harmonica (mouth organ)

~ Wind instrument

Description

Used especially in blues, American folk and country, it consists of a rectangle shape with soundholes along the wide side, where air is blown and drawn across free reeds which are mounted on a plate inside.

Relationships

subtypes:bass harmonica
chromatic harmonica
type of:mouth organ
has hybrids:accordina (harmonica/accordion hybrid)
picture:https://static.metabrainz.org/irombook/harmonica/harmonica.png [info]
Wikidata:Q51290 [info]
other databases:https://saisaibatake.ame-zaiku.com/gakki/gakki_jiten_blues_harp.html [info]