Kouxian, or ancient jaw harp, is the earliest string instrument that has been found in China. By placing kouxian between the lips and tapping it with the fingers, the instrument can produce sounds, ...

I first found a Mouth Harp when I was around twelve or thirteen years old, in a little basket of trinkets in my mother’s room. It was a small object that made no sense to me, and I took it to my mom ...

International Jew's Harp Society member Nguyen Duc Minh talks about his passion for the rare instrument. The Jew's harp, or mouth harp, or jaw harp, consists of a flexible metal or bamboo tongue or ...

This is the baffling moment a musician created a bass-effect and electronica music using only a jaw harp in his kitchen in Russia. Ildar Gimadiev, from Kazan in Russia, holds the intricate instrument ...

In this beautifully made docu-drama, one man's dream to become a musician is realized via an unlikely instrument. Director Diego Pascal Panarello narrates and stars in this fantastical film ostensibly ...

Unlike the traditional kouxian performing style, Ma usually hits the jaw harp faster, which results in a louder reverberation of sounds produced by mouth. In 2022, Ma received a master award, during ...