Re: [Harp-L] questions on harp style

["Jon Vaughan" <jon-harpl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/17/07, Victor Head <vshead@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> hello fello harp players,,,my name is victor head,i've been playing harmonica for about 27 years and have allways played a little different than most harmonica players.my question is,if i'm playing a song using a diatonic e-flat harp to solo on a song in the key off c minor,would that be cross harp or sraight harp or what? or a b-flat harp to play a song being played in the key of g-minor and so on...

Hi,

On the circle of fifths, C is four positions clockwise of Eb:

http://atonal.ucdavis.edu/~petr/torus/circle_fifths.gif

This means you are playing in fourth position.  This is a fairly
common position for minor songs, not least because C is the relative
minor of Eb:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative_key

Jon

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