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Known harmonica players that play oriental music are, e.g., [[http://straaten.com/|Roland van Straaten]], [[http://www.levyland.com|Howard Levy]], [[http://shtreiml.com/shtreiml.php|Jason Rosenblatt]], [[http://www.blueswebzine.com/interviews/jantso_jokelin_jay_sinister_triple_jay_interview.html|Jantso Jokelin]].
Known harmonica players that play oriental music are, e.g., [[http://straaten.com/|Roland van Straaten]], [[http://www.levyland.com|Howard Levy]], [[http://shtreiml.com/shtreiml.php|Jason Rosenblatt]], [[http://www.blueswebzine.com/interviews/jantso_jokelin_jay_sinister_triple_jay_interview.html|Jantso Jokelin]].


A little surprising is, however, that one property of the harmonica that I would call essential for oriental music, its natural ability to play microtones, seems to be hardly ever used.
A little surprising is, however, that one property of the harmonica that I would call essential for oriental music, its [[harmonica|natural ability to play microtones]], seems to be hardly ever used.


This page documents some of the maqamats that can be played on standard harmonicas, especially those with a strong microtonal component, which are impossible to approximate in [[12edo]].
This page documents some of the maqamats that can be played on standard harmonicas, especially those with a strong microtonal component, which are impossible to approximate in [[12edo]].
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Known harmonica players that play oriental music are, e.g., &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://straaten.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Roland van Straaten&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.levyland.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Howard Levy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://shtreiml.com/shtreiml.php" rel="nofollow"&gt;Jason Rosenblatt&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.blueswebzine.com/interviews/jantso_jokelin_jay_sinister_triple_jay_interview.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Jantso Jokelin&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
Known harmonica players that play oriental music are, e.g., &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://straaten.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Roland van Straaten&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.levyland.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Howard Levy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://shtreiml.com/shtreiml.php" rel="nofollow"&gt;Jason Rosenblatt&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.blueswebzine.com/interviews/jantso_jokelin_jay_sinister_triple_jay_interview.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Jantso Jokelin&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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A little surprising is, however, that one property of the harmonica that I would call essential for oriental music, its natural ability to play microtones, seems to be hardly ever used.&lt;br /&gt;
A little surprising is, however, that one property of the harmonica that I would call essential for oriental music, its &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/harmonica"&gt;natural ability to play microtones&lt;/a&gt;, seems to be hardly ever used.&lt;br /&gt;
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This page documents some of the maqamats that can be played on standard harmonicas, especially those with a strong microtonal component, which are impossible to approximate in &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/12edo"&gt;12edo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
This page documents some of the maqamats that can be played on standard harmonicas, especially those with a strong microtonal component, which are impossible to approximate in &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/12edo"&gt;12edo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;