HARMONICA

The harmonica, also called blues harp, french harp, and mouth organ, is an instrument (free reed wind instrument) used all around the world and also in a lot of different kinds of music like rock and roll, blues, country music, jazz, American Folk music, and also in my country, Colombia, where its sometimes used for salsa. Harmonicas were developed in the 19th century and from there they started slowly to evolve to different types and to how they look today. the different types of harmonicas are: Chromatic harmonica, diatonic harmonica, tremolo tuned harmonica, orchestral harmonica, orchestral melody harmonica, chord harmonica, chengGong harmonica, and the pitch pipe. They all have the same function but are used for different types of music.

         The harmonica was first created or developed in Europe in the early 19th century and it was invented by Christian Friedrich Ludwig Buschmann in 1821. The reason the harmonica and the rest of the mouth-blown free reed instruments appeared, was for their use in classical music. They appeared in the United States of America, the United Kingdom, South America, and in Europe almost the same time because of this. Free reed instruments were, and are still very common today for different types of music specially jazz and classical music.