How to Play the MouthBow
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Description: Somewhat technical explanation of how to play and why certain actions lead to certain sounds.
#9 Mouthing Off - How to Play the MouthBow , instrument inventor, fine wood-worker, and JawHarpist, examines the essense of mouth cavity instruments in this running series. The mouthbow is played in a similar manner to the trump. Both utilize variance in the mouth cavity to accent harmonics. With a mouthbow, a tunable string allows changes in the instrument’s fundamental pitch, while the trump is at a fixed pitch. Many mouthbow performances feature pitch changes of the string by flexing the bow; in fact this is the most audible of playing the mouthbow. The harmonics are typically too soft for an audience to hear. Nonetheless, these harmonics are quite apparent to the player and with careful mouthbow construction and very focused microphone techniques, can be made musically useful in a performance environment.
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