The Jaw Harp A Beginners Tutorial

The Jaw harp (also known as a Jew's Harp) is not a harp and has no historic association with Jewish traditions. The jew's harp virtuosos Fritz Mayr from Bavaria and Albin Paulus from Austria hold one or two jew's harps in both hands. Now gently place your lips on the two outer bars, still ensuring that the instrument№s tongue flexes freely inside your mouth. The earliest known trace of a musical instrument of any kind is what appears to be a musical bow in the prehistoric cave painting in the Trois Frères cave in France.

Since 1511, and up till today, the issue of if the Jew's Harp is a chromatic or percussion instrument, still has not been settled. Pluck the tongue of the harp gently with your middle or index finger. They are playing in front of the mouth and do not need to touch the teeth.

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In the north of the country, the morchang (Jew's harp) of Rajasthan is performed by men belonging to the snake-charmer communities, as well as by some professional musicians, and in this region the instrument has no particular repertoire. I am grateful that John gave David and I those harps all those years ago and I firmly believe that the Jew's harp will come back into favour here, as a traditional musical instrument.

I bent the frame closer to the reed and it makes a very soft, low sound. The player sits stop the box and plays the instruments which creates a rich bass and treble sound. It makes a very odd BOING sound when you pluck the reed with your finger. You just need to pull them towards yourself for playing - always against a little resistence, though.

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They are hollow percussion instruments, usually carved or constructed from bamboo or wood into a box with one or more slits in the top, cut into the shape of an "H". As a general point, in Asia the instrument has a name relating to the material from which it is made, along with animal or insect terms and sounds, whereas in Europe it has more human connections and names of other musical instruments.

Eager to explain the making of his instruments, he explains how the same instrument needs to be made differently for each player or type of music. With costs from Ј8 (which still isn't that much) to Ј60 per instrument, it is possible to purchase both relatively cheap, good harps and hand crafted musical instruments.