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7 Positions in One Scale - Part 2 (1st Position)

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Tue, 05/14/2013 - 07:58
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The first of the seven positions is what we call 1st Position or Straight Harp... this is playing in the key C on the C Harmonica. The Mode created is called the Major Mode, or Ionian.

The notes are as follows:
C D E F G A B C

Intervals:
Whole | Whole | Half | Whole | Whole | Whole | Half

Scale Degrees:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Full Scale:
1+ 1 2+ 2" 2 3" 3 4+
4+ 4 5+ 5 6+ 6 7 7+
7+ 8 8+ 9 9+ 10 10'+ 10+

This position is commonly used to play folk tunes, and can be used to play blues, but must be heavily modified to play dark (to play the blues scale in this position requires all blue notes to be bend to achieve them).

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