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Thread #108477   Message #2257265
Posted By: GUEST,meself
08-Feb-08 - 06:11 PM
Thread Name: harmoniums in folk music
Subject: RE: harmoniums in folk music
For a number of years I used an Indian harmonium - a great funky sound, full and reedy and folky ... Found it in a pawn shop, had no idea what it was ... An East Indian guy came along one day when I was busking and told me what it was, showed me his style of playing ... Another time a young Sikh gave a demonstration ...

I used it to accompany sea songs, Irish pub songs, etc.; it had a bit of that squeeze-box effect.