Though it operates on the margins of the Norwegian folk music scene, the munnharpe (jew's harp) revival has been active since the 1960s and today boasts an active network of festivals, musicians, and blacksmiths. If the palm of the plucking hand is turned towards the mouth (figure 4), forefinger, middle-finger and ring-finger can pick the reed alternately and in quick succession, somewhat alike the way a flamenco-guitar-player works the guitar strings (figure 3 B). The effect can be heard in sound example 2 (299 KB). This technique needs a lot of practice before the plucking gets regular and the reed is prevented from hitting the frame of the jew's harp. To keep the hand still and only the fingers moving, the thump may support the hand on the cheek bone (figure 4).
The direction which you pluck is determined by the instrument and personal preference. In Europe, an inward pull is used almost exclusively, and some of the trumps reflect this in the shape of the trigger's tip. Many non-European trumps have a full loop bent at the tip and can be plucked on the outward push stroke. If your instrument does not have a loop, be careful with outward plucks as the underside of these trigger tips are not always smooth enough to play this way. The loop can usually be added by heating just the tip and rolling the end into a loop with very fine needle nose pliers. There is a possibility that slight retuning may be required, or even that the tip could break in the process, forcing major retuning. Be careful, but don't be afraid to try this if you feel it is necessary for your playing style.
Yuliyana herself seems to undergo transformations as she adapts to a given song, to give her audiences the full sense of immersion, When she tours abroad, Yuliyana not ony introduces audiences to the Yakutian culture, but seeks out new sounds to add to her growing repertoire, She combines the sounds of other cultures with the unique styles of the Yakutian khomus.
Imitation of a goose singing is also a traditional way of playing. The tongue moves in about the same manner as when imitating the lark, but in this case the tip of your tongue touches the palate and tears away from it. It means that the performer's tongue makes a complicated move - his tongue itself moves back and forth, and its tip moves up and down.
More or less satisfactory reasons may be conjectured: e.g. that the instrument was actually made, sold, or sent to England by Jews, or supposed to be so; or that it was attributed to them, as a good commercial name, suggesting the trumps and harps mentioned in the Bible. As the instrument was neither a trump nor a harp, the ingenuity which conferred upon it these names may well have distinguished it as the trump or harp of the Jews.
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