Angular harp

rdf:langString Angular harp

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rdf:langString right

rdf:langString Possible trigonon harp

rdf:langString Assyrian horizontal harp

rdf:langString Assyrian vertical harp

rdf:langString Illustration of harp player

rdf:langString Japanese sketch of angular harp, 19th century

rdf:langString Konghou angular harp, shown on painted silk

rdf:langString Konghou harp, from the Northern Wei Dynasty era

rdf:langString Moore playing angular harp

rdf:langString Phoenix-headed konghou , Tang dynasty .

rdf:langString Vertical harp, Esnunna, 2nd millennium B.C.

rdf:langString assyrian horizontal harpist

rdf:langString Cyclades sculpture showing early image of frame harp

rdf:langString Open angular-harp. A muse with a harp. Text following image: "The trigonon consisted originally of an angular frame..."

rdf:langString Open angular-harp. Image with open-harp considered possible trigonon in the Grove New Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments.

rdf:langString Vertical angular harp, Esnunna, 2000-1500 B.C. Stamped terracotta from Isin Larsa, Iraq

rdf:langString Assyrian horizontal angular harp, 2000-1500 B.C. Stamped terracotta from Esnunna

rdf:langString Assyrian vertical harp

rdf:langString Book of Games of Alfonso X el Sabio, Spain, .

rdf:langString Japanese sketch of angular harp, 19th century

rdf:langString Konghou harp, from the Northern Wei Dynasty era

rdf:langString Phoenix-headed konghou , Tang dynasty .

rdf:langString Assyrian horizontal harp with beater rod. In other images the rod is used as a pick.

rdf:langString Cyclades sculpture showing early image of frame harp, circa 2800-2700 B.C.

rdf:langString Persian harp, circa 8th century A.D. Found near moder Perm, Russia.

rdf:langString Konghou from silk painting by Qiu Ying , "Spring Morning in the Han Palace"

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rdf:langString Central Asia, China

rdf:langString Early images, Ancient east and Cyclades

rdf:langString Greek angular harps

rdf:langString Variations of the angular harp

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rdf:langString Peleus Painter ARV 1039 13 Musaios with Melousa and Terpsichore - woman between two youths .jpg

rdf:langString Greek open angular harp.jpg

rdf:langString Assyrian Harp 001.jpg

rdf:langString Assyrian Harp 002.jpg

rdf:langString Konghou, Northern Wei Dynasty era.jpg

rdf:langString Kugo .jpg

rdf:langString Marble seated harp player MET gr47.100.1.AV1.jpg

rdf:langString Persian harp, circa 8th century A.D.jpg

rdf:langString Relief harpist Louvre AO12454.jpg

rdf:langString Konghou from silk painting by Qiu Ying, "Spring Morning in the Han Palace".jpg

rdf:langString FOL-0022R Book of Games of Alfonso X el Sabio Persian harp.jpg

rdf:langString Mesopotamia, placca con musicista, dataz. incerta.jpg

rdf:langString 鳳首箜篌2.jpg

rdf:langString Angular harp is a category of musical instruments in the Hornbostel-Sachs system of musical instrument classification. It describes a harp in which "the neck makes a sharp angle with the resonator," the two arms forming an "open" harp. The harp stands in contrast to the arched harp or bow harp in which the angle is much less sharp and in which the neck curves away from the resonator (and can curve back above it in some harps). It also stands in contrast to the frame harp which is a "closed harp" and in which there is no opening between the resonator and the upper tip of the harp, but has a third side forming a triangle. The first angular harps appeared in Mesopotamia around 1900 B.C. and spread throughout the ancient East. They existed almost unchanged until the 17th century as the standard type of harp in Asia. Both vertical and horizontal versions are known; the vertical or horizontal describes the direction to which the strings are oriented. In vertical harps, the harp is traditionally plucked with the fingers. With horizontally held harps, the strings are played by plucking or with a plectrum or pick in ancient representations.