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Autoharp
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Au·to·harp  (ôt-härp)
A trademark used for a musical instrument similar to a zither.
Autoharp [ˈɔːtəʊˌhɑːp]
n
(Music / Instruments)™ a zither-like musical instrument used in country-and-western music, equipped with button-controlled dampers that can prevent selected strings from sounding, thus allowing chords to be played. It is plucked with the fingers or a plectrum


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Although an array of plastic instruments can be found in toy stores, traditional folk instruments such as autoharps, ukeleles or small guitars, wooden flutes or recorders, dulcimers, and kalimbas (Thumb pianos) are just as easy to learn to play, and often much more rewarding.
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