Chinese mouth organ

A mouth organ is any free reed aerophone with one or more air chambers fitted with a free reed. Though it spans many traditions, it is played universally the same way by the musician placing their lips over a chamber or holes in the instrument, and blowing or sucking air to create a sound.

What's the difference between a mouth organ and a harmonica? A mouth organ has 2 reeds per note with a set vibrato. A harmonica has 1 high quality reed per note that allows the player to create his own vibrato at a speed that suits the music being played.

sheng sheng, Chinese free reed wind instrument consisting of usually 17 bamboo pipes set in a small wind-chest into which a musician blows through a mouthpiece. Each pipe has a free reed, made of metal (or formerly of bamboo or reed), that vibrates to produce sound when a finger hole on the pipe is covered.

harmonica, either of two musical instruments, the friction-sounded glass harmonica or a mouth organ, a free-reed wind instrument whose invention is often attributed to Christian Friedrich Ludwig Buschmann (maker of the Mundäoline, Berlin, c. 1821).

Compared to playing the guitar, where sounding a set of clear notes initially feels like the work of impossibly complicated contortions of the fingers, the harmonica appears to be quite straightforward. Then you find you need to produce a note outside of the major scale, and suddenly things aren't quite so easy.

diatonic harmonica Most harmonica teachers recommend starting out with a 10-hole diatonic harmonica tuned to the key of C. The Hohner 1896 Marine Band 10-hole diatonic harmonica in the key of C makes a great beginner's instrument.

Originally Answered: Is it easier to learn harmonica or guitar? Without a doubt, the harmonica is easier to learn. Anyone with any breath in them can pick up a harmonica and blow into it and make something musical out of it. It is an extremely simple instrument to play.

For a start, the term "mouth organ" can refer to many instruments - from the Asian sheng, sho, khaen, sompoton, etc, to the Western harmonicas, blow accordions, melodicas and similar instruments. All of these instruments can be considered small reed organ that are blown by mouth.

The Jew's harp, also known as jaw harp, juice harp, or mouth harp, is a lamellophone instrument, consisting of a flexible metal or bamboo tongue or reed attached to a frame.

The erhu is often described as a Chinese fiddle, in which, when compared to a fiddle, it has a relatively different style. While most of the instrument is built from wood, like the violin, the wood is not where the 'bridge' is put on.

Here are some interesting facts about the harmonica: 1. It is one of the best-selling musical instruments in the world, in the same league as the guitar. 2 - It was one of the first musical instruments to be played in space. On Christmas Eve, in 1965, astronauts played the carol Jingle Bells with a harmonica and bell.

It is a great way to get into music even if you don't have a musical background. There will be some difficulties when you start. You can't learn any instrument without facing any hurdles at all. However, compared to other instruments (guitar, piano etc), the harmonica is definitely one of the easiest to learn.