mac1012
5 posts
May 04, 2014
11:37 AM
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I have read in here about how select a key depending on what key blues your playing
the other thing I want to do is play in my worship band in church , I already play percussion but I want to eventually play a bit of harp as a kind of filling in songs small riffs etc does the same theory apply for straight songs ? what I mean is if the song is in G and i want to say come in on the chorus etc do I play in G ? or is there another way to do it
I have found a site that looks good in transposing music into harp tabs which I want to do
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rockmonkeyguitars
75 posts
May 04, 2014
11:52 AM
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If you are playing a melody then it is easiest to play with a G harp if the key of the song is G. If you are playing harmony and rhythm then it's usually easier to play in 2nd or 3rd position so a G song would want a C harp (2nd position) or an F harp (3rd position). When I play church hymns I almost always play in 1st position.
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mac1012
6 posts
May 04, 2014
12:13 PM
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thanks for reply F it probably is then....
I have just been looking at lee oskar harps on ebay and a girl was selling some because she found them too fat and on a closer look they are fatter than a special 20 not sre if that would cause any problems after learning on a 20 what harp makes have you got rockmonkey ?
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nacoran
7707 posts
May 04, 2014
12:38 PM
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On the subject of fat harps (they also have wider holes) I found that when I tried a different sized harp I noticed it at first, but it only took a few minutes to adjust. Now my playing set includes a wide variety of sizes and I can switch back and forth without really noticing.
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Greg Heumann
2703 posts
May 04, 2014
1:07 PM
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I'm not a big fan of LO's fatter profile. But more importantly (and the harp tuners can chime in here with more info) they seem to be tuned to a "sweeter" sounding tuning - which I think would make them good for country, folk playing - but I really DON'T like them for blues, where the Hohner Special 20 and Seydel 1847's sound much better to me.
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Leatherlips
254 posts
May 05, 2014
2:10 AM
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I'm with you Greg. LO's are way too bright for my liking.
Mac, you won't have any problems going between LO's and SP20's. Yes the LO's are slightly bigger, but unless you suck too many lemons, you'll be fine.
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mr_so&so
822 posts
May 05, 2014
10:30 AM
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@mac1012, I'd say songs are not either "straight" (by which I take your meaning as played in first position, e.g. G harp for G song), or "blues" (played in second position, e.g. C harp for G song). You should choose a position that works well with the song. I'd suggest that you also try playing gospel songs and hymns in second position, since a lot of them use major and minor pentatonic scales. You can still play the melody, but can also add some expression with bending.
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Last Edited by mr_so&so on May 05, 2014 10:32 AM
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