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Notation on Walk With Me

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Wed, 06/24/2020 - 12:33
DrSpoons
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Hey David,

I'm really enjoying learning the harmonica through your superb website. 

Regarding Tongue Blocking Song Example #1, "Walk With Me," the instructions say to use an A harmonica in the 2nd position, but in the written music itself, the first note says Draw 3 underneath a dotted half-note in B. 

Wouldn't that note be the case for a C harmonica, not an A harmonica? 

Just wondering if I misunderstood the exercise or if the notation should be changed either to G# for use with an A harmonica or kept as is but to be played with a C harmonica.

Thank you for clarifying this!

Gratefully,

DrSpoons

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Wed, 06/24/2020 - 12:57
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David Barrett
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Hello DrSpoons, I'm glad

Hello DrSpoons, I'm glad you're enjoying your studies on the site. I write everything in C Score. This is where you read as if you're on a C Harmonica, but you use any harmonica you want that matches the band. Because each harmonica is intervalically the same, we only have to "think" on one harmonica (the harmonica does the transposing for you).

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Wed, 06/24/2020 - 13:06
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Thank you

Wow, that was fast! Thanks so much for your speedy reply.

Back to the wood shed....

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Wed, 06/24/2020 - 13:09
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My pleasure DrSpoons

My pleasure DrSpoons

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