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Jew's harps

Scope note

Generic term for a type of mouth-resonated instrument consisting of a flexible tongue fixed at one end to a surrounding frame. The free end of the tongue is placed in front of the player's mouth cavity and is plucked with a finger. NGDMI

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300042576

Broader Terms used

lamellaphones

Equivalent Terms used

Jew's harp

Created

13yrs ago

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