harmonica

English - Turkish

Definition of harmonica in English Turkish dictionary: ağız armonikası
harmonica de bouche: (Muzik) ağız mızıkası
mouth harmonica: (Muzik) ağız mızıkası
glass harmonica: cam armonika

English - English

Definition of harmonica in English English dictionary: a toy instrument of strips of glass or metal hung on two tapes, and struck with hammers; a musical instrument, consisting of a series of hemispherical glasses which, by touching the edges with the dampened finger, give forth the tones; a musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note; 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; A harmonica is a small musical instrument. You play the harmonica by moving it across your lips and blowing and sucking air through it. = mouth organ. or mouth organ Small rectangular wind instrument consisting of free metal reeds set in slots in a small wooden frame and blown through two parallel rows of wind channels. Successive notes of the diatonic (seven-note) scale are obtained by alternately blowing and sucking; the tongue covers channels not required. In chromatic (12-note scale) models, a finger-operated stop selects either of two sets of reeds tuned a semitone apart. The harmonica was invented in 1821 by Friedrich Buschmann (1805-64) of Berlin, who borrowed the basic principle from the Chinese sheng. It is widely used in blues as well as folk music and country music; Mouth organ; a small metal box on which free reeds are mounted, played by moving back and forth across the mouth while breathing into it; a small, hand-held wind instrument on which tones are produced by exhaling and inhaling into recessed air slots In the Appalachian South, the harmonicas play an ordinary diatonic scale but not the "chromatic" intervals between the diatonic scale tones They are thus sold in separate models to play in different keys, and some musicians keep multiple harmonicas (a G-harmonica, a C-harmonica, a D-harmonica, and so forth) in order to play with other instruments Also known as French harp; a free-reed instrument consisting of a series of steel reeds arranged together horizontally in small channels Most consist of ten holes and twenty reeds, with separate blow and draw reed plates mounted on either side of a cedar comb utilizing a diatonic scale; Also known as the Mouth Organ Usually hand held, a free reed instrument, rectangular in shape Sound is produced by air passing through graduated reeds set back into a narrow frame; {i} mouth organ, small musical wind instrument played by inhaling and exhaling into a row of holes; (aka the Western mouth organ) A wind-blown instrument consisting of a casing containing a series of metal reeds It is played principally in popular and folk music, including the blues
glass harmonica: A musical instrument composed of a series of spinning glass bowls, played with the fingers, invented by Benjamin Franklin. See armonica
A harmonica: harp
glass harmonica: A musical instrument consisting of a set of graduated glass bowls on a rotating spindle that produce tones when a finger is pressed to their moistened rims
harmonicas: plural of harmonica
the harmonica: harmonicon