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Harmonica

🔄 Synonyms of "Harmonica"

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Word	Definition
mouth organnoun	(music) A free reed aerophone, in the Western tradition commonly the harmonica.
mouth harpnoun	Synonym of Jew's harp.
harpnoun	(music) A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Harmonica"

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Word	Definition
harpnoun	(music) A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body
mouth organnoun	(music) A free reed aerophone, in the Western tradition commonly the harmonica.
mouth harpnoun	Synonym of Jew's harp.
harmoniumnoun	(music) A small keyboard instrument that consists of a series of reed pipes, which sound when one of the keys is pressed to open a valve that allows air to pass through.
harmoniphonenoun	A free-reed musical instrument played with a keyboard, in which the sounds are produced by reeds set in a tube, and vibrating under pressure from the breath; a precursor of the modern melodica.
harmoniphonnoun	Alternative form of harmoniphone. [A free-reed musical instrument played with a keyboard, in which the sounds are produced by reeds set in a tube, and vibrating under pressure from the breath; a precursor of the modern melodica.]
harmoniconnoun	(dated, music) The harmonica.
aeolharmonicanoun	(music, obsolete) A form of harmonium.
glass harmonicanoun	(music) A musical instrument composed of a series of spinning glass bowls, played with the fingers, invented by Benjamin Franklin.
harmonometernoun	(rare, dated) An instrument for measuring the harmonic relations of sounds.
natural harmonicnoun	(music) a sound produced by lightly touching the string as opposed to pressing it against the fingerboard, usually with the actual pitch notated
organ harmoniumnoun	(music) A large harmonium used instead of a pipe organ.
harp holdernoun	A framework that fits around the neck and holds a harmonica up to the mouth so that it can be played while leaving the wearer's hands free, usually in order to play another instrument.
french harpnoun	Synonym of harmonica.
harmonicnoun	(physics) A component frequency of the signal of a wave that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency.
jew's harpnoun	A musical instrument consisting of a flexible metal or bamboo “tongue” attached to a frame. This tongue is placed in the performer's mouth and plucked with the finger to produce a note of constant pitch. Melodies can be created by changing the shape of the mouth and causing different overtones.
autoharpnoun	A string instrument having a series of chord bars attached to dampers (muting bars) which mute all the strings other than those that form the desired chord.
hydraulophonenoun	(music) Any of several musical instruments that employ the movement of water rather than air.
harpoonnoun	A spearlike weapon with a barbed head used in hunting whales and large fish.
mouth harpistnoun	Someone who plays a mouth harp (either a harmonica or a Jew's harp).