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    old instrument, known in many countries

    jews harp

    Jew's harp, humming iron, mouth harp, classic folk instrument, still popular today in the Alpine region, but also known in many other cultures, e.g. in Asia or Russia.

    Many names exist for this small instrument.

    A metal spoon is made to vibrate. If you hold the instrument in front of your mouth between your lips, the tones become loud because the mouth becomes the resonance body of the instrument.

    The jew's harp has a very unique sound that has something primeval about it. The jew's harp is also a shamanic instrument.

    The roots of this instrument can be traced back to pre-Christian times. Their origins are in Asia, Mongolia and Siberia.The South Asian jaw harps are built slightly differently than the European ones. They are made from a piece of sheet brass. The Danmoi from Vietnam has become known in this way.
    In Europe, the jew harp is a popular folk instrument in the Alpine region, but also in Sicily and the Balkans.

    Jew's harp

    jew harp from austria, 3 sizes

    maultrommel
    maultrommel
    maultrommel

    This jews harps come from a small family manufactur in austria. Now the new style of jew harp is easier to play and learn.

    Three sizes are available. The large jew harp has a deeper sound than the small.

    Every jew harp is with instruction how to play.

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    small jew harp

    medium jew harp

    large jew harp

    Danmoi

    traditional jew's harp from Vietnam

    danmoi
    danmoi
    danmoi

    Another form of the jews harp comes from Vietnam. Made from pure brass and especial slim.
    Each one comes with a case from bamboo for security on travelling.
    We offer them in small (light sound) and large (dark sound), and with a double tongue

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    Danmoi standard

    Danmoi bass

    Danmoi double tongue

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    A simple plucked instrument, played like a zither on a table.
    It has 5 written melodies, which are put under the strings.
    The simple notation is easy to learn, even will play soon the melodies..
    It has 2 Octaves from G to G.

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    An extraordinary flute, traditional from Indonesia.
    You don't blow this flute with the mouth but with the nose.
    Even you play the notes not with fingers, but by changing the opening of the mouth like at the jew-harp.

    These nose-flutes are made from pine-wood and finished with linseed.

    How to play:
    You keep the nose-flute in front of your face, that the round hole is under your nose and the half-moon hole in front of your mouth.
    The nose blows in to the hole and the mouth is opened on the half-moon hole.
    With changing of the opening of the mouth you can play different notes.

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    The Japanese shakuhachi is best known as a notch flute from Asia.

    This Chinese variant is built more slender and has a narrow notch like the South American Quena flute. This narrow notch is a little easier to blow than the wide edge of the Shakuhachi.

    The flute has 5 finger holes and one thumb hole. You can play about 2 octaves with it, the fingering is very similar to the 6-hole flute, the thumb hole is the 6th hole. Since the holes are very far apart, the fingers are set a little differently than you are used to with the smaller 6-hole flutes.

    Fingering chart for the Xiao

    The flute is made of bamboo, the surface is darkly colored and the head is decorated with a dragon motif. A traditional Chinese lucky knot can be attached to the foot.

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