Kouxian
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 A five-leaf kouxian | |
| Classification |
121.2 (A plucked idiophone in which the lamella is mounted in a small frame; the player's mouth serves as a resonance chamber.) |
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| Related instruments | |
| Đàn môi, gogona, kubing, morsing | |
Kouxian (
jaw harp. The jaw harp is a plucked idiophone in which the lamella is mounted in a small frame, and the player's open mouth serves as a resonance chamber
.
Chinese jaw harps may comprise multiple idiophones that are lashed together at one end and spread in a fan formation. They may be made from
minor pentatonic scale
.
The jaw harp likely originated in
Southwest China, such as those in Yunnan, Guangxi, and Guizhou. The varieties of Chinese have numerous vernacular
names for the instrument; one such name is hoho.
External links
- Tran Quang Hai plays a three-leaf brass kouxian on YouTube
- Kate Torgovnick May (2013) "Mouth music: Wang Li at TED2013", Blog.Ted.com.
- Tsioulcas, Anastasia (2012). "Wang Li: globalFEST 2012", NPR.org.
References
- ^ Li, Yongxiang. The Music of China's Ethnic Minorities. Taiwan, China Intercontinental Press, 2006. 2.