Hugo Diaz was a virtuoso of the harmonica from Argentina. Unique in his style and sound, Hugo Diaz became very…
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The History of the Harmonica: The Sheng
The harmonica was developed in Europe in the early part of the 19th century. Free-reed instruments like the Sheng had been…
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Harmonica is the secondary protagonist of Sergio Leone’s epic 1968 Spaghetti Western film, Once Upon a Time in the West. He is…
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Diatonic Hohner Special 20 Harmonica in the key of C, Major Diatonic Lee Oskar Harmonica, in the key of C, Major Diatonic Hohner…
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Mr. Tambourine Man (Live at the Newport Folk Festival. 1964). Bob Dylan and his Harmonica…
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Sonny Terry, original name Saunders Terrell, (born October 24, 1911, Greensboro, Georgia, U.S.—died March 11, 1986, Mineola, New York), was…
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Learn how to play the harmonica with songs and practicing exercises in the most efficient way, both for diatonic and…
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Zoom harmonica lessons and video calls are definitely an elegant solution to start to play this fantastic instrument. Due to the COVID-19…
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Sugar Blue sings and plays Hoochie Coochie Man on harmonica. This is a blues standard written by Willie Dixon and…
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Stevie Wonder performs “Alfie” with his chromatic harmonica in the East Room to tribute Hal David and Burt Bacharach as…
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