melodica-wise

[utodd]

Pablo, Pablove Black, Dr. Pablo, Glen Brown, Joe White, Sonny Bins, the footsteps get smaller. I can't carry a tune with a shovel, but I keep a melodica handy for times like this. How does a music-fundamentals teaching instrument take hold like this?

[utodd]

well shoot, can i make a stab at it? cheap, accessible, different, easy to transport weed in, no no no

[James]

Well, it's only a guess on my part too, but affordability probably has a lot to do with it. That wouldn't be enough if it didn't also sound good, though.

To extend the guess a little farther, so many musicians came out of the the Alpha School--they may have been exposed to the instrument there in an early music class.

Those are all guesses. I'd be glad to hear from someone who knows!

[Jah Rumble]

The melodica was often used as an introduction instrument to the piano. Normal melodica's have 1 or 2 octaves worth of keys, so it is easier for kids to handle. It is also definitely cheaper than buying a piano. This is why the melodica was considered a childrens instrument back in the day. It took a genius like Augustus to really show the world the potential that this instrument has.

Rumble
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[ReV RuSSeLL ReCoRDS]

Donald Fagen of Steely Dan plays a Melodica and it sounds great.