The Jew.s harp, jaw harp, mouth harp, or Ozark harp, trump and juice
harp, is thought to be one of the oldest musical instruments in the
world; a musician apparently playing it can be seen in a Chinese
drawing from the 4th century BC. Despite its common English name,
and the sometimes used Jew.s trump, it has no particular connection
with the Jewish people or Judaism. This instrument is native to Asia
and used in all tribes of Turkish people in Asia where it is
variously referred to as a temir komuz, agiz komuzu or gubuz. The
instrument is known in many different cultures by many different
names. The common English name "Jew.s Harp" is controversial and is
avoided by many speakers. Another name used to identify the instru-
ment, especially in scholarly literature, is the older English trump,
while guimbarde, derived from the French word for the instrument,
can be found in unabridged dictionaries and is featured in recent
revival efforts.
We recorded the Jew.s Harp in-depth by recorded all the resonance
layers and round-robin one could humanly get out of this wonder. In
additional we did tons of more unique FX. But the most prominent
part of the library is our fancy "word builder" for it... its
actually cooler then a word builder... We sampled all letters in the
alphabet (A-Z) and numbers (1-10)... But wait... THERE IS MORE... We
also included the Danish letters Ö, Û and Å into the recordings,
since there is a huge community of Scandinavian Jaw Harp composers
eagerly awaiting this release.
http://www.microhammer.com/?p=597
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