well.... I won't recommend any particular mouth-organ but you can buy whatever you want... it s a personal thing... In india u can easily find a 24 hole diatonic harmonica as well as a chromatic one. I play both diatonic as well as the chromatic mouth organ ... Both are a bit different since the sound is different. I like the diatonic harmonica because the sound produced by it is wave like but there are some limitations with this kind of mouth organ. one can not play all songs on this type of mouth organ because it does not have the "sharp" or "flat" notes ( komal swaras) whereas in a chromatic mouth organ all notes can be played (with a little practice,of course). The chromatic harmonica has a reedy sound which gives out clear and concise notes ( i prefer the wave-like sound
:) )... The starting tunes of a few songs by linkin park(in the end , crawling ) can be played on a chromatic harmonica...
The notes provided in this website will work for both diatonic as well as chromatic harmonicas, but the tunes in which "sharp" and "flat" tones (komal surs) are used can't be played on a diatonic mouth organ .
If you are not sure which one harmonica is daitonic and which one is chromatic . CLICK HERE
Example of Tunes you can play on daitonic mouth organ are :
- Hai apna dil to aawaraa
- yaad kiya dil ne
- Ek ajnabi hasina se mulakaat ho gayi
- kaho naa pyar hai ( kaho na pyar hai)
- Dil ne dil ko pukara ( kaho na pyar hai)
- chaand sitare phool uar kaliyaan (kaho naa pyar hai)
- kyun chalti hai pawan ( kaho naa pyar hai)
- Badi mushkil hai khoya mera dil hai
- phoolon ka taaron sa sabka kehna hai
- dil mera churaya kyun ( akele hum akele tum)
Examples of Tunes you can play only on Chromatic mouth organ are :
- Tune mujhe pechana nahi ( raju chacha)
- Pehla nasha (jo jita wohi sikandar)
- kyunki itna pyar ( kyunki)
- dil keh raha hai ( kyunki)
