harmonica de verre

noun. 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.

Franklin attended one of these concerts and was intrigued by the beauty of the sound. Almost immediately, he set to work applying the principles of wet fingers on glass to his own musical creation. Ben Franklin completed his glass armonica in 1761. (Its name is derived from the Italian word for harmony.)

Franklin's armonica, also known as a glass harmonica, was made from 37 glass bowls of varying thicknesses and sizes threaded horizontally on an iron spindle which could be turned by a foot pedal. By moistening their fingers with water, a player could produce up to ten notes or chords at a time.

The glass harmonica, also known as the glass armonica, glass harmonium, bowl organ, hydrocrystalophone, or simply the armonica or harmonica (derived from ἁρμονία, harmonia, the Greek word for harmony), is a type of musical instrument that uses a series of glass bowls or goblets graduated in size to produce musical ...

Definitions of harmonica. a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole. synonyms: harp, mouth harp, mouth organ. type of: free-reed instrument. a wind instrument with a free reed.

The name he chose for his new instrument was the Glass Harmonica, from the Latin word of harmonicus, meaning tuneful or harmonious. The Latin word can also be traced back to the Ancient Greek word harmonikos meaning musical or harmonic.

glass harp (plural glass harps) A musical instrument consisting of glasses (typically wine glasses) tuned by putting different amounts of liquid into them. Sound is produced by rubbing one's fingers around the rims of the glasses, causing them to vibrate.

To play the armonica, a musician powered a foot pedal to rotate 36 concentric glass bowls and produced notes by putting wet fingers to the spinning glass. In Austria, the glass armonica provided the music for a royal wedding. Mozart and Beethoven would compose chamber pieces for it.

It's mostly used in folk style music, bhajans, kirtans and mantras. Another advantage, the harmonium is rather small and easy to transport. For the small size, in contrast, it produces a rich and big sound, perfect to accompany.

When you blow or draw air through the harmonica, the reeds inside the harmonica vibrate to produce sound. These reeds are tuned to vibrate a certain frequency to product specific notes. Blowing into the harmonica can produce one note and drawing (or sucking air) from the harmonica will produce another note.

The modern harmonica, or harp, has been around since the early 19th century. It is typically used in blues, country, rock and roll and folk music. These musical genres are somewhat similar in structure and form, and often borrow ideas from each other.

The many types of harmonica include diatonic, chromatic, tremolo, octave, orchestral, and bass versions. A harmonica is played by using the mouth (lips and tongue) to direct air into or out of one (or more) holes along a mouthpiece.