[Harp-L] Typical keys for blues



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





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