{"id":1239,"date":"2020-09-21T21:40:25","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T02:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soundadventurer.com\/?p=1239"},"modified":"2020-09-21T21:43:46","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T02:43:46","slug":"how-to-play-the-jaw-harp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundadventurer.com\/how-to-play-the-jaw-harp\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Play The Jaw Harp and Not Break Your Teeth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So, you got this awesome jaw harp and you want to play it! But you saw that terrible video of that gentleman busting his tooth on one. Is there a safe way to play the jaw harp?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The jaw harp can be safely played by placing the two parallel bars against the top and bottom teeth with a gap wide enough for the reed of the jaw harp to pass between. Also, the player should apply the correct pressure to avoid excessive vibration and should strike the reed towards themselves.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s not just as simple as picking the jaw harp and putting against your teeth and playing, I’ll go over how to play the jaw harp step by step<\/strong> with a safety first mentality because after all, teeth don’t grow back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOTE: The Jaw Harp is the same instrument as the jews harp, the mouth harp, the doromb, the trump, the vargan, and the khomus.<\/strong> These are all regional and design specific names.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

How To Play the Jaw Harp<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The jaw harp is an ancient instrument and beautiful instrument that’s worth learning. Let’s get into it! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(If you’d rather learn by video, I have explained many of these concepts in my video here)<\/p>\n\n\n

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