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Is it jew's harp or jaw harp?

It’s the question that never goes away: should I call it a jew’s harp or a jaw harp? This has been an ongoing discussion not just for the past few decades, but the past several centuries. Debates about the origins of the instrument’s Englis...

8 months ago
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The Ultimate Jaw Harp Festival Guide

Jaw harp festivals are my happy place. Since my obsession began 20 years ago, I have sought them out, saved my pennies, and gone to great lengths to meet my fellow harpers in person. Making pilgrimages to jaw harp festivals and gatherings e...

a year ago
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How metalheads revived the Sundanese jaw harp karinding - PART 2

This is the second part of a two-part series where I share the presentation I gave about the karinding revival in Bandung, West Java, at the recent International Society for Metal Music Studies (ISMMS) conference in Seville, Spain.

You ca...

a year ago
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How metalheads revived the Sundanese jaw harp karinding - PART 1

I recently travelled to Seville, Spain, to give a presentation at the International Society for Metal Music Studies (ISMMS) conference. I was there to share material from a chapter from my co-authored book with Owen Coggins about jaw harps...

a year ago
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Hi! I’m Deirdre. And I’m a harp nerd.

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I’m a Canadian ethnomusicologist, musician, and educator, and jaw harps are my special interest. I’ve been researching, playing, and travelling the world in search of this instrument and the people who are passionate abo...

2 years ago
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    Ethnomusicologist, musician, educator, and devoted jaw harp fanatic since 2005. Creator of Harp Nerds, co-author of Jaw Harps & Metal, and weaver of trance portals.

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