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Beatboxing and playing on harp
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Creative photo session in shamanic style
We present to your attention a creative photo session based on shamanic culture. In the photo, the new harp is a Red Indian.
“Big shamans” are shamans who have practical knowledge, experience, and influence of people. Thanks to his intelligence and strong character, the shaman could occupy a prominent social position. The shaman was also an expert in the culture of his people, a Keeper of traditions and folklore, and a master of the word. It was believed that his speech should please the ears of not only people, but also spirits. By the way, the shaman’s poetic and oratorical talent served as a sure sign of his connection with spirits for others. According to the beliefs of many peoples, spirits love a bright and imaginative word, and therefore endow their chosen ones with eloquence. Combining the poetic gift with the knowledge of myths and legends, the shaman was essentially a folk storyteller, an artist in the broadest sense of the word. He was very good with a tambourine or other musical instrument. Shamanic rites were a kind of dramatic action that had a specific scenario.
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Improvisation jaw harp Mongol
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Improvisation mouth harp
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Jew’s harp Aria, relax video
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Jew’s harp classification
Jew’s harp for beginners
For those who are acquiring this instrument for the first time, we offer a line of special jew’s harps for beginners to choose from. Firstly, these jew’s harps are smaller in size. Secondly, they are designed for practicing strikes, training hands and learning the basics of playing. The sound of these jew’s harps is soft, calm, suitable for meditation and relaxation, for example, when accompanying yoga classes. Jew’s harps with a small frame should be held by the base and only in this way. Compared with narrow-frame jew’s harps, exemplars with a wide frame can boast a number of options for holding; there are significantly more of them.
Jew’s harp for professionals
This line of jew’s harps is for people who already have an idea of such a wonderful instrument. These models are much larger in size and, as a result, they become more complicated as to the technique of playing them. Also, the number of possibilities and techniques for creating unique melodies and unusual sounds is expanded. A possibility for detailed sound elaboration emerges. You can experiment with improvisation using fast and intermittent rhythms. The wide frame of the jew’s harp allows you to hold it in various ways: by the frame decks, by the base with two fingers, by the base with three fingers or enfolding it with a hand. (See picture)
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The structure of the jew’s harp
What does the jew’s harp consist of? First of all, to understand its structure, it is necessary to know the main components:
• Tongue – A plate between the decks of the frame, with the oscillation of which, a musical sound is created
• Frame – Jew’s harp’s metal base
• Gaps – The distance between the jew’s harp’s tongue and the decks (parallel frame sections). This is one of the most important parameters, responsible for the volume and width of the instrument’s spectrum. The smaller and smoother the gaps, the louder and richer the sound, and the easier it is to emit it (measurement in micrometers).
• Trigger – Part of the jew’s harp, with which the tongue is brought into a state of oscillation, due to which the sound is formed.
• Looper – Tip of the tongue that creates a certain tension. Most noteworthy, thanks to it, the necessary resistance is formed for the correct oscillation of the tongue. Also, this place can be hollow, when provided for increasing the weight. Consequently, in this cavity, you can insert a special weight ball, which comes in the kit with such models as Phantom and Phantom Mini.
• Connecting part – The place where the tongue is fixed to the base.
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How to use the jew’s harp
To play the jew’s harp, the first thing to do is attach it to your teeth in the correct way. One has to attach the jew’s harp’s edges to the front teeth. Having opened them just enough for the tongue of the jew’s harp to freely go back and forth while playing. At the same time, the vibration from the plate will be transmitted through the jew’s harp to the teeth. After that to the rest of the resonators – nasal, pharyngeal, oral, thoracic. Accentuation of the extracted sound can be complemented by frontal and abdominal resonators.With the help of all these “assistants” in playing, the sound will spread and be enriched in timbre.
The instrument can be held with any hand, which is more convenient for you. With the other hand you need to vibrate the tongue with the touch of a finger. To create interesting and unique melodies, you can use the movement of the larynx, your tongue, ligaments and the upper palate.
Way of playing
Main ways: timbre arrangement, breathing, articulation, intonation. Breath is used in all its capabilities when playing. Also as a dynamic component. Inhaling and exhaling while playing is equally important for the formation of sound. Unusual sounds will occur by means of intermittent exhalations. Unexpected tricks and combinations will appear.
Melodization is limited to the overtone scale segment. These limits can be extended with the help of special tools, for example, as in our model Phantom. In this model, it is done thanks to a weighting ball for which there is a special place at the base of the tongue. The ball significantly lowers the original sound of the jew’s harp and creates new and incredible combinations.
For the correct and beautiful play you also need to observe the following prescriptions:
Restrictions on playing
Due to the structure of the jew’s harp and its use, there are some restrictions on the manipulation during the play. One should not open the jaw more than necessary and less than is necessary to keep the jew’s harp in the correct position and to maintain the quality of playing.
Experiments in making music
In the last five years, a new direction in the jew’s harp music making appeared. Experienced musicians combine their instrumental playing with simultaneous singing and beatboxing.
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