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Jamie Bebb's avatar

Doingeridoo. Love this article.

Deirdre Morgan, PhD's avatar

Let’s start a petition to change the name to doingeridoo 🤣

Jamie Bebb's avatar

I got it from my brother. He refers to us harpheads/harp nerds as, “doingers.” We could also refer to it as an, “alien whistle,” as it seems pretty useful in contacting things from other dimensions. On a secondary note, I would love to see an article about cultures that use/used the harp in shamanic or other spiritual and/or meditative practice.

Deirdre Morgan, PhD's avatar

Will add that to the list!

jessica snail's avatar

ohh the troomb! i call it a twanger

Deirdre Morgan, PhD's avatar

Ha!! That one never goes out of style 😎

Hex Diesis's avatar

I like to call each harp by the its homeland name. My Morchang, Vargan, and Khomus need not always share a moniker.

Here in the UK, the term Jews harp was the only I had heard until recent years, in which jaw harp has come out of nowhere and taken over as the preferred title.

That said, my friends and I have and will always favour the name ‘boing’.