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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.

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  • 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. (en)
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  • Possible trigonon harp (en)
  • Assyrian horizontal harp (en)
  • Assyrian vertical harp (en)
  • Illustration of harp player (en)
  • Japanese sketch of angular harp, 19th century (en)
  • Konghou angular harp, shown on painted silk (en)
  • Konghou harp, from the Northern Wei Dynasty era (en)
  • Moore playing angular harp (en)
  • Phoenix-headed konghou , Tang dynasty . (en)
  • Vertical harp, Esnunna, 2nd millennium B.C. (en)
  • assyrian horizontal harpist (en)
  • Cyclades sculpture showing early image of frame harp (en)
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  • Open angular-harp. A muse with a harp. Text following image: "The trigonon consisted originally of an angular frame..." (en)
  • Open angular-harp. Image with open-harp considered possible trigonon in the Grove New Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments. (en)
  • Vertical angular harp, Esnunna, 2000-1500 B.C. Stamped terracotta from Isin Larsa, Iraq (en)
  • Assyrian horizontal angular harp, 2000-1500 B.C. Stamped terracotta from Esnunna (en)
  • Assyrian vertical harp (en)
  • Book of Games of Alfonso X el Sabio, Spain, . (en)
  • Japanese sketch of angular harp, 19th century (en)
  • Konghou harp, from the Northern Wei Dynasty era (en)
  • Phoenix-headed konghou , Tang dynasty . (en)
  • Assyrian horizontal harp with beater rod. In other images the rod is used as a pick. (en)
  • Cyclades sculpture showing early image of frame harp, circa 2800-2700 B.C. (en)
  • Persian harp, circa 8th century A.D. Found near moder Perm, Russia. (en)
  • Konghou from silk painting by Qiu Ying , "Spring Morning in the Han Palace" (en)
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  • Central Asia, China (en)
  • Early images, Ancient east and Cyclades (en)
  • Greek angular harps (en)
  • Variations of the angular harp (en)
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  • Peleus Painter ARV 1039 13 Musaios with Melousa and Terpsichore - woman between two youths .jpg (en)
  • Greek open angular harp.jpg (en)
  • Assyrian Harp 001.jpg (en)
  • Assyrian Harp 002.jpg (en)
  • Konghou, Northern Wei Dynasty era.jpg (en)
  • Kugo .jpg (en)
  • Marble seated harp player MET gr47.100.1.AV1.jpg (en)
  • Persian harp, circa 8th century A.D.jpg (en)
  • Relief harpist Louvre AO12454.jpg (en)
  • Konghou from silk painting by Qiu Ying, "Spring Morning in the Han Palace".jpg (en)
  • FOL-0022R Book of Games of Alfonso X el Sabio Persian harp.jpg (en)
  • Mesopotamia, placca con musicista, dataz. incerta.jpg (en)
  • 鳳首箜篌2.jpg (en)
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  • 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. (en)
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  • Angular harp (en)
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