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The history of the harmonica, as we know it today, is an amazing tale which begins in the year 1821. It was then that sixteen-year-old Christian Friedrich Buschmann registered the first European patents for his new musical invention.
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www.euxton.com/harmonica/history.htm
www.euxton.com/harmonica/history.htm
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The harmonica is based on an ancient instrument, the sheng. A Chinese gourd and reed instrument, the sheng may have been invented as long as 5000 years ago by Chinese Empress Nyu-kwa. ... Instruments resembling the modern harmonica had their genesis in the early 19th century.
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www.musicfolk.com/docs/Features/Feature_Harmonica.htm
www.musicfolk.com/docs/Features/Feature_Harmonica.htm
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Definition: The Harmonica is, aside from the human voice and your own two hands, the most portable instrument used in traditional American folk music. Most harmonicas are small enough that they fit perfectly ... Harmonica History on the Web ... Harmonica History on NPR MusicFolk.com's Harmonica History How the Harmonica is Made...
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folkmusic.about.com/od/glossary/g/Harmonica.htm
folkmusic.about.com/od/glossary/g/Harmonica.htm
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A Brief History of the Harmonica. Tuesday July 24, 2007. Hohner Marine Band Harmonica Whether your bag is jazz, blues, rock, country or good old fashioned ...
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Sadly, the early history of Western free reed instruments is somewhat cloudy, but if we are defining the harmonica as a mouth-blown free reed instrument where the notes of the scale are selected by the player's mouth, rather than fingers, the usual answer to this question is that it was invented by sixteen year...
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American History, Harmonica, musical instrument ... The Harmonica musical instrument ; 1762 ... Harmonica, a generic term applied to musical instruments in which sound is produced by friction upon glass bells. The word is also used to designate instruments of percussion of the glockenspiel type, made of steel and struck...
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www.laughtergenealogy.com/bin/histprof/misc/harmonica.h...
www.laughtergenealogy.com/bin/histprof/misc/harmonica.html
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Blowing the Blues: A History of Blues Harmonica Similar Albums: American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol ... Harmonica Stomp Jazz Gillum Jazz Gillum (2:47) ... What is the history of the Order of the Blue Nose? Read answer...
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Subtitle: THE HISTORY OF THE HARMONICA AND ITS ROLE IN AMERICAN MUSIC ... Subject: Harmonica ... Subject: Harmonica players...
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With over a billion sold, the harmonica, often dismissed as a toy, was the first great democratiser in music creation, and Rory McLeod, Will Galison, Paul Jones, Brendan Power and Charlie Leighton are among those highlighting the instrument's appeal.
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