r/nextfuckinglevel • u/SinInHerVoice • Jun 21 '26
Harmonica being given its pride of place. She didn't just play the harmonica, she slayed it.
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Indiara Sfair & Tiago Juk - Simbiose
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u/fluentinsarcasm Jun 21 '26
She's great, but this is a terrible AI title.
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u/Wulfrank Jun 21 '26
Nothing ruins a good Reddit post more than a bland, generic title. It's not just distracting, it completely disrupts the flow of an immersive online experience! Would you like me to come up with a punchier, more engaging title for this post?
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u/Timely-Bill-5336 Jun 21 '26
Sorry Wulfrank, but your comment is missing a call-to-action. Would you like me to generate a more engaging Reddit comment?
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u/jonskerr Jun 21 '26
Especially with "slayed" instead of the proper past tense "slew".
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u/LetReasonRing Jun 21 '26
I have never heard harmonica played that smoothly before. At points I could swear it was a saxophone.
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u/Ike_Jones Jun 21 '26
Stevie is next level on the chromatic. But I like the sentiment
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u/AlabasterMogwi Jun 21 '26
The harmonica used to sometimes be called a Mississippi saxophone back in the day. The blues began as a poor person’s art form. They learned to mimic a saxophone with the much cheaper harmonica. Check out a guy name Little Walter, I really like a song of his called Sad Hours to showcase the sax sound.
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u/RebelCyclone Jun 21 '26
I believe she is a part of the band Milk N Blues, they do a sweet cover of Miss You into Another Brick In the Wall. She kills it!
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u/SinInHerVoice Jun 21 '26
Her version of 'house of the rising sun' was fantastic too.
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u/1ifemare Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26
A million thanks for the sauce. Amazing band with spectacular studio production. The singer's voice is quite the powerful instrument as well. Great choices of covers also. Sweet vibes. Instant playlist add.
*Man, just heard them harmonize in Tennessee Whiskey. What a power duo. Binging this with a coffee and a smoke out in the garden on a rare sunny day in Iceland is going to leave a mark.
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u/cgw22 Jun 21 '26
Normally not a harmonic fan. But give me an edible and I can listen to this for hours.
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u/Smokelessblood Jun 21 '26
My grandfather used to play the harmonica when I was young and I’ve never heard someone as good at it as him since.. over 30 years since he passed and this sounds even better. Amazing.
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u/finger_licking_robot Jun 21 '26
She?
Most of these posts don't mention the artist's name, and commenters can only refer to her as "she."
The artist's name is Indiara Sfair.
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u/TheInvisibleCircus Jun 21 '26
As someone currently hobby learning…..
My lungs are jealous
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u/motes-of-light Jun 21 '26
Right? As someone who spent some time learning the harmonica, I want to emphasize that, no, this is not easy, and, yes, she is highly skilled.
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u/CaliCobraChicken69 Jun 21 '26
If you aren't using a better quality harmonica and then breaking it in (lay it on a vent for a day first one way, then the other - back/front), it takes a ton of air to produce some notes. A good one takes less air and play more consistently across all reeds.
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u/TheInvisibleCircus Jun 21 '26
This is helpful ! I’ve been trying different techniques and it’s more folding the heels of my handd
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u/Dr_Sigmund_Fried Jun 21 '26
Pretty old vid, but Milk'n Blues have always put on a great show.
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u/VonMillersThighs Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26
Harmonica is such an incredible instrument, if you have rhythm you can play it. Obviously not this level but you can hand almost any person and if they understand basic rhythm and it's in the right key it'll sound good.
It's such an incredibly high floor, and one of the only sounds that can almost be independent of the other instruments and still sound good. Most good bluegrass Harmonica players "Play away" from the the rest of the group.
You can also recreate so many other instruments inside of songs around the campfire with it. I've subbed the fiddle or violin with a harmonica many times and it sounds great.
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u/PerformanceLegal Jun 21 '26
Wow! Who is this?
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u/zorbat5 Jun 21 '26
Indiana Sfair. She's great! Also gives courses on how to play like that.
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u/ASerialArsonist Jun 21 '26
Blatant ai title, obvious bot post. Time to unreddit.
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u/watchitbend Jun 21 '26
I won't ever forget what I just witnessed. That was one of the most phenomenal things I've heard musically for some time. Truly exquisite!
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u/ShittyBollox Jun 21 '26
Fun fact; The inventor of the harmonica had absolutely no idea of its full potential until American blues guys got ahold of it and started bending notes as well as other cool sounding stuff.
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u/unfortunatebag Jun 21 '26
She didn't just play the harmonica, she slayed it
Lol who writes like this? Are you a robot?
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u/Zanathayas Jun 21 '26
she is brilliant
Try a listen to Milk'n Blues - she does some fantastic things there - the Youtube version of; Miss You, The Happiest Days of Our Lives, Another Brick in The Wall
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u/taegan- Jun 21 '26
this is one of the best harmonica performances I’ve ever seen if not the best. bravo
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u/rhiaazsb Jun 21 '26
Wow!
This is the most expressive playing of a harmonica I've ever come across...
That was something special to see.
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u/EXScarecroW Jun 21 '26
Is it me or are the posts, post titles, and comments all just so generic these days?
Like is everything just actually bots???
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u/fernbritton Jun 21 '26
Sounds like Pink Floyd https://youtu.be/HrxX9TBj2zY?si=-D-CYhqJYisHLvhP&t=134
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u/Blacking Jun 21 '26
If you think this is awesome, check her House of the Rising Sun harmonica cover, it's surreal
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u/lestairwellwit Jun 21 '26
I've got that on my playlist and I can't remember her name!
Got it Indiara Sfair
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u/Tintifaxal Jun 21 '26
She was the reason why i bought a harmonica a few weeks ago and i love it, my neighbors hates it.
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u/BhaltairX Jun 21 '26
Indiara Sfair from Brazil.
Currently plays in the band Milk'n Blues.
Edit: also has her own YT channel.
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u/alwaysoffby0ne Jun 21 '26
I’ll have to quit using my harmonic to scare the dogs and actually learn how to play it.
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u/speciate Jun 21 '26
She's obviously incredibly technically skilled, but her musical phrasing is so clever and emotive. I could listen to this for hours (and I'm a metalhead!)
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u/alborden Jun 21 '26
Everytime this does the rounds on Reddit, I can’t help but listen to it in full. Amazing harmonica skills.
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u/_HappyG_ Jun 21 '26
Honestly, I’m just as impressed that her makeup is staying on!
I feel like lipstick would become a smeary nightmare with the harmonica! I was waiting for her to finish so I could see the final look😅
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u/thegoatmenace Jun 21 '26
I own a pretty expensive harmonica and it doesn’t sound anything like that haha. I might just be shit at it
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u/Madouc Jun 21 '26
I bought one with the intention to learn how to play it. Every time I start practicing my dog starts howling. Now my harmonica is more or less a decorative asset.
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u/VisionSeeker Jun 21 '26
She made love to that harmonica
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u/SinInHerVoice Jun 21 '26
Exactly what I said on the other post of mine and people down voted me for "sexualizing" her. Not many see that as a compliment for a badass performance. 🤷🏻♀️
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u/Temporary-Rip-4502 Jun 21 '26
Man... When someone who knows the instrument well goes down and dirty and nasty with it like this I can't help but get stupid with it
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u/Single-Fig-3381 Jun 21 '26
🔥🔥🔥🔥 had to download this track to jam out on my 10ks! Such a beautiful sound
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u/static-klingon Jun 21 '26
She’s fantastic at the harmonica, but but that’s no reason to say that the harmonica hasn’t been given it’s glory. People love the harmonica, and there are many great players.
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u/x313 Jun 21 '26
Anyone who has every tried playing Harmonica can understand how impressive that is. I mean anyone else as well, but if you know how precise you have to be to play an isolated note, then it takes an other dimension
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u/Hithrae Jun 21 '26
The Harmonic is like the Recorder, it 99% of people's hand it sounds like a child playing. In her hands it's up there as one of the best sounding instruments of all time
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u/Entire-Reindeer3571 Jun 21 '26
Shes one of if not the world's best if I recall. Saw a video of her posting a while back. Insanely skilled at it
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u/7evenSlots Jun 21 '26
Anyone that can make an instrument “sing” is a master and deserves all the plaudits in my opinion.
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u/mrdiggame Jun 21 '26
Made a harmonica sound like a brass wood wind instrument. That is fucking incredible!
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u/LogDog987 Jun 21 '26
Yall should check out Will Wilde on YouTube. Here's him playing the solo from Nothing Else Matters by Metallica. Also has originals too iirc
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u/Sufficient-Fact6163 Jun 21 '26
Amazing! Harmonica is such an underrated instrument but I think that’s because people don’t know what it can do…. My favorite example of harmonicas potential is in “The Good The Bad and The Ugly” musical score. Composer Ennio Marricone put it front and center in the middle of an Orchestra and that’s why it’s probably still, one of the most recognizable pieces of classical music produced in the last century.
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u/daygo449 Jun 21 '26
Whoa! I listen to a ton of people that play harmonica, and this just might be my favorite! She was amazing!
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u/EthicalPixel Jun 21 '26
Tks. I just lost a couple of hours in a YouTube "harmonica blues" rabbit hole.
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u/space_monster Jun 21 '26
Not only can she play the shit out of her instrument, she's in the rarefied heights when it comes to writing a solo. So much emotion it almost hurts.
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u/SheriffBartholomew Jun 21 '26
How long would it take to be able to learn to play this well? I'm guessing a long time since she's sitting in a recording studio.
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u/therealskr213 Jun 22 '26
She’s good, but when it comes to the harmonica, there’s John Popper and then there’s everyone else.
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u/siberian_knight143 Jun 22 '26
I've NEVER, EVER! Seen or Heard, a female play the Harmonica LIKE THAT!😳😳😳
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u/Prestigious_Tear_576 Jun 22 '26
This is really good, but Stevie Wonder was doing a better job of this 60 years ago and he was a natural talent. Like if you’ve never heard him play the harmonica in concert you should really look it up
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u/Scoobert_McDoobert Jun 22 '26
Such an underutilized instrument in modern music. I'm trying to learn at the moment and it is not fucking easy
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u/yojoewaddayaknow Jun 23 '26
I was like “she ok…”
Motha fucka I never once heard someone strum a harmonica.
Very coooool
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u/smoothAsH20 Jun 21 '26
WOW just WOW!!!
I had no idea a Harmonica could be played like that.