Jew's Harp!

Best use of a Jew's Harp? 200 great Jew's Harp tracks? Who's the Jews Harp maestro? Whatever you want.

This thread is 1000% Jew's Harp.

I prefer to call it the Ozark Harp.

This dude seems like he can rock it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhvt2EMhfsY

Morricone comes to mind first. Be good if someone could recommend some crazy one-off Jew's/Ozark/mouth Harp throw-downs.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Am-8ehq1X2o/Scz5aMAARXI/AAAAAAAAAYY/G2cDuGzr26M/s320/Harvey+Matusow%27s+Jew%27s+Harp+Band+-+front.jpg

^^^ Harvey Matusow's Jews Harp Band

That fellow I just linked appears to be one of the new young turks in the field. Says this link:

Áron Szilágyi was born in 1977 as the first son of Zoltán Szilágyi, the only one Jew's harp maker in Hungary. He could play the instrument, when he was three but strated to take it seriously at the age of 16.
Since 1997 Áron has been an active member of the international JH movement and has been a regular guest of the international festivals. At these festivals he was deeply inspired by the different styles and playing techniques of the other virtuoso players. Especially learnt a lot from the Swiss Anton Bruhin. His creativity and extravaganza with this instrument has given Áron a great push in developing his own style. He also got a deep inspiration by the spiritual JH music of the Yakut Spiridon Shishigin.

JH movement!

i almost always associate jew's harps with:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/412G9B48KVL._SL500_AA256_.jpg

Yes! First time I ever heard one of those.

Even though it's referred to as a "juice harp" in the album credits:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI7x0bTOHd8

is that Áron Szilágyi dude running his mic through a wah wah pedal or can you just do that with those?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn35LnS9ZgA

S: Michael Cooney monologue on Jew's Harp and nose flute from "Pure Unsweetened Live Family Concert" (D the rest of side 2 of this album)

Re: Funkadelic, there's also one on Parliament's "Little Ole Country Boy"

Ozzy played one!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmNccPptQgI

Medicine Head "One and one is one"

The Who "Join Together"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGjoyKTX2w4

Ace jew's harp solo on 'Hal-An-Tow' off Shirley Collins' No Roses. Dunno who plays it, sounds great alongside the hammer dulcimer though.

Daniel Higgs, mostly of Lungfish fame, has a whole record of Jew's Harp improv called "Magic Alphabet." Higgs is a treasure.

I think Leonard Cohen's "Song from a Room" has jew's harp on every song but one - it's like the lead instrument on the album

Check out the first four seconds of this clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2vUs2kj1kQ

Some killer Jew's harp playing on this: http://www.folkways.si.edu/music-of-central-asia-vol-1-tengir-too-mountain-from-kyrgyzstan/islamica-world/album/smithsonian

Loving this, esp when it gets harsh around minute #2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0vLTEwVIg8

Cool

Best Lord of the Rings deleted scene ever.

Leonard Cohen's "Hey, that's no way to say good-bye"

I think Leonard Cohen's "Song from a Room" has jew's harp on every song but one - it's like the lead instrument on the album

― Thomas K Amphong (Tom D.), Friday, 1 November 2013 13:52 (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

The song I mentioned is not on that album.

So?

What is the point of quoting yourself in that case?

I assumed he was just reposting himself for some reason.

There's also this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSvJgRSiJSM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFoI97435lo

Bernard Parmegiani - L'Oscilée (from Dedans Dehors)

Aphex Twin - Logon Rock Witch

Wolf Müller - Balztanz