mouth bow

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Noun1.mouth bow - a small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavitymouth bow - a small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavity
jew's harp, jews' harp
musical instrument, instrument - any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
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Once I had my mind made up that I was going to start hunting with this new mouth bow, I set goals of perfect practice.
Bearly in the game: an unfortunate setback allows for the opportunity of a lifetime
"She comes along with me when I sing and waits at the side of the stage for me." She added: "I really want to be an actress because I'm a little bit of a drama queen, but I would also love to be a singer or dancer." Also hoping to impress were West Country duo 2TONIC - Andy Boddington and Mark Richardson - who had travelled up from Plymouth to audition their unique '70s folk rock double act featuring odd musical instruments like the mouth bow. Andy said: "Every time we play people say 'You should be on Britain's Got Talent,' so, after spending five years playing live and hearing the same thing, we've decided to listen to our audience and audition."
'MY PARENTS HAD NO IDEA I WAS GAY, WHICH WAS CRAZY BECAUSE I'D DO THINGS LIKE GO ON MY OWN TO WATCH BETTE MIDLER' Meet Dan - - who lost 10 stone and came out during the last year - - and the other hopefuls at the Britain's Got Talent auditions
Among the peculiar items at Atticus Music are Japanese jaw harps, mukurris, kazoos, zazobos, wazoogles, nose whistles and a 15,000-yearold mouth bow - believed to be the oldest-ever musical instrument, first represented in ancient cave paintings.
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