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{{Short description|Mouth harp of Balinese origin}}
{{Title language|ban-Latn}}
{{Distinguish|Gangwon (disambiguation){{!}}Gangwon}}
[[File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Mondharp van bamboe TMnr A-979.jpg|thumb|alt=Photo of a {{lang|ban-Latn|genggong}} resting on a white surface|A {{lang|ban-Latn|genggong}}. The free end of the tongue points toward the left. The string, attached to the base of the tongue, is jerked to make it vibrate.]]

The '''{{lang|ban-Latn|genggong}}''' is a kind of [[jew's harp]] used in the [[music of Bali]]. It consists of a wooden frame and tongue cut from a single piece of the leaf stem of the [[sugar palm]]. The left end is held firmly against the cheek, while a string tied to the right end is jerked rhythmically to set the tongue into motion (in contrast to other jaw harps in which the tongue itself is plucked to produce sound). Different [[harmonics]] are produced by pronouncing different [[vowel sounds]].

Very much a [[folk instrument]], {{lang|ban-Latn|genggong}} was traditionally played only as a solo instrument or with small numbers of other {{lang|ban-Latn|genggong}} as informal entertainment. Since the 1930s, however, {{lang|ban-Latn|genggong}} has often featured in '''{{lang|ban-Latn|[[gamelan]] genggong}}''', a larger ensemble of several {{lang|ban-Latn|genggong}} together with {{lang|su-Latn|[[suling]]}} and [[percussion instruments]].

== Further reading ==
{{Cite thesis |degree=M.A. |title=Organs and Bodies: The Jew's Harp and the Anthropology of Musical Instruments |url=https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/1559 |last=Morgan |first=Deirdre |year=2008 |publisher=[[University of British Columbia]]}}

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{{Plucked idiophones}}

[[Category:Idioglot guimbardes and jaw harps]]
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