Jaw Harp

• Jaw Harp_Lewis & Clark_Fort Clatsop

  
  

  The jaw harp, or mouth harp, was a popular pioneer instrument. Its music, along with fiddle, tambourine, and other instruments, could be heard by members of the Lewis and Clark Discovery Corps in the Captains Quarters at Fort Clatsop, Oregon. (Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, USA)

  Credit / Author:

  Courtesy of Jacob Job

  Date created:

  04/28/2017

  Audio Transcript

  The twanging sounds of a song being played on a jaw-harp instrument.