harmonica
noun
har·mon·i·ca
här-ˈmä-ni-kə 
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2
: a small rectangular wind instrument with free reeds recessed in air slots from which tones are sounded by exhaling and inhaling
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The scenes in Sinners when musicians play acoustic guitars and harmonicas brought back memories of hearing tunes by B.B. King and Z.Z. Hill while sitting on my grandmother’s porch.
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AFAR Media, 10 July 2025
For the entertainment, Smoke and Stack recruit a fine blues pianist and harmonica player fallen on hard times, Delta Slim (a quietly marvelous Delroy Lindo).
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 18 Apr. 2025
And Delroy Lindo as piano and harmonica blues musician Delta Slim.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
In the summer of 2014, Chris and Morgane, along with co-producer Dave Cobb, Stapleton’s drummer Derek Mixon and bassist J.T. Cure, and special guests Mickey Raphael on harmonica and Robby Turner on pedal steel guitar entered RCA’s famed Studio A in Nashville.
—Deborah Evans Price, Billboard, 29 May 2025
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AFAR Media, 10 July 2025
For the entertainment, Smoke and Stack recruit a fine blues pianist and harmonica player fallen on hard times, Delta Slim (a quietly marvelous Delroy Lindo).
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 18 Apr. 2025
And Delroy Lindo as piano and harmonica blues musician Delta Slim.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
In the summer of 2014, Chris and Morgane, along with co-producer Dave Cobb, Stapleton’s drummer Derek Mixon and bassist J.T. Cure, and special guests Mickey Raphael on harmonica and Robby Turner on pedal steel guitar entered RCA’s famed Studio A in Nashville.
—Deborah Evans Price, Billboard, 29 May 2025
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“Harmonica.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/harmonica. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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harmonica
noun
har·mon·i·ca
här-ˈmän-i-kə
: a small musical instrument that is held in the hand and played by the mouth and that produces a sound through metal reeds which vibrate as air is blown or drawn past them
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