harpejji

plural harpejjis

1. neologismentertainmentAn electrophonic string instrument.

   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.

   2023 August 16, Alex Daniel, “‘If Stevie Wonder wants to play it, pay attention!’: how a bizarre new instrument found unusual success”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2023

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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.”

   2015 March 30, Jon Bream, “Concert review: Stevie Wonder at Target Center: Just a wonderful performance”, in Star Tribune, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2024

   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,[…]

   2022 June 7, Danny Freedman, “What it takes to invent a new musical instrument”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2024