Mouth Harp is a piece for harmonica and interactive computer written in the MaxMSP environment. Playing the harmonica is a unique experience in that every breath, whether drawing in or blowing out, is a performance gesture and is immediately interpreted in the instrument’s sound. This makes performing on the instrument an encompassing event, one where you turn inward to create the sounds you want to play. This piece attempts to let the audience in on that experience, enveloping them in the surprising sound world that the harmonica can produce. ## Recording <iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A318128449&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=true&show_comments=false&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><div style="font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/allisonic" title="allisonic" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">allisonic</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/allisonic/mouth-harp" title="Mouth Harp" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">Mouth Harp</a></div> 2007 performance by Jesse Allison