{"id":1786,"date":"2023-07-05T19:18:50","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T00:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soundadventurer.com\/?p=1786"},"modified":"2023-07-05T19:18:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T00:18:51","slug":"harmonica-like-instruments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundadventurer.com\/harmonica-like-instruments\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Harmonica-Like Instruments (Some May Surprise You!)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As you might expect, it turns out that the harmonica is not completely unique in its design. The harmonica uses a free reed system where a metal tine vibrates up and down from air passing over and under it creating its sound.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And there are actually a lot of instruments that do this exact same thing. Let’s jump in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My old Pocket Pal Hohner. I gave this to my (very young) son and it sure looks worse for wear. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Free Reed Instruments: Instruments that make their sound by air vibrating a reed which passes above and below a stationary frame.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Accordion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The accordion is one of the more well-known free-reed instruments. Like the harmonica, it has metal tines that vibrate up and down when air is passed over them making that distinct and beautiful sound. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, what’s different from the accordion is where it gets the air. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accordions use a sort of bellows that moves air when expanded and contracted<\/strong>. The air comes into the accordion when you stretch it out and it is released when you collapse it, and sound is made as the air moves in both directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accordions have been a long time in the making, and because of that, there are many different variations on a similar concept. <\/p>\n\n\n\n