harmonica

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Second, playing the harmonica is all about emotion and spontaneity springing from the depths of your heart and soul.

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  1. noun Music A small rectangular instrument consisting of a row of free reeds set back in air holes, played by exhaling or inhaling. Also called mouth harp, mouth organ; also called regionally French harp.
  2. noun Music A glass harmonica.
  3. noun Music An instrument consisting of tuned strips of metal or glass fixed to a frame and struck with a hammer.

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  • Her horn sounded like a harmonica, and her music was wonderful. —  Phaze Doubt
  • It had five distinct notes, and he blew combinations of these The trilling sound of the harmonica carried astonishingly through the gas Apparently the harmonica was a form of telegraphy, because men began arriving. —  067 - The Red Terrors
  • Second, playing the harmonica is all about emotion and spontaneity springing from the depths of your heart and soul. —  AvaxHome RSS:
  • Walker said the beautiful thing about the harmonica is there are only two choices - blow, which is breathing out, and draw, which is breathing in - when playing the instrument. —  The Advertiser-Tribune
  • Just because the harmonica is a small instrument frequently heard in folk and pop music doesn’t mean it shouldn’t appear on the orchestral stage, and harmonica player Robert Bonfiglio, the guest artist for Tuesday’s Waco Symphony Orchestra concert, is quick to make his case. —  wacotrib - Latest News Headlines
 

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  1. Alteration of obsolete armonica, glass harmonica, from Italian, feminine of armonico, harmonious, from Latin harmonicus, harmonic; see harmonic.

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  1. New Latin, feminine of Latin harmonicus, musical: see harmonic.
 

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/hɑrˈmɑnɪkə/
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