Mouth organ

Mouth organ
For other uses, see Mouth organ (disambiguation).

A mouth organ is a generic term for free reed aerophone with one or more air chambers fitted with a free reed. [1] 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.[2] Many of the chambers can be played together or each individually.

The mouth organ can be found all around the world and is known by many different names and seen in many different traditions. The most notable variations include the harmonica, the pan flute, and Asian free reed wind instruments consisting of a number of bamboo pipes of varying lengths fixed into a wind chest; these include the sheng, khaen, lusheng, yu, Shō, and saenghwang. The melodica, consisting of a single tube that is essentially blown through a keyboard, is another variation.

See also

References

  1. ^ Miller, Terry. "Mouth Organ". Grove Music Online. http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/19254=. Retrieved 26 Sept 2011. 
  2. ^ Benyon, Ivor. = "Harmonica (i) Mouth Organ". Grove Music Online. http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/12384 =. Retrieved 26 Sept 2011. 

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  • Mouth organ — Mouth Mouth (mouth), n.; pl. {Mouths} (mou[th]z). [OE. mouth, mu[thorn], AS. m[=u][eth]; akin to D. mond, OS. m[=u][eth], G. mund, Icel. mu[eth]r, munnr, Sw. mun, Dan. mund, Goth. mun[thorn]s, and possibly L. mentum chin; or cf. D. muil mouth,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mouth organ — mouth .organ n a small musical instrument that you play by blowing or sucking and moving it from side to side near your mouth = ↑harmonica …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • mouth organ — mouth organs N COUNT A mouth organ is the same as a harmonica. [mainly BRIT] …   English dictionary

  • Mouth-Organ — Mouth Organ,   Abkürzung mo [englisch, maʊθɔ:gən], Mundharmonika …   Universal-Lexikon

  • mouth organ — mouth ,organ noun count a HARMONICA …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • mouth organ — ► NOUN ▪ a harmonica …   English terms dictionary

  • mouth organ — ☆ mouth organ n. HARMONICA (sense 1) …   English World dictionary

  • mouth organ — noun 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 • Syn: ↑harmonica, ↑harp, ↑mouth harp • Derivationally related forms: ↑harpist (for: ↑harp), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • mouth organ — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms mouth organ : singular mouth organ plural mouth organs a harmonica …   English dictionary

  • Mouth organ (disambiguation) — Mouth organ may refer to: Mouth organ, a class of musical instruments played by blowing through apertures An organ of the mouth. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an …   Wikipedia

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