Is the harmonica a China classical instrument or a western instrument?

The harmonica is a western musical instrument.

China's ancient musical instrument "Sheng" is recognized as the originator of harmonica. Sheng was introduced to Europe in the late18th century. It is a reed instrument with free rhythm and has become popular in European music circles.

182 1 year, a German musician named Buschmann arranged 15 flutes together and made different sounds. He called this simple and compact invention the harmonica, and bushman was called the "father of the harmonica". This kind of harmonica was very popular at that time, but people didn't play it as a musical instrument, but used it as a beautiful ornament. Inspired by its structure, people gradually invented the harmonica, reed organ and saxophone.

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Since the invention of the harmonica, a man named Matthias Hoch bought an imitation, began to study and transform it, and successfully produced a new product in 1857. From 650 pieces per year to 1900, the annual output exceeds 40,000 pieces, and now it exceeds 2 million pieces per year.

1865, Horner harmonica was introduced to the United States for sale, and mass-produced in 1888. European music culture and African-American music gradually developed the harmonica.

About 1898, the harmonica was introduced to Osaka, Japan. At that time, people were interested in a polyphonic harmonica with two reeds. After 30 years of circulation, people found that the handed down harmonica could not play Japanese folk songs, so they began to improve it into our common polyphonic harmonica (La and FA in bass). From 1924 to 1933, the harmonica was introduced.

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