Brazilian harmonica folk music

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You’re welcome. Since I have a couple Hering harmonicas (probably more coming) I have been researching harmonicas in Brazil. There isn’t a lot of information. But if you take the information that there were massive immigrations of Germans to Brazil in the late 1800s to the early 1900s and that those immigrants maintain to this day a strong sense of German identity we can make a few assumptions about the harmonica there. If you listen to the songs you can tell that they are very European sounding. Waltz and polkas probably. I have also found several Christian hymns being played on these harmonicas as well. These old hymns being a lot of what I grew up singing in church myself. I am guessing that there probably was a strong missionary presence. The neat thing is you can even find young guys playing those songs on the harmonica. So the blues And second position playhas not completely wiped out folk harmonica in these areas.

Yes I believe the company started in 1923. I think he was making harmonicas before. I was given a hering master blues yesterday. Very hefty built harp. Not as loud as the others but has a good tone.

It is good for me in playing first position old time style. But for second position blues it seems stiff.