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The distinctive feature of the harp family, which sets harps apart from all other instruments, is the fact that the strings run perpendicular to (away from) the soundboard, rather than parallel to the soundboard.

Another unusual feature of harps is that the strings are tuned to a diatonic scale, and various mechanisms are used to change the length of the strings so that all the notes of the chromatic scale can be played.

Unlike most string instruments, harps have no frets or fingerboard.

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