Chang

 

In Sindhi, the Jaw harp (or Jews' harp) is called Changu (چنگُ). In Sindhi music, it can be an accompaniment or the main instrument. 

Throughout Europe, Asia and the Pacific, except Australia, no pre-Columbian traces have been discovered in the Americas. Until introduced as a trade item by Europeans, none were found on the African continent. It is found everywhere in Russia. Bamboo and wooden lamellate types are found in the Pacific, SE Asia and China except in Northern China (where the classical form of the Jew's Harp was an iron idioglot lamellate type). Through European colonization, the bow-shaped metal Jew's Harp was introduced into the Americas, Africa and Australia mainly by the Dutch and English for North America. In Siberia and Mongolia, the Jew's Harp was used to both induce trance and to heal the sick. Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer is said to have used the Jew's Harp therapeutically in psychotherapy.

Note: The above content has been taken from Blog Chagatai Khan: http://chagataikhan.blogspot.com/2009/10/folk-artists-of-sindh-rajasthan-playing.html (Courtesy Aamir Mughal)

Hasan Brohi 

(Hasan Brohi is a very good amateur Chang player. He is working as Security Guard at PILER Centre Karachi )