Who knows about the history of the harmonica

History of the Harmonica: Types (1).

The first person to play the harmonica in China was Huang Hanqiu, who brought it to China from Japan at the beginning of the last century and translated the "Harmonica Blowing Method".

The first is to learn a little about the history of the blues.

The blues are the ancestors of jazz, rock and gospel songs, originally sung by early American slaves when expressing their feelings, **full of oppression and dissonance, this **sounds very melancholy (blue). But it was such an anti-bone vibe that made it later carry forward in rebellious rock music. The way the blues expressed themselves in songs that directly stated their inner thoughts, which was very different from the ** of the white society at the time.

The musician makes the guitar sound like a human voice crying to express his emotions, which is the blues. The blues** began in the southern part of the United States at the turn of the century. It was originally a short song for poor blacks to cry out while they were working.

So the blues are very focused on the catharsis of self-emotion and originality or improvisation. As for the harmonica, which was widely used in the blues**, it began in the mid-twenties, and gradually the harmonica was often used to play the blues** because the guitar and harmonica performed better than these traditional instruments and were more suitable for performing in empty places (street performances were popular at the time). Therefore, I personally think that the blues ten-hole harmonica is the most "authentic" in the harmonica, and it is also the most expressive of personality.

In a nutshell, the black slaves from Africa, who were oppressed by slave owners in the United States at that time, had to express their grievances through uninhibited and melancholy blues**, and the small harmonica was able to express this characteristic, so the ten-hole harmonica, originally invented by Europeans, gained the largest market in the United States and eventually became popular all over the world (of course, during this period, various kinds of harmonicas were developed, such as polyphonic harmonica, chromatic scale, etc.).

The harmonica originated in China, and about thousands of years ago, it was called sheng "sheng". This musical instrument, made of bamboo reeds, quickly became popular in Asia and occupied an important place in the tradition. In the late 18th century, sheng was introduced to Europe and soon became popular in the world.

Translator's note: As far back as the Shang Dynasty more than 3,000 years ago, China already had the prototype of Sheng. In the unearthed Yin (1401 BC, 1122 BC) ruins oracle bone inscription, there is a record of "and".

And" is the predecessor of Xiaosheng in later generations. "Erya Shile" records: "The big sheng is the nest, and the small one is the sum."

In the 19th century, European musicians began to experiment with metal reeds instead of wooden reeds in sheng. Around 1820, a young musician named Christian Friedrich Buschmann created the first harmonica (then called aura) with metal reeds. This kind of aura has been widely praised by ** families for its unique charm; But at that time, the aura only had a blowing sound, not a sound absorption.

Around 1825, the European Richter invented a musical instrument that became the prototype of the modern harmonica. The instrument has 10 blown holes and two reeds, each consisting of 10 reeds. In this way, the notes can be pronounced by blowing and inhaling at each of the holes, and the notes chosen by Richter are now the scale arrangements of the diatonic harmonica, sometimes called the standard Richter scale.

The mass production of harmonica was in vienna in 1829, and soon harmonica factories appeared in other cities as well. In the German town of Trossingen, watchmaker Christian Messner and his cousin Christian Weiss used their spare time to make harmonicas, but soon their harmonica business was booming. A few years later, another local watchmaker, Matthias Hohner, visited Messner and Weiss, learned how to make harmonica, and started his own harmonica business.

Obviously, Matthias Hohner was not a great harmonica player, and then he turned out to be a brilliant businessman. In the market, Matthias beat many competitors and began exporting harmonicas to the United States, which soon became his largest market. In 1900, Matthias handed over the management of the business to his five sons.

In the first half of the 20th century, the popularity of the harmonica continued to expand, and at the same time harmonica bands grew rapidly. Hohner developed the chromatic harmonica, which could play all the notes by controlling a single button. In 1930, Larry Adler became the most famous chromatic harmonica player, an honor he held until his death in 2001.

One morning in the early spring of 1821, a peasant girl in the German countryside was playing with her mother's wooden comb at the door, playing with it, and playing with a new trick: she found two pieces of paper, one on top of the other, and then put it on her mouth and blew it. At this moment, a ** house named Bushman passed by and was attracted by the wonderful sound.

He stepped forward and asked the girl to show him the comb. After carefully examining this "masterpiece", Bushman came up with the idea of developing a new instrument. Back at home, he made the world's first harmonica out of ivory, using ivory to make the world's first harmonica, using the little girl's wooden comb, the ancient Chinese sheng and the Roman flute.

There was a French watchmaker named Friedric.

It's Germany, you know it when you look it up.

Are sheng and harmonica the same thing? = =

Or is our sheng also called a harmonica today? =，=

** Bushmann's was walking in the small town of Tosern, and he stumbled upon a peasant girl sitting at the door and playing, with a pair of chubby little hands holding a wooden comb with a piece of cardboard attached to it and blowing it to her mouth. Bushman's heart lit up, and after he returned, according to the pronunciation and blowing principles of the ancient Chinese sheng and Roman flutes, he carved a "pill tube" into a round-like harmonica from ivory, which was the world's earliest harmonica.

To name a few, I've been there. Before learning the harmonica, there is no clear classification of the harmonica. Before I learned the harmonica, I thought there was only one harmonica, but after I came into contact with it, I realized that there are many kinds of harmonica.

Common polyphonic harmonica, ten-hole harmonica, blues harmonica, ten-hole harmonica and more scale, chromatic harmonica, accent harmonica, string harmonica, flute sound harmonica, etc., we often use polyphonic ten-hole harmonica, harmonica.

I think the harmonica is the same as the flute, it sounds good and easy to learn. Although it is a wind instrument, it is very attentive and the technique is obviously different. No matter what kind of new instrument you learn, you should be in awe.

I think the harmonica is cheap, and the piano around 50 feels good from the beginning. In fact, the entry level of about 50 is a relatively poor piano. Ten only Yukong polyphonic harmonica 200 in the middle end, chromatic scale of about 1,000 yuan in the middle end.

A good piano has a good tone and a good blow.

Playing the harmonica is just blowing air, in fact, the harmonica is an instrument that can only be played by breathing, and breathing is your rhythm. Size, before playing the harmonica, I didn't know that the original 10-hole harmonica was only the size of the palm. Playing the harmonica is very simple and has the same feeling as a toy.

Ever since I learned the harmonica, I have learned that the harmonica also needs to be practiced in a methodical way. The various articulations of polyphony, the various techniques of the ten-hole chromatic scale, when each hole has to be sucked in, the method of blowing will not be wrong. On the contrary, I think that there is a problem with the harmonica, but it is actually a problem with the method.

The harmonica is small and light with a beautiful tone. It is an indisputable fact that it is easy to carry and simple to manipulate. There are many types of harmonica, so I won't talk about it here, just talk about my own experience in the process of playing the harmonica, combined with many years of playing experience.

As a lightweight entertainment tool, I've been carrying it with me for decades. When I went to school, in the dormitory after the evening self-study, a campus song was played, and the students sang loudly, the group was excited and excited; In the twilight before the open-air movie starts, there is an impromptu song in the crowd, and everyone gathers around and listens quietly.

The harmonica is a musical instrument not a toy, the harmonica is difficult to learn, the people who learn the harmonica are crazy, it costs money to learn the harmonica, it takes a lot of perseverance to learn the harmonica, etc.

People who haven't learned the harmonica may not know that the harmonica is actually a musical instrument, they don't know how enviable it is to learn the harmonica, they don't know how difficult the harmonica is to learn, they can't know that learning the harmonica costs money, and it is impossible to understand why the harmonica player is so crazy on stage.

It's a musical instrument. It is a very difficult to learn a pure musical instrument to call the state, and the good people who play the macro will be very enviable, and it is very crazy on the stage, and it is also very expensive to learn and order such a **. It's a complicated process.

The harmonica is a musical instrument, it is very difficult to learn the harmonica, it is very expensive to learn the harmonica, the harmonica player is very crazy, and the person who plays the harmonica well is very enviable.

Jane Li, Taiwanese harmonica player, serves as the Judy Harmonica Ensemble'In 2009, he won the double championship of the "Ten-Hole Harmonica Blues Folk Country Rock Group" and the "Chromatic Harmonica Jazza Jazz Group" at the 6th World Harmonica Festival in Germany. Incumbent: Judy'S Harmonica Ensemble (chromatic harmonica); Organ Yangle Collection (Harmonica & Ukulele); Half Sugar Orchestra (Harmonica) Award Record:

2009 World Harmonica Competition: 10-Hole Harmonica Blues Folk Country Rock - Champion 2009 World Harmonica Competition: Chromatic Harmonica Jazz - Champion.

At present, Long Dengjie's chromatic harmonica and blues harmonica are the first in China!