Use of Harmonicas to Improve Health
(Clink on the blue links below to explore our pages on harmonica use)
Main website for Medical Harmonica and Harmonic Research and Clinical Work of Dr. John Schaman:
http://harmonicamd.com/
Rhythm exercises in key of C:
http://www.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/~jschaman/help/audio/index.html
Chordal jamming in key of C:
http://www.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/~jschaman/help/audio/index2.html
Advanced harmonica website for Medical Harmonica:
http://harmonicamd.com/Advanced.html
Rhythm exercises in key of F:
http://harmonicamd.com/audio/audio.html
Chordal jamming in key of F:
http://harmonicamd.com/audio/audio2.html
Harmonicas in Music Therapy: Research and Clinical Programming
Harmonica Notation and Teaching Considerations
How to Practice to Target Endurance
Comparison of Normal Function of Lungs with Description of How Asthma Effects Pulmonary Status
Appreciation is expressed to The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at UW – Eau Claire which supported the series of grants that laid the foundation for our coursework to integrate harmonicas in pulmonary rehab for both in-patients and out-patients. Appreciation is also expressed to students from the IDIS 103 Introduction to Music Therapy course at UW – Eau Claire who helped search the music therapy journals to find and annotate articles. We found over 200 citations referencing the use of harmonicas during a journal search, but in most cases the harmonica was simply mentioned once in a description of methodology used, and specific techniques and uses were not described.