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Definition of the jew's harp in English Turkish dictionary
- Jew's harp
- ağız tamburası
- mouth organ
- armonika
- mouth organ
- ağız mızıkası
- mouth organ
- mızıka
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Definition of the jew's harp in English English dictionary
- Jew's harp
- A musical instrument consisting of a flexible metal or bamboo “tongue” attached to a frame. This tongue is placed in the performer’s mouth and plucked with the finger to produce a note of constant pitch. Melodies can be created by changing the shape of the mouth and causing different overtones
- The Jew's harp.
- mouth organ
- Jew's harp
- (Muzik) 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
- Jew's harp
- musical instrument comprised of a metal frame which is held between the teeth and a metal tongue that makes a twanging sound when plucked
- jew's harp
- a small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavity