Musical instrument -Melodica

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                                    MELODICA

                    The Melodica, additionally called the Wind Piano is delineated as a free reed system with a mouthpiece, air chamber, and keyboard. The Melodica sounds substantially sort of a keyboard mouth harp (although it's a shade tougher to bend notes thereon as you're afar from the reeds) and it produces sound solely breathing into not eupneic. once enjoying over one note at a time (polyphonic) the Melodica will sound terribly love AN accordion. apart from these 2 ANalogies the instrument has an identity of its own. The miscellaneous versions of wind pianos cowl ranges from soprano, alto, and also the onerous to seek out bass in one to three octave boards. Tone, action, key-size still as dynamic vary vary from manufacturer.



  Holding:
                     Hold the melodica with the manus as these area unit right bimanual instruments. I place my hand between the instrument and therefore the handle. Press lips round the mouthpiece, making certain that each one sides area unit closed. keep relaxed and experiment with what feels & sounds right. several melodicas accompany a flex tube permitting you progress, play, and see the instrument at totally different angles. As ridiculous as this could look it's my most popular technique of play. I usually place the melodica & flex tube on my piano and play with one hand on every instrument. If enjoying the tiny red or inexperienced Hohner melodicas with the chicklet keys, hold sort of a sandwich with each hands. One hand plays the white keys the opposite hand plays the black keys.


How to play:
                     The two main ideas to be self-addressed once approaching the melodica area unit hand technique & breath management.Like singing it's going to be easier to play if you're standing. For sleek passages (legato) use the “breath mode”, specifically breathe air into the instrument. For heavier passages use the surface attack, victimisation air as in whistling either a lot of or less, PRN. The tongue is used for brief and precise note values (staccato). during this manner appropriate articulation for every kind of enjoying can develop. Quickly vary your breath to make tremolo (change in volume). this can be the melodicas version of sound (change in pitch).

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