harmonica

     

For 64-rees (16-holes) chromatic harmonica: C below Middle C (C) to the D above C5; slightly over 4 octaves

Trivia about harmonica

  • It's something called a mouth organ
  • Bob Dylan often plays one of these, also called a mouth organ
  • This wind instrument dates back to the aura & the symphonium of the 1820s
  • Vaughan Williams' "Romance" is for orchestra & this instrument you blow & suck air through
  • Sonny Boy Williamson was killed at 34. He played this "mouth organ" like nobody did before
  • Instrument played by Stevie Wonder on his 1963 hit "Fingertips (Part 2)"
  • Blow in & out:NO CHAIR MA
  • Toots Thielmans, Larry Addler & Stevie Wonder
  • Sonny Terry played this instrument, also called the blues harp, in a whooping style
  • The reeds of this instrument are positioned to sound whether you blow or suck through the wind channels
  • Vaughan Williams is among composers who wrote music for Larry Adler to play on this instrument
  • Shown here, a musical instrument Ben invented is called the "glass" one of these