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Jew's harp

The Jew's harp, also known as jaw harp, juice harp, or mouth harp, 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 China, with the earliest known Jew's harps dating back 4,000 years ago from Shaanxi. It has no relation to the…

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Classification
Lamellophone
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
121.22 (Heteroglot guimbarde (the lamella is attached to the frame))
Other names
Jew's harp, jaw harp, mouth harp, Ozark harp, juice harp, murchunga, guimbarde, mungiga, vargan, vargāns, dambrelis, parmupill, trompe, isitolotolo

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Jew's harp

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related to Etymology · 14
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related to history · 14
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related to Western popular music · 12
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related to Western classical music · 10
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related to Cambodian music · 9
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related to Russian music · 8
Jew's harp → Bashkortostan, Idelbayev, In Russia, Jew's, Joseph Stalin, Shamanism, The Jew's, USSR
related to Austrian Jew's harp playing · 6
Jew's harp → Austrian Jew's, In Austria, Intangible Cultural Heritage, Maultrommel, The UNESCO, Western
related to External links · 5
Jew's harp → Demos, Jew's, Pat Missin's, The Jew's Harp GuildHow, Tuvan Jew's Harp
related to Friulan music · 5
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related to Sicilian music · 5
Jew's harp → In, Jew's, Other, Sicilian, Sicily

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harp jew's instrument mouth harps music people also playing jaw used made one known use atayal amis folk frame bamboo

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Jew's harpClassificationLamellophone1.00infobox
Jew's harpHornbostel–Sachs classification121.22 (Heteroglot guimbarde (the lamella is attached to the frame))1.00infobox
Jew's harpOther namesJew's harp, jaw harp, mouth harp, Ozark harp, juice harp, murchunga, guimbarde, mungiga, vargan, vargāns, dambrelis, parmupill, trompe, isitolotolo1.00infobox
Jew's harpis aChinese drawing from the 3rd century BCE0.90text
chiefsinstance ofonly higher status Atayal0.80text
shamans are traditionally allowed to use mouth harps with multiple reeds.The use of the lubuw faced sharp decline as a result of persecution during the Japanese colonial erainstance ofonly higher status Atayal0.80text
Senem Diyiciinstance ofModern renditions of Turkish folk songs with the Jew's harp have been done by artists0.80text
Jew's harprelated to Austrian Jew's harp playingAustrian Jew's0.60section
Jew's harprelated to Austrian Jew's harp playingWestern0.60section
Jew's harprelated to Austrian Jew's harp playingThe UNESCO0.60section
Jew's harprelated to Austrian Jew's harp playingIntangible Cultural Heritage0.60section
Jew's harprelated to Austrian Jew's harp playingIn Austria0.60section

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