Harmonica
Ref: KP-UC072
Cost £4.79 (already includes VAT at 20%)
Excellent quality stainless steel harmonica that is well within everybody's budget! There are 15 holes to blow through.
Ages: 3 yrs+
Size of Harmonica : Approx 13cms (130mm)
A Note about Harmonicas
Blowing and drawing air out of a harmonica actually helps to develop a strong diaphragm and by breathing deep it also helps to use the entire lung volume. Specialists in the 'pulmonary' field have noted that playing a harmonica resembles an action encouraged to improve lung strength. As a result, many pulmonary rehabilitation programmes now actually include playing the harmonica.
Harmonicas are often used in blues, jazz, folk music, rock and roll, country music and even in pop music. You can also often hear someone playing a harmonica sound in other types of music such as dance, funk, acid jazz and hop-hop. A harmonica is also commonly called a mouth-organ. Harmonicas were first spotted in Vienna just before 1824. These instruments were replicated and sold around Germany and then in Czechoslovakia. Matthias Hohner was then the first person to produce diatonic harmonicas in great quantities. By late 19th century millions of harmonicas were sold. Chromatic harmonicas were first made by Hohner in 1924.
