1,700-Year-Old Musical Instrument Found, and It Still Works The mouth harp was recently discovered in the Altai Mountains region of Russia and still makes music after well over a millennium.

Most cultures have developed a ‘jaw harp’ – essentially a plucked instrument with a frame, played in the mouth – and Indian classical music’s version is the morsing. But how does it actually work?

“All the Way” hits shelves and streaming services on Friday, featuring unique instrumentals, a homage to a late harmonica legend and an impressive cache of guest stars.

For example, one option, 'mouth harp,' is also an older name for the harmonica, so Blake says it can complicate academic research.

An intriguing mouth-played instrument emerged—and won—at the 2023 Guthman Musical Instrument Contest hosted by Georgia Tech. [Keith Baxter] took notice and reproduced the idea for others to ...

You can learn a lot about people from the instrument they play. Have a friend who plays the jaw harp? Your friend is either really into the Civil War or really into the music of Central Asia. And ...

The jaw harp, invented by the Chinese about 2000 B.C., is an instrument held to the mouth and used to make a "twang" sound. Maguire had his class of all ages twanging in about a half an hour of ...

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 ...

Ildar Gimadier, from Kazan in Russia, creates techno music using only a jaw harp. He moves his finger in a circular motion to prolong the beats and reminds people of 'early 2000 techno electronica'.