popular strumming instruments, especially among adults and teenage girls.
Academic text (1996) -
Ronnie plays a Gibson guitar similar to Maybelle's, and he also plays autoharp and sings beautifully.
Blog text (6) -
For example, make a chart on which students can mark their progress as they are able to play increasingly challenging accompaniments on the autoharp, baritone ukulele, or guitar.
Academic text (1999) -
Play some I-IV-V7 chord progressions on the Autoharp or Omnichord in keys the students already know on their ukuleles.
Academic text (1992) -
Although it does not have the deep resonance and overall popularity of the guitar, nor the ease of playing of the Autoharp and Omnichord, the ukulele does have a number of attributes that make it an ideal instrument for the general music class.
Academic text (1992) -
The teacher then sets up a simple accompaniment, either with the piano, autoharp, bass xylophone, guitar, or other accompaniment instrument, and allows each student in the class to improvise his or her variation.
Academic text (2001)
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Autoharp joins auto- meaning 'self' and harp, the string instrument. So an autoharp is a harp that helps you make chords by itself; when you press a button, the correct strings sound, making chords easy to play.