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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 ...
Morsing (Jaw Harp) The morsing can be traced back over 1500 years. They banged on the fishbone and a musical sound was produced. Though its exact origin in the Indian subcontinent is not well documented, with most ancient accounts being derived from folk tales secondary source. It is found mainly in South India, Rajasthan and some parts of Assam.
A Hugh Tracey treble kalimba A Jew's harp. A lamellophone (also lamellaphone or linguaphone) is a member of the family of musical instruments that makes its sound by a thin vibrating plate called a lamella or tongue, which is fixed at one end and has the other end free. When the musician depresses the free end of a plate with a finger or ...
The temir komuz (sometimes temir qomuz meaning 'iron komuz/qomuz', ooz komuz meaning 'mouth komuz', or gubuz) is a Kyrgyz jaw harp, while the komuz is a three-stringed fretless lute. As an instrument, the temir komuz is unrelated to the komuz in terms of style and structure; however, it takes its name from the other popular Turkic instrument.
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version ... Appearance. move to sidebar hide. Mouth harp may refer to: Harmonica; Jaw harp or Jew's harp; Morsing; Temir komuz ...
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]
Đàn môi - jaw harp Klông pút - Bamboo tube xylophone; hands are clapped near ends of tubes to produce musical tones Đàn tre ("bamboo instrument") - A hybrid form of the Vietnamese plucked string instrument, similar to a Đàn tính , called a Đàn tre , was created by Nguyễn Minh Tâm, who escaped from Vietnam in 1982 and ultimately ...