Re: [Harp-L] Which harmonica key to use?

[Philharpn@xxxxxxx]

Some great ideas about figuring out the key the song is in.
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I once suggested to a harmonica player at   SPAH convention that one way to 
figure out what key the song was in was to watch the chords played by the 
guitarist.

"But I don't read music, " he exclaimed.

And he was serious.
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Great job of showing what the finger shapes look like for both the open 
string chords (cowboy chords) as well as the barre chords.

Then of course, there is always the piano chord shapes -- slightly easier 
because the chord inversion frequently uses the root note as the lowest note in 
the left hand.

Which only goes to show you that a little bit of knowledge about how the 
other instruments work can make your life easier as a harmonica player -- even if 
you don't choose to play them.

Phil 





In a message dated 2/27/09 6:59:18 PM, tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:


> New harmonica players often struggle to find the right key harmonica
> during jams. I've written an article explaining how to find the
> harmonica key, without having to ask. I wish I had known this when I
> started.
> 
> "Beginning harmonica players usually need to be told which harmonica key
> to use during jams. Asking the key before a song starts is reasonable,
> asking the key during a song is not. And, if the answer is obvious it is
> better to know than to ask...."
> 
> The rest of the article is at
> http://www.harmonicatunes.com/whichharmonicakey
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