The modern harmonica was popularized in 1857 by an extravagantly-whiskered German clockmaker named Matthias Hohner. Hohner made diatonic harmonicas — tuned to play major and minor chords when ...

African American traditions use a different scale than European traditions, so they could not play some of their notes on the harmonica. That is, until someone figured out that you could bend a ...

This involved playing them not only on piano and guitar, but simultaneously on harmonica—a skill he learned over five years of intensive lessons with Rob Paparozzi. The professional harmonica ...

And while there are many who’ve played the thing and banged a few notes out, few have truly mastered it. Below we wanted to celebrate some of the folks who have made the harmonica a transcendent ...

The harmonica is another way to tell how well patients are breathing, according to registered nurse Richardson. "We can hear the notes and how long patients are actually inhaling and exhaling ...