mouth harp (Family of mouth plucked idiophones)
~ Percussion instrument
Description
Plucked by the mouth, it consists of a characteristically shaped frame with a metal or bamboo reed (tine). There are many variants around the world.
Relationships
| subtypes (as mouth harp): | aman khuur (mongolian mouth harp) morsing (Indian mouth harp) mukkuri (Ainu mouth harp) rōria (Māori taonga pūoro mouth harp) |
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| type of (as mouth harp): | plucked idiophone |
| information page (as mouth harp): | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclopædia_Britannica/Jew's_Harp [info] |
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| Wikidata (as mouth harp): | Q185003 [info] |