Microhammer Jaw Harp KONTAKT  英文版  CD

TheJew抯harp,jawharp,mouthharp,orOzarkharp,trumpandjuice
harp,isthoughttobeoneoftheoldestmusicalinstrumentsinthe
world;amusicianapparentlyplayingitcanbeseeninaChinese
drawingfromthe4thcenturyBC.DespiteitscommonEnglishname,
andthesometimesusedJewtrump,ithasnoparticularconnection
withtheJewishpeopleorJudaism.ThisinstrumentisnativetoAsia
andusedinalltribesofTurkishpeopleinAsiawhereitis
variouslyreferredtoasatemirkomuz,agizkomuzuorgubuz.The
instrumentisknowninmanydifferentculturesbymanydifferent
names.ThecommonEnglishname"JewHarp"iscontroversialandis
avoidedbymanyspeakers.Anothernameusedtoidentifytheinstru-
ment,especiallyinscholarlyliterature,istheolderEnglishtrump
whileguimbarde,derivedfromtheFrenchwordfortheinstrument,
canbefoundinunabridgeddictionariesandisfeaturedinrecent
revivalefforts.

WerecordedtheJewHarpin-depthbyrecordedalltheresonance
layersandround-robinonecouldhumanlygetoutofthiswonder.In
additionalwedidtonsofmoreuniqueFX.Butthemostprominent
partofthelibraryisourfancy"wordbuilder"forit...its
actuallycoolerthenawordbuilder...Wesampledalllettersinthe
alphabet(A-Z)andnumbers(1-10)...Butwait...THEREISMORE...We
alsoincludedtheDanishletters??and?intotherecordings,
sincethereisahugecommunityofScandinavianJawHarpcomposers
eagerlyawaitingthisrelease.