Vegårsheiingen or Adam in Paradise.

Munnharpa brings you hot-off-the-press interviews, musical deep dives and all the latest news about what’s going on in the Jew’s harp world, both in and outside Norway.

Here at Munnharpa, we’ll be regularly publishing transcriptions of Jew’s harp tunes. So here are a few thoughts about using sheet music, along with concrete explanations of the thinking behind the notation.

Did you know that ‘Fanitullen’ is related to a relatively rare tune with a similarly devilish name?

Ånon Egeland's best advice for building a repertoire on the Jew’s harp.

Now you can finally listen to the formidable Jew’s harp player Angus Lawrie in the Scottish archives.

Jaan Rand from Estonia played the kannel (the Estonian kantele), the two-row melodeon and “always had a Jew’s harp with him”.

After an academic exchange in Rauland, Cätlin Mägi dug the Estonian Jew’s harp tradition up from the archives.