Re: [Harp-L] Re: Harmonica Otherwise playlist on Spotify

[Benoît FELTEN <benoit.felten@xxxxxxxxx>]

That got me wondering why "French Harp" and I found this explanation on Pat
Missin's excellent site:

"French" was often used in the US South to mean "European" and although
harmonicas were mostly made in Germany, they wound up being called French
Harps (compare with the Irish Gaelic term below).

http://www.patmissin.com/ffaq/q3.html

Apparently in Gaelic it was the "French Fiddle" !

Benoit

2012/6/25 Dan Hazen <bluesmandan76@xxxxxxxxx>

> "Also, there are a host of great harmonica players in France --
> disproportionate to the population, I believe."
>
> Maybe that's why it's also nicknamed the "french harp".
>



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