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« on: November 12, 2008, 01:56:51 AM »

Jews Harp or Jaws Harp?
I'm sure when I went to school they were refered to as Jews Harps, when did the name change?
Also, when did Bodicea become known as Boudica?
Just a thought.
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« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2008, 07:29:51 AM »

 it was always called jews harp in my youngers days too, it maybe just one of those things that change with accents and dialects.

 jaws harp makes sence though cos they hold it while you play it,
The tongue/reed is placed in the performer's mouth and plucked with the finger to produce a note. The frame is held firmly against the performer's parted front teeth, using the jaw (thus "jaw harp") and mouth as a resonator, greatly increasing the volume of the instrument. The teeth must be parted sufficiently for the reed to vibrate freely ,and the fleshy parts of the mouth should not come into contact with the reed to prevent damping of the vibrations. The note thus produced is constant in pitch, though by changing the shape of his or her mouth and the amount of air contained in it the performer can cause different overtones to sound and thus create melodies. The volume of the note can be varied by breathing in and out.
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« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2008, 08:29:43 AM »

wow Alan you sound like a pro you must give us a tone one day   Grin lol
I remember  in school  many moons ago there was a craze of buying Jews Harps God knows where you,d buy one now Music shops i guess.
I did think at the time Jews harps should be left to the Cowboys not talentless spotty school boys sooooooo annoying lol  Tongue
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« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2009, 11:55:37 PM »

amazing how things wok .i found 1 it was small made of brass and i wouldnt like to play it
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« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2009, 12:02:55 AM »

botty how right you are......i was only explaining to my wife earlier tonight about boudica/boudicea's name.....i recorded the prog about her monday but had a prob with it...we were looking to see if it was on again in the near future...no luck though...tut...
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« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2009, 10:01:31 AM »

Boudica is the proper name. Boudicea can be blamed on antiquarian mis-spelling and mis- pronunciation. Apparently there are many references in the contempery scripts that have been poorly translated from the Latin.   Smiley
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