Monday, January 31, 2011

Melodica by Frost

Not really my cup of tea (I didn't actually hear a melodica in their samples) but here's an album named Melodica by the band Frost, give it a listen!

http://www.ilike.com/artist/Frost/album/Melodica

 

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Types of Melodicas

There are four different types of melodicas.

"Melodicas are classified primarily by the range of the instrument. Melodicas with different ranges have slightly different shapes.

  • Soprano and alto melodicas are higher-pitched and thinner sounding than tenors. Some are designed to be played with both hands at once; the left hand plays the black keys, and the right hand plays the white keys. Others are played like the tenor melodica.
  • Tenor melodicas are a lower-pitched type of melodica. The left hand holds a handle on the bottom, and the right hand plays the keyboard. Tenor melodicas can be played with two hands by inserting a tube into the mouthpiece hole and placing the melodica on a flat surface.
  • Bass melodicas (lower-pitched than the tenor type) also exist, but are less common than other types.
  • The accordina uses the same mechanism, but with accordion-like buttons instead of keys."

from wikipedia.org

Gotta catch 'em all!