Questions tagged [melodica]

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Drying Hohner Student 32 melodica

As my wife bought me a melodica and I started learning to play it, there is one thing which puzzles me significantly. How should I remove condensate from it? - it was far easier with flute (recorder) which could be! Specifically it is Hohner Student…
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Is there a pickup for Melodica?

I've got a couple of melodicas I want to run through guitar pedals, especially distortion and wah and then run the signal into a guitar amp. Is there some kind of pickup I can put in or attach to the melodica? The pickup can't really be a…
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Are there any melodicas out there that use steel reeds?

Or another ferromagnetic material. Most Harmonicas use Brass reeds, I think Seydel is the only exception, who make the "session steel", a stainless steel reeded harmonica. Seydel don't make melodicas apart from one toy one though. Does anyone…
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Are breathing/tonguing techniques for melodica the same as for woodwinds?

Since I've never played a wind instrument, I'd like to know how to begin practicing with proper technique. The generation of sound for drums lies on the control of the stick (grip, bounce, etc ...); the generation of sound for classical guitar lies…
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