Most cultures have developed a ‘jaw harp’ – essentially a plucked instrument with a frame, played in the mouth – and Indian classical music’s version is the morsing. But how does it actually work?

V. Sai Subramaniam is the first morsing exponent to receive the Kalki Krishnamurthy Award in the 25 years of its inception. Sai grew up seeing his father, a self-taught artiste, play the morsing, an ...