How To Choose Which Jaw Harp (Jews Harp) To Play & Buy- Oberton Pro Review - Matt Tastic 

Thanks for the heads up

Sarah, You are a real Person! and I like your VIBE

Yes, it is DG862 "Kumardak" - www.oberton.pro/?id=862&lang=en&cur=usd

You will be pleased with fast delivery by bear with balalaika and red star on the cap;)

your babushka granny is gonna deliver it for you

By the way, have you ever heard of Karl Schwartz manufacturer? Is that a good one?

The prices are extremli more expensives with oberton pro on Amazon / eBay / Wish / Etsy compare to the website ... They make money like this I think, this is not respectful for the customer. To my mind. But this is how they do. Excuse my English, thats because Im french ! 😉

Lol you're so funny and morally superior!!!

@@MattTastic0_0 thanks

Matt Tastic Hi again Matt,getting on great with the shepherd vargan and now I have also order the batman vargan from oberton pro it sounds pritty cool.thanks for the video,s

I haven't rieceved it yet should be hear in a couple of days,will let you know then.

Matt Tastic rieceved batman today I love it ,it has great tone slightly higher than the shepard and as the shepard very easy to play.

Matt Tastic will do,thanks again.

No prob Bob

Aim higher.

I just bought this one after watching this video, it has the same product images as the one on the Russian site Oberton Pro "Scarab Baritone" Jaw Harp Mouth Musical Instrument with Rich Sound www.amazon.com/dp/B07KX7P8V4/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apa_i_MDS6DbVTEV075

Lol a heart but no reply

I'm not sure bout regular jaw harps but I know that Dan Moi's are meant to be played with the lips, tho I recommend looking more into it cuz there are a few cons for it. It's still a jaw harp just different shape and material.

@@MattTastic0_0 He's absolutely hilarious and you bring a knowledgeable and humorous angle to your craft.

Don't put it on your teeth

@@MattTastic0_0 ok! Thanks so much. Can you help me identify a trustworthy seller of the vargan on Amazon? I feel like your expertise in unquestionable.

All harps have an estimated frequency range. But most of them are not tuned, and being hand-made, the makers may present slight pitch changes.

@@MattTastic0_0 Thanks!

In short - yes. All harps have base pitch and sometimes they are tuned to a specific key. G is great for beginners if you want to learn pitch control for melodic play (F and A as well). Jaw harps are dual tone instruments. They all have a specific base pitch that's created by the reed vibration. It's formed by he reed geometry and weight and always stays the same. In addition to it the harp produces obertones from that base pitch - and you can work with them and change the note by changing the volume of the resonant cavity of your mouth and opening\closing your lungs. What's more interesting is - when you change the pitch up and down by moving your tongue with lungs in open or closed position - you can find the specific spots where obertones sound most pronounced and juicy. These spots correspond to all of the notes of the major scale octave for this key (plus extra A#) as well as parts of octave above and below that. You can train yourself to find these specific notes. After this - it's very much possible to use mouth harp as a universal musical instrument for any melodies that don't require you to go beyond 1,5 octaves.

@@Kia044 That’s awesome! Thanks for the detailed response. I would love to try it. Do you have any brand recommendations?

​@@EL_Newman I'm a bit wary of giving the recommendations about mouth harps, since at least in the budget segment there's a big variance in sound quality even among the instruments made by the same master. If you have a local store that handles ethnic instruments - it would be easier to visit them in person, ask them to show you several of the budget ones and choose the one that strikes your fancy. Then once you learn the basics of playing it and are sure that mouth harps are your thing - you may want to upgrade and expand. Premium mastercrafted harps sound is on a completely different level. They cost a bit extra - but that extra goes into premium materials and tuning. I can recommend the following masters from experience: Alexander Dernovoi - he makes drymbas that have both great sound and artistic visuals. Dmitry Babaev - a master that works both in budget and premium segments and provides great quality in both. If you can get one of his cheaper harps - that would be ideal for a beginner. He also makes recreations of historical instruments, like the vargans from 12-14th centuries found in a dig under Veliky Novgorod. Sergei Fomenkov - perhaps my favorite master. One of the few people that works with titanium. His vargans look like something you may find in a UFO crash. Impeccable sound, beautiful futuristic visuals, no hassle with rust, since titanium doesnt corrode. You may also want to look into Norwegian munnharpe masters, as they've pretty much written the book about the melodic mouth harp playing. Old masters like Folke Nesland are legendary, but very hard to find. Simen Roheim Iversen is one of the good modern masters. I think you can order some of Babaev and Fomenkov harps from Oberton Pro. You can also reach out to the masters directly through their web-stores or social media. They usually glad to take orders.

@@Kia044 Thank you! I’ll check if there’s a local shop around here, and i’ll keep your advice in mind.

A lot of times, in ebay or Amazon the seller will add in the shipping cost and a little more on top I got the DG777, which was around $120 on Amazon with shipping or $73+$25 from oberton pro directly

@@ElHabsburgHechizado To tell the truth, I had only bought on Wish, a Glazyrin Lighthouse at the time and I saw that the cost was less expensive on oberton pro website. So I was a little bit upset but this was my mistake ! 🙏 Also, this is the rules of Webmarket ! 😉 2 month ago I get a fantastic Fomenkov Mahatma from Oberton.com and I am very happy with this beautiful Vargan . Oberton pro Did a good job. 👍 Excuse my bad English, again !

Thank you ！

Hello, all DG has the same "technical" quality - any one will give loud, saturated sound. All has unbeatable price-to-loudness ratio and extremely popular among beginners or techno/trance/timbe effects-style players. But it is only one side... Among others are: 1) Sound pitch - most simple to hear even in sound recordings. 2) Mechanics of the reed - some are good only for basic strokes; some can maintain the same timbre with any usage. 3) Sound purity / overtones clarity - it is low among all DG except DH644 (DG848 in halfway).