Single-string mouth bow, 70 centimeters (high/medium sound) works like a Jew's harp!

About the product:

• Item Weight: 0.05 kg
• Dimensions (length × width × height): 23.50 × 3.00 × 3.00 cm
• Throat flap instrument
• Functioning like a jaw harp, the resonating chamber is the oral cavity.
• Simple and impressive effect instrument!

A 70-centimeter mouth bow is a simple, traditional musical instrument often used in ancient or indigenous music. Here's what this size entails and what you need to know:

🔍 What is a mouth bow?

It is a single-stringed instrument, often bow-shaped, similar to a hunting bow.

It is played with the mouth, which serves as a sound box. The musician varies the sounds by changing the shape of his mouth.

It is common in some African, Native American, or South American cultures.

📏 Length of 70 cm

A 70 cm mouth bow is relatively short (some can be 1 meter or more). This has several consequences:

Pitch: The shorter the string, the higher the sound.

String tension: It should be less tight to avoid a sound that is too high or brittle.

Portability: Easy to carry, good option for demonstrations or children.

🪵 Basic construction

Here are the items needed to make or understand a mouth bow of this size:

Bow: a curved branch (bamboo, hazel, acacia, etc.) 70 cm long.

String: A guitar string, made of nylon, horsehair, or even fine wire.

Mouth: used as a sound box; there is often no wooden box.

Sometimes a resonator is added or the string is lightly struck to produce a sound (or a small stick is used like a bow).

📝 Example of use

A musician places the bow against their mouth, plucks or rubs the string, and modulates the sound by opening and closing their mouth. The changing shape creates astonishing harmonics.