Meaning of harpejji | Babel Free

Definitions

An electrophonic string instrument.

neologism

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“While playing the harpejji (a relatively new instrument that mashes up guitar and keyboard), he made a speech about equality and love⟳ and then sang Curtis Mayfield’s ”People Get⟳ Ready,“ segued into the instrumental lark “Tequila” and topped it off with a taste⟳ of Michael Jackson’s “The Way You Make⟳ Me Feel⟳.””

“The company has sold about 500 harpejjis since 2019, the same number⟳ sold in the previous 12 years combined — no doubt⟳ helped by ongoing exposure and public adoration from Wonder⟳, as well as musicians like⟳ Harry Connick Jr., who played a harpejji at last⟳ year’s lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree,[…]”

“This was a turning point⟳ for Meeks, who has built and sold harpejjis from a workshop in Maryland since 2007. Initially, sales were slow. But a decade’s worth of harpejji performances by Wonder⟳ – plus support⟳ from Jacob Collier, Harry Connick Jr and jazz producer Cory Henry – have⟳ changed that.”

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