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A harmonica solo is an extended passage in a song where the harmonica takes the melodic lead, typically over the rhythm section.
Common in blues, rock, folk, and country music, these solos range from mournful and plaintive to driving and energetic: The song builds to a wailing harmonica solo.
Bob Dylan and Neil Young made the harmonica solo a singer-songwriter staple.
- bluesMournful American music genre
- blues harpTen-hole diatonic harmonica
- harpPlucked orchestral strings
- wailingProlonged mournful crying
- mouth organHandheld wind instrument
Bob Dylan · bending · reed · folk · folk music · train · train whistle · lonely · lonesome sound · crossroads · juke joint · Neil Young · breathing · chest voice · busker · campfire · front porch · Mississippi
- soloscadenza, aria, unaccompanied
- instrumental solos
- BluesB.B. King, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, twelve bar blues, delta blues
- song partsverse, intro, chorus, verse-chorus, outro
harmonica solofull orchestra
Complete instrumental performing group
group harmony · choir · wall of sound · symphony · backing track
harmonica solostring section
Bowed instrument ensemble
bass drop · piano concerto · drum solo · bass line · violin concerto
harmonica solovocal solo
Single-voice performance
sung verse · lyrics · spoken word · rap verse · vocal harmony
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