hook harp

Japanese: hook harp(英語表記)hookharp
hook harp

… In Europe, harps are roughly divided into diatonic harps (diatonic harps) and chromatic harps (including the historical harps mentioned above), but after the 17th century, improvements were made to the former to allow semitone changes. The first example of this was the 17th century hook harp. This had a mechanism for producing semitone higher notes by hooking the strings with the fingers on small metal hooks attached to the arms. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "hook harp" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… ヨーロッパにおけるハープは,大略ディアトニック・ハープ(全音階的ハープ)と,前述した歴史的ハープを含めてクロマティック・ハープ(半音階的ハープ)に分けられるが,17世紀以後には,前者に,半音の変化が得られる改良が始められた。その最初の例が,17世紀のフック・ハープhook harpである。これは,腕木に取り付けられた金属製の小さいフック(鉤)に指で弦を引っ掛けることにより,半音高い音が得られるしくみをもっていた。…

※「hook harp」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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