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Thu, 04/27/2017 - 13:34
M.Blues
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Hey David.

I uderstand in accompaiment playing that we  have root notes and that we build chords from this note.... and that chords are build in triads...

 

But i dont understand how I know what is my root note are if band say to me

let s play  song    xxxx in the key of G  - (I use C Harp) but what is my root note ?

 

Or  song xxxx in the key of A - (I use D Harp) but What is my root note again?

 

and so on ...

 

Thanks

 

 

M.Blues

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Thu, 04/27/2017 - 14:17
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David Barrett
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Hello M.Blues. The simple

Hello M.Blues.

The simple answer is that it's always 2 draw (or it's octave equivalents... 6+ and 9+) when playing in 2nd Position.

The C Harmonica plays in the Key of G, and 2 draw is G

The D Harmonica plays in the Key of A, and 2 draw is A

This is the beauty of your study... learn your music theory on one harmonica and they directly translate to all of the others. If you figure out that your root note in 2nd Position is 2 draw on your C Harmonica in G, then it has the same relationship for all your other keys (D Harp in A, Bb Harp in F, etc... all them have the root note on the 2 draw).

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