blues harp
Pocket wind instrument
A blues harp is a harmonica, particularly the diatonic type used in blues music.
The instrument's bent notes and expressive wailing suit the genre perfectly.
Blues players typically use a harmonica in a different key than the song to achieve the characteristic sound: He pulled out his blues harp and started playing.
- overblowingExcess air or emphasis
- Muddy WatersChicago blues founding figure
- bendingCurving from straight
- mouth organHandheld wind instrument
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
second position · call-and-response · train whistle · African American heritage · juke joint · embouchure · cupped · slide guitar · folk revival · jam session · draw · pocket · reed · Mississippi · front porch · syncopation · smoky · amplified
- BluesB.B. King, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Buddy Guy, Howlin Wolf
- wind instrumentsflute, clarinet, oboe, trumpet, bassoon
- American Instrumentsbanjo, fiddle, autoharp, mountain dulcimer, washboard
- pocket instrumentskazoo, ocarina, penny whistle, tin whistle, pitch pipe
- free reedsaccordion, concertina, melodica, harmonium, mouth organ
blues harpclassical violin
Traditional orchestral string instrument
church organ · harpsichord · glass harmonica · sitar · concert harp
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