The tunes being made are one octave away from each other giving it a distinct sound. The structure of the chord harmonica can have two reeds in each hole for every note. Whenever a player blows or draws it will produce a different chord sound. It consists of the major, seventh, minor, diminished, and augmented chords with a four-note cluster layout. The Chord harmonicas have an impressive range with a total of 48 chords. The instrument key of this type is available in C or #C.
This instrument is recommended only to experienced players. Since its function is to assists a certain musical performance, the Bass harmonica is not the type beginners should own. This piece can only be played by blowing where bass notes are produced. The Bass harmonica is an ensemble or accompanying instrument. This type of harmonica is fit to be added in musical pieces that are under the genre of Gospel, folk, or jigs. However, putting it together the melody just works like magic. But One is distinctively in a higher compared to the other. Playing this instrument via blowing and drawing can make different notes. What does it mean? When listening intently, the sound it creates is two tunes. The interesting thing about this instrument when it is played there are two tunes that are an octave apart. The Octave harmonicas are designed to have two reeds per hole.
Taking the role of an ensemble is daunting, which is the reason this harmonica is only fit for professional players to use. The notes on this instrument are all laid out in the same row. It can produce twelve chromatic notes that can easily fit to support musical performances. If you prefer to play using the blow and draw technique, the polyphonia is more fitting. Unlike the conventional left to right, this is played from top to bottom. It is a blow-only variety and has a big single comb with reed plates. The most common orchestral melody harmonicas are the horn harmonica. As the name implies, it is used as an ensemble for the orchestra. The Orchestral harmonicas are intended to be an accompanying instrument. But the effect in natural creates makes the piece sound unique. This harmonica is used to add special effects to the tune.īut due to the complexity, this piece can only play simple tunes. This melody produced is called the Tremolo effect. When played the differences create a vibrating sound. These holes contain two reads each where one is of the same note and the other is tuned a bit higher than the other. The additional set of double holes produces a different type of sound. However, the Tremolo is constructed with double holes. The Tremolo harmonicas are designed like the Diatonic type.