Editing Jew's harp (section)

{{Short description|Lamellophone instrument}}
{{Infobox Instrument
| name           = Jew's harp
| image          = Jew's harp.jpg
| image_capt     = A novelty Jew’s harp sold in the U.S.
| names          = Jew's harp, jaw harp, mouth harp, Ozark harp, juice harp, murchunga, guimbarde, mungiga, vargan, trompe, isitolotolo
| classification = * [[Lamellophone]]
| range          = 
| hornbostel_sachs = 121.22
| hornbostel_sachs_desc = Heteroglot guimbarde (the lamella is attached to the frame)
| related        = * [[đàn môi]]
* [[kubing]]
* [[kouxian]]
* [[morsing]]
| sound sample   = {{Listen|filename=Munniharppu ääninäyte.ogg|title=Munniharppu, Finnish instrument|format=[[Ogg]]}}{{Listen|filename=Kamus.ogg|title=Kamus, instrument of the Altai people|format=[[Ogg]]}}
}}
{{Multiple images
|header=
|image1=Kamuz.jpg
|caption1=[[Altai people|Altai]] ''khomus''/''kamus''
|width1=150
|image2=গগণা.JPG
|caption2=Gogona
|width2=150
|image3=Słowacka drumla.jpg
|caption3=Slovak "drumbľa"
|width3=70
}}
The '''Jew's harp''', also known as '''jaw harp''', '''juice harp''', or '''mouth harp''',{{Refn|Other names for the instrument include  '''ağız kopuzu''' (Turkey), '''angkuoch''' (Cambodia), '''brumle''' (Czech), '''changu''' ([[Sindh]]), '''[[đàn môi]]''' (Vietnam), '''doromb''' (Hungary), '''drumla''' (Poland), '''drymba''' (Ukraine), '''gewgaw''', '''guimbard''' (France), '''guimbarda''' ([[Catalonia|Catalan]]), '''[[gogona]]''' (Assam), '''[[karinding]]''' (Sundanese, Indonesia), '''khomus''' (Siberia), '''[[kouxian]]''' (China), '''[[kubing]]''' (Philippines), '''marranzano''' ([[Sicily]], Italy), '''Maultrommel''' (Austria and Germany), '''mondharp/munnharpe''' (Norway), '''morchang''' ([[Rajasthan]]), '''[[morsing]]''' (South India), '''[[mukkuri]]''' (Japan), '''mungiga''' (Sweden), '''murchunga'''/'''binayo''' (Nepal), '''Ozark harp''' (United States), '''parmupill''' (Estonia), '''trump''' (Scotland), '''berimbau de boca''' (Portuguese),<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sandroni |first1=Carlos |title=Review of Portugal e o mundo: o encontro de culturas na música / Portugal and the World: The Encounter of Cultures in Music |journal=The World of Music |date=2001 |volume=43 |issue=2/3 |page=214 |jstor=41699378 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41699378 |issn=0043-8774}}</ref> and '''vargan''' (Russia).{{cn|date=July 2024}}|group=nb}} is a [[lamellophone]] instrument, consisting of a flexible [[metal]] or [[bamboo]] tongue or [[Reed (mouthpiece)|reed]] attached to a frame. Despite the colloquial name, the Jew's harp most likely originated in [[China]], with the earliest known Jew's harps dating back 4,000 years ago from [[Shaanxi|Shaanxi province]].<ref name="y998" /><ref name=":0" /> It has no relation to the [[Jewish people]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|first=Brigit|last=Katz|date=23 January 2018|title=This Recently Discovered 1,700-Year-Old Mouth Harp Can Still Hold a Tune|magazine=Smithsonian Magazine|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-found-1700-year-old-mouth-harp-180967832/|access-date=18 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705021024/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-found-1700-year-old-mouth-harp-180967832/|archive-date=5 July 2023|url-status=live|language=en-US}}</ref>

Jew's harps may be categorized as idioglot or heteroglot (whether or not the frame and the tine are one piece); by the shape of the frame (rod or plaque); by the number of tines, and whether the tines are plucked, joint-tapped, or string-pulled.