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  2. Chromatic harmonica - Wikipedia

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    The chromatic harmonica is a type of harmonica that uses a button-activated sliding bar to redirect air from the hole in the mouthpiece to the selected reed-plate desired. When the button is not pressed, an altered diatonic major scale of the key of the harmonica is available, while depressing the button accesses the same scale a semitone ...

  3. Harmonica - Wikipedia

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    During the 1950s, chromatic harmonica became popular in Hong Kong, and players such as Larry Adler and John Sebastian Sr. were invited to perform. Local players such as Lau Mok (劉牧) and Fung On (馮安) promoted the chromatic harmonica. The chromatic harmonica gradually became the main instrument used by the Chinese Y.M.C.A. Harmonica ...

  4. Diatonic and chromatic - Wikipedia

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    The term chromatic inflection (alternatively spelt inflexion) is used in two senses: Alteration of a note that makes it (or the harmony that includes it) chromatic rather than diatonic. [36] Melodic movement between a diatonic note and a chromatically altered variant (from C to C ♯ in G major, or vice versa, for example). [37]

  5. Richter-tuned harmonica - Wikipedia

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    The Richter-tuned harmonica, 10-hole harmonica (in Asia) or blues harp (in America), is the most widely known type of harmonica. It is a variety of diatonic harmonica, with ten holes which offer the player 19 notes (10 holes times a draw and a blow for each hole minus one repeated note) in a three-octave range. The standard diatonic harmonica ...

  6. Harmonica techniques - Wikipedia

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    A diatonic harmonica is designed to ease playing in one diatonic scale. Here is a standard diatonic harmonica's layout in the key of C (1 blow is middle C): This layout easily allows the playing of notes most important in C major, that of the C major triad: C, E, and G. The tonic chord is played by blowing and the dominant chord is played by ...

  7. John Sebastian (classical harmonica player) - Wikipedia

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    His instructional record Play the Harmonica focused on diatonic harmonica, [4] and he also wrote a beginner's method book entitled An Introduction to the Chromatic Harmonica (aka Chromatic Harmonica Instruction Course) that was published by M. Hohner, Inc. in 1972. [35]

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