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The Jew's harp, also known as jaw harp, juice harp, or mouth harp, [nb 1] is a lamellophone instrument, consisting of a flexible metal or bamboo tongue or reed attached to a frame. Despite the colloquial name, the Jew's harp most likely originated in Siberia , specifically in or around the Altai Mountains , and is of Turkic origin.
Kouxian (Chinese: 口弦; pinyin: kǒuxián; lit. 'mouth string') is a general Chinese term for any variety of jaw harp. The jaw harp is a plucked idiophone in which the lamella is mounted in a small frame, and the player's open mouth serves as a resonance chamber. Chinese jaw harps may comprise multiple idiophones that are lashed together at ...
Chongnong (จ้องหน่อง) jaw harp. Khaen - mouth organ used in the Isan region Khaen hok (แคนหก, hok meaning "six") - small khaen with 12 pipes in two rows of 6; usually used by children or beginners, or sold to tourists
The angkuoch (Khmer: អង្គួច) is a Cambodian jaw harp (sometimes known as mouth harp or Jew's harp). [1] It is a folk instrument made of bamboo or iron. Two examples of an angkuoch made from bamboo. The bamboo version is carved into a long, flat shape with a hole in the center and a tongue of bamboo across the hole. [2]
Jew's harp music is Library of Congress Subject Heading M175.J4. [2] ... Makigami Koichi: Electric Eel (1998), "newly invented versions of the jaw harp" [34]
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The wooden jaw harp or shangqobyz (Kazakh: ағаш шаңқобыз; Kyrgyz: жыгач ооз комуз, pronounced [dʒɯʁɑ́tʃ oːz qomúz]) is a type of jaw harp made out of wood, common in the folk music of Turkic peoples in Central Asia.
The gogona is a jaw harp, a vibrating reed instrument that is used primarily in the traditional Bihu music in Assam, India. [1] It is made of a piece of bamboo/horn that has a bifurcation on one end. The solid end is gripped with the teeth and the free ends are then struck repeatedly with the fingers to emit the distinctive sound of the gogona. [2]