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harmonica

[ hahr-mon-i-kuh ]

noun

  1. Also called mouth organ. a musical wind instrument consisting of a small rectangular case containing a set of metal reeds connected to a row of holes, over which the player places the mouth and exhales and inhales to produce the tones.
  2. any of various percussion instruments that use graduated bars of metal or other hard material as sounding elements.


harmonica

/ ³óÉ‘Ëˈ³¾É’²Ôɪ°ìÉ™ /

noun

  1. Also calledmouth organ a small wind instrument of the reed organ family in which reeds of graduated lengths set into a metal plate enclosed in a narrow oblong box are made to vibrate by blowing and sucking
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of harmonica1

Noun use of feminine of Latin harmonicus harmonic; in the form armonica (< Italian < Latin ) applied by Benjamin Franklin in 1762 to a set of musical glasses; later used of other instruments
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of harmonica1

C18: from Latin harmonicus relating to harmony
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After all, not only did she have those pictures on her wall, she also has one of Dylan’s harmonicas.

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Elsewhere, the Evening Standard's Nick Curtis joked the film made him "really, really want to learn to play harmonica".

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Style: Rail-thin in sunglasses, black suit and unruly pompadour; Dylan accouterments include acoustic guitar, harmonica and ever-present cigarette.

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Jenkins played baritone ukulele, harmonica, hummed and used bird calls in her work while pulling influences from Spanish, Chinese, Hebrew, Korean, Swahili and other languages.

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Young stepped out in a train engineer’s cap and shades, carrying a hollow-bodied Gretsch electric, harmonica firmly placed at his lips.

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