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The chord harmonica is used to provide chordal and rhythmic backing in an ensemble, much as rhythm guitar might do. Jerry Murad's Harmonicat's 1947 "Peg O' My Heart" was played on a Chord, with a cleverly arranged sequence of chords that produced the impression of a melody. Hohner's main Chord is known as the Hohner 48, because it plays 48 chords.
The Guinness Book of World Records, 1978 edition (p. 222), 1979 edition (p. 223), and the 1982 edition (p. 232)-and possibly also the years in between, show a photograph of Stan Harper playing the largest harmonic, the Hohner 48 Chord Harmonica, which, when separated, measures 4 feet long. it has 384 separate holes and can play in a total of 48 ...
The chord harmonica has up to 48 chords: major, seventh, minor, augmented and diminished for ensemble playing. It is laid out in four-note clusters, each sounding a different chord on inhaling or exhaling. Typically each hole has two reeds for each note, tuned to one octave of each other. Less expensive models often have only one reed per note.
The Guitaret is an electric lamellophone made by Hohner and invented by Ernst Zacharias, in 1963. [1] Zacharias also invented similar instruments like the Pianet, Cembalet and the Clavinet. [2] [3] The instrument itself was not popular, and was dropped from the product line in 1965, presumably because it failed to excite the market.
Blues harp. 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.
Hohner Harmonetta Diagram of the Harmonetta keyboard (German note names.) The Hohner Harmonetta is a mouth-blown free-reed instrument which was introduced by Hohner in the 1950s. It has an approximately 3-octave range, from C3 to B5. The Harmonetta combines features of the harmonica and the melodica.
A tremolo harmonica Pitch range for Tremolo Harmonica (common east Asia). A tremolo harmonica is a type of diatonic harmonica, distinct by having two reeds per note.In a tremolo harmonica, the two reeds are tuned slightly off a reference pitch, one slightly sharp and the other slightly flat.
The orchestra included Blues harmonica player Pierre Beauregard of Boston, who arranged 25 songs for the group to play at a 1982 convocation that brought together 48 musicians from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Washington, DC, for a performance so unique it was recorded and aired on the Today Show.