harmonica sets
Wed, 04/11/2018 - 15:43
a 5 set of special 20s got me to this site with the encolsed 30 free trial, and I've learned so much. set came with G A C D E, but I thought at some point I would find a full set of 12 in either marine band delux or crossovers. that's not chump change though. found a set as large as 7 harps on hohners recomded online retailer but not the full 12 set
what, if I had aspirations of playing along with the church band one day in the near future, are the harp keys that I could do without?
is having all 12 harps a necessary or luxury?
thanks for your time and site
Monty
It's great to have all 12 keys and be prepared for any situation but, as you note, the cost adds up.
Why don't you ask someone in the church band what keys they mostly play in, and also what sort of exceptions might arise?
Certain instruments tndd to favor certain groups of keys: stringed insturments tend to favor keys that match their open strings - E A D G, mostly, while brass instruments tend to favor keys with flats in the scale - F, Bb, Eb, Ab. And then there are singers - who may choose some weird key because it suits their voices - hence the helpfulness of having all keys. But I'd start by asking whoever runs the church band what their most often-used keys are, and work with that for now. You can always add keys one at a time as your pocketbook allows.