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Categories: Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Appalachian culture, Turkic culture, Early musical instruments, Chinese musical instruments

jew's harp jews' harp mouth bow mouth harp jaw 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 WordNet 3.0

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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 WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The Jew's harp, also known as jaw harp, juice harp, or mouth harp, is a lamellophone instrument, consisting of a flexible metal or bamboo tongue or reed attached to a frame. Wikipedia

Lamellophone instrument Wikidata

A musical instrument that consists of a flexible metal or bamboo tongue or reed attached to a frame. OmegaWiki

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. Wiktionary

Musical instrument. Wiktionary (translation)

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musical instrument

family of musical instruments

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