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From: bernhard folkestad
Date: 9/2/2005
Time: 3:02:13 PM
If you have a *good* trump / Jew's harp you have all the notes belonging to the harmonic series from no 7 to at least no 24. If you use only one trump for melodic playing, notes 7, 11, 13, 14 will sound off key compared to the piano or the guitar. The Norwegians use only one instrument when they play (dance-)tunes. The Alpenraum tradition [German/Swiss/Austrian]requires two or more trumps to play a melody (they use only a few notes from each instrument). In other music traditions one often encounters the trump used as a percussive drone. Good luck with your playing!