Printed Manual in English
Play the Jew's Harp Like a Virtuoso
Contents and Recordings
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The jew's harp instructions have been published as a printed manual, with contributions from Clemens Voigt.
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DAN MOI Clemens Voigt & Sven Otto GbR
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04425 Taucha bei Leipzig
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Text: Robert Vandré and Clemens Voigt
Figures: Robert Vandré
Edited by Clemens Voigt and Sven Otto
English language editing: Felicity Mohring
Cover: Bernd Rothammel
Layout and typesetting: Christian Müller
Special thanks to Eileen

First Edition 2012
ISBN 978-3-00-035710-7

All Recordings for Download: Tonbeispiele Tonbeispiele-Recordings.zip (12 MB)
All Additional Pieces of Music for Download: zusätzliche Stücke M-Stuecke-Pieces-of-Music.zip (11 MB)

Contents and related recordings*
*The leading numbers in the file names relate to the page numbers of the manual. The file names are keywords (German-English).

Chapter

Page

 Tonbeispiele 
Sound Examples
for the Manual

Stuecke 
Additional Pieces of Music

Play the Jew?s Harp

2



A World of Jew?s Harps ? Jew?s Harps of the World

3



        Europe and America

3

3Munnharpe.mp3, 3Murchunga.mp3, 4JewsHarp.mp3, 4Maultrommel.mp3


        Asia and Oceanien

5

5Khomus.mp3, 5Susap.mp3, 6Khomus.mp3, 6Mukkuri.mp3, 6Guimbarde.mp37DanMoi.mp3, 7KouXiang.mp3


1 Let's Go! - The Beginning

8



        The Bow-Shaped Jew's Harp

8



        The Lamellate Jew?s Harp

8



        Bow-Shaped and Lamellate Jew?s Harps

9



2 Basic Dexterity

10



        How to Hold the Jew?s Harp

10



        How to Pluck

11

11Zupfen-Pluck.mp3

11Zupfen-Pluck-M.mp3

3  ?Mouth-Drum?: Playing Rhythms

12



        Finger Movements

12

12Zupfen-Pluck.mp3


        Articulation: Speaking the Rhythm

12

12Artikulation.mp3

12Artikulation-M.mp3

        Musical Notation for the Jew?s Harp

13

13Notenschrift-MusicalNotation.mp3


        Breathing the Rhythm

14

14Atmung-Breathing.mp3

14Atmung-Breathing-M.mp3

4 The Jew?s Harp as a Harp

15



        Playing Melodies

15

15Uiu.mp3, 15Gooiioing, 16Der-Hahn-ist-tot-The-Cock-is-Dead.mp3

15Melodien-M.mp3

        The Scale: The Natural Harmonic Row

17



        Tone Generation: Idiophone or Aerophone?

19

19Harmonika


5 Advanced Dexterity

20



        Tremolo, schnell gezupfte Tonwiederholungen

20

20Tremolo.mp3

20Tremolo-M.mp3

        Pralltriller und Vibrato

21

21Vibrato.mp3, 21Pralltriller-Mordent.mp3

21Vibrato-Pralltriller-Mordent-M.mp3

6 For Advanced Jew?s Harp Percussionists

22

22Off-Beat.mp3, 22Toget-tet-Toggot-tat.mp3, 22Rhytmus.mp3, 22Variation.mp3


7 Melody and Low Accompanying Notes

23

23Uoaou.mp3, 24Der-Hahn-ist-tot2-The-Cock-is-Dead2.mp3

23Begleittoene-Accompanying-Notes-M.mp3

        Resonance Regions

25

25E3G1-G1E3.mp3


8 Sound Effects of the Resonance Chambers

26

26Ungungung-Inginging.mp3, 26A-a-a-ah.mp3, 26Nanana-Nenene.mp3

26Resonanzraeume-Resonance-Chambers-M.mp3

        Resonance Cavities

27



9 Play Several Jew's Harps Simultaneously

28



        How to Play Several Jew?s Harps Unassisted

28

29Happy-birthday.mp3


10 Playing Together

30



11 Practical Tips

31



        Tuning the Jew's Harp

31



        Care of the Jew's Harp

31



        Dental Protection

32



        How to Play without Contact to the Teeth

32


32Gewicht-Weight-M.mp3

        Choosing the Right Jew's Harp

33



12 Examples of Music

34



        He?s got the whole world in his hands

34

34Hes-got-the-whole-world.mp3


        La Septime Estampie Reale

35

35La-septime-estampie.mp3


        Boogie

38

38Boogie.mp3


        Es klingen die Lieder

39

39Es-klingen-die-Lieder.mp3



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