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Wed, 06/28/2017 - 13:14
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I have searched around on the internet but I can't find what I'm looking for. I need help reading the music notes for harmonica, key of f. Not the numbers, like the actual notes.

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Thu, 06/29/2017 - 12:55
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Here's a kit to do it yourself

You can see note layout diagrams for all keys of harmonica with notes names in the holes. Like this one from Lee Oskar:http://leeoskar.com/documentation/MajorDiatonic-Notation-Chart.pdf

However, you usually don't see the notes in the layout related to notes on the staff.

However, you can assemble your own - which will teach you a lot more than just seeing it already done by someone else.

Here's a kit of information "components" that you can use to assemble your own chart:

Middle C is C4. The Notes above it to B also carry the "4" designation. C an octave above middle C is C5. C an octave below Middle C is C3. and so on.

If you read music, you know where these notes are located on the treble staff - first leger line below the staff, third space, and second leger line above the staff.

A regular F harp starts on F4 (first space on the staff). Blow 4, an octave higher,  is F5 (top line on the staff). Blow 7 is F6. Blow 10 is F7.

The C in Draw2/Blow 3 is C5. The C in BLow 6 is C6. The C in Blow 9 is C7.

Now, look at at note layout for an F harp and figure out where those notes are located on the staff. Once you do that, you will have:

  • Created the chart you're looking for
  • Made a big step towards memorizing where the notes on your F-harp are located on the staff.

 

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