[Harp-L] RE: Next Harp

["Hellerman, Steven L." <shellerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've noted it before here, different thread: Jumpin' Jack Flash is in the Key of B; you need an E harp. Some great guitar players I know do Redhouse in B; you need an E harp.
 
Not sure if it was covered in this thread, but: after an A, C and G, the next harp to buy would obviously be D. No bout adout it! 
 
Then, in order:  F, Eb, Bb; and THEN (and the order of this is debatable, I know) E, F# (and a low F# is very nice to have), B, Ab and Db. 
 
On the other hand, a lot of bands and guitar players tune a half-step down and/or use a capo. A jam at which I've been playing on Tues. nights finds me playing Ab, Db, F# and B more than anything else. Not blues, it's rock, but nothing older than, say, Nirvana. Lots of tunes in Eb or Ab minor. Go figure. 
 
If you want to be able to sit in with anyone at anytime you need all twelve major keys. If you don't, at some point you'll wish you did. The more one plays, the more one learns.
 
SLH 
 
 
> On 19 June 2013 04:21, richard perkins <judoblues2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> I play in South Florida,Hendricks, Southern Rock , and Stevie Ray
>> Vaughn  are big here at non  blues jams that I sit in on, a lot of these
>> tunes are played in B so an E harp can come in handy.