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A Hohner melodica
A Hohner melodica

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Invented by Joseph Lederfine in order to teach music fundamentals to children, the melodica was probably first used as a serious musical instrument by jazz musician Phil Moore Jr. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States American Jazz and Funk musician keyboardist and composer Known in part for his use of an electrified Melodica on his 1969 Atlantic Records album Right on his Atlantic Records album Right On, 1969 (SD-1530). Atlantic Records ( Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American Record label best known for its many recordings of Rhythm & blues, Rock It is most often associated with Jamaican dub and reggae musicians in the '70s, most notably Augustus Pablo. Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. Dub is a form of music which evolved from Reggae in the late 1960s Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s Horace Swaby ( June 21, 1953 &ndash May 18, 1999) better known as Augustus Pablo, was a Jamaican Roots reggae [1] Henry Slaughter (of The Imperials) played a melodica solo on "I'll Remember You," which was recorded by Elvis Presley on June 10, 1966 and appeared on the album "Spinout. The Imperials are a four time Grammy winning American Gospel music group and a member of the Gospel Spinout is a 1966 Musical film and Comedy starring Elvis Presley as the lead singer of a band and part-time Racecar driver "

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Types of melodicas

Popular melodica manufacturers include Sound Electra, Angel, Hohner, Suzuki, Yamaha and Samick. An angel is a Spiritual Supernatural being found in many Religions Although the nature of angels and the tasks given to them vary from tradition to tradition For the music band from Cologne see Höhner. Hohner Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles a full range of Motorcycles All-Terrain Samick is the name of a Korea -based musical instrument manufacturer one of the largest in the world It is also known by various names such as melodion (Suzuki), melodia (Diana), pianica (Yamaha), mylodica(Sound Electra), "melodihorn", or clavietta. is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles a full range of Motorcycles All-Terrain

Melodicas are portable enough to be carried around. They have been very popular in music education, especially in Asia.

Comparison with traditional woodwind instruments

Melodicas are somewhat unique because they are handheld woodwind instruments that can be used to play a large variety of chords. This is accomplished by depressing multiple keys simultaneously.

Additionally, a melodica can play accidentals more easily than a traditional woodwind, which requires a partial hole coverage to reach any notes outside of its key.

These two factors give the melodica an unusual degree of flexibility and contribute to the fact that it's used so widely in music education.

Notable players

References

  1. ^ "Augustus Pablo" by Bud Kliment and Amy Wachtel
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melodica

-noun

  1. a free-reed keyboard wind instrument
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