Re: [Harp-L] 1) Best starting key? 2) Which keys to buy first? 3) Learning order?

[Garry <harp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

John F. Potts wrote:
> G, A, Bb, C, D, Eb, F.  With these 7 keys a harmonica player will be 
> equipped for  95% of the situations a beginner is likely to confront 
> when jamming with other players. 
the main compartment of my my gig case has Bb, F, C, G, D, A, E. 
over the last several years of playing at our weekly jam i have only
once skipped a song for lack of the right key harp.  i keep an Ab, Eb,
and low F, along with some backups of the main keys, in the secondary
compartment.  i know a couple of songs that use those, but they haven't
come up.