JAWHARP

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JAWHARP

• BY
• SARARH FRANKLIN
• AND
• VICKIE NABOURS

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SEVERAL NAMES

• JEWS HARP
• TRUMP
• KUBING

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• One of the oldest musical instruments in the
  world-in 1990 the oldest jaw harp was found in
  Japan, it was thought to be used in 900 A.D.
• It is found in almost every region of the world

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JAW HARP

• Little early history available
• Not a harp at all
• Has no historic association with Jewish
  traditions
• Very popular instrument because it is portable
  and relatively easy to play.
• Wide range of sounds produced.

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Main purposes

• Entertainment
• Psychotherapy- trance and healing the sick
• In New Guinea- traditional ceremonial instrument
• Asian communities- Used to serenade love ones. If
  left as a gift it is a proposal of marriage.
• Austria- Jaw harp was banned by authorities in
  the 19th century because it was considered an
  instrument of seduction.

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DEFINATION

• The instrument is an idiophone consisting of a
  flexible metal tongue attached to a frame. This
  tongue is placed in the performers mouth and
  plucked with the finger to produce a note. The
  note thus produced is constant in pitch, though
  by changing the shape of their mouth and the
  amount of air contained in it the performer can
  cause different overtones to sound.

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Bamboo Jaw Harp
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Iron Jaw Harp
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STEEL JAW HARP
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Snoopy played the jaw harp in the movie A boy
named Charlie Brown.
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QUESTIONS

• What cartoon character played the jaw harp?
• In Asian communities, if a jaw harp was left as a
  gift this was a proposal for marriage. T/F
• The jaw harp was used for psychotherapy. T/F

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Resources

• http//www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textj/Jews
  harp.html

http//www.fact-index.com/j/ja/jaw_harp.html
http//www.patmissin.com/history/guimbardes.html
httpJAWHARP.ppt//www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrumen
t/pages/jewharp_gnrl.html
http//www.findsounds.com/ISAPI/search.dll