[Harp-L] Typical keys for blues

["John F. Potts" <hvyj@xxxxxxx>]

If a player carries harps in these keys it will cover second and  
third position playing on at least 95% of the tunes that get called  
in blues, rock and R&B:  G, A, Bb, C, D, Eb,  F.

The next harp to add would be E because the key of B does get called  
every now and then (more often in rock or folk than blues) and the  
next harp to get after that would be Ab.

For second and third position playing, if you have these 9 harps, you  
will be covered for 99% of the situations you will encounter playing  
blues, rock and R&B.

If you start using fourth position for minors, these 9 harps will  
still pretty much cover what you need.  Now, if you are going to get  
into using fifth position for minors, you may need additional harps  
in some of the other keys.

But you can get A LOT of mileage from the 9 harps mentioned above.

JP