Harpbox jam hot
You’ve heard of beatboxing right? You take a microphone, some attitude and make like loose change in the tumble dryer. Well what if you threw in your harmonica?
The answer is you’d be harpboxing. Here’s our main man Yuri Lane taking harpboxing to the people of Chicago.
How to play harmonica with no hands!
In Sweden a harmonica is called a Munspel. Here’s crazy Filip Jers from Sweden showing us how to play harmonica with no hands…and read the paper at the same time.
Tack så mycket Filip. Thanks very much Filip.
Harmonica ferret
Now be honest, how many times have you lost your ferret and wondered what to do? Loads of times right? Well the solution is simple. Play a harmonica.
Too bad this doesn’t work with TV remotes and car keys!
Robert McClung – Pigskin Parade (1936)
Welcome back to our crazy harmonicas series. This clip comes from the film Pigskin Parade made in 1936, which featured a young harmonica specialist called Robert McClung. Robert lived from 1920-1945.
At 16 years of age, watch Robert play a Fox Chase (mixing a galloping harmonica with the sound of baying fox hounds), use his nose to play harmonica, and demonstrate a harmonica steam train. No microphones, no amplifiers, just the amazing natural sounds of harmonica and human voice. Truly amazing
What’s the craziest harmonica in the world?
Regular visitors to the Toot Suite will know we feature all kinds of unique and whacky harmonicas. Here’s our friend Dave ‘MadCat’ Ruth demonstrating some of the crazy things he can do. We reckon this is the whackiest harmonica in the world. Enjoy!
Nelly the Elephant packed her trunk
When we organise musical demonstrations in schools, we tell children they just need two things to play the harmonica. One is the ability to breathe in. The other is the ability to breathe out. It’s that simple.
So that’s breathe in. And breathe out. Breathe in. And breathe out. Come on, even an elephant can do it!