A harmonica? What about C harmonica
Hello, I just started newly and I don't understand this much. Is there wrong, if I have a C harmonica? Thanks for replies.
If it's ok, does it mean I can still play the song "Walk With Me" without doubt, that it sounds a little different?
"Walk With Me" uses an A harmonica (played in E). You can learn to play it on a C (played in G) from the tab, but it won't be in the same key. As a result, if you try toplay along with the video or the backing track, it will not sound right - even if you're playing all the moves correctly. It'll be like you're saying all the right words but in the wrong language.
Hi Winslow,
Walk with Me can be learnt in the key of G in the C Harmonica Intro Lesson.
Best regards,
Eddy
I understand, thank you very much. But what should I learn, when I have a C harmonica in this site please?
David Barrett is the best one to answer this question, as he designed all the teaching materials.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with starting on a C harmonica. This lets you play in the keys of C, G and D. C is the most commonly found key of harmonica (and the easiest key for piano and many other instruments). For those reasons, most harmonica books, including my books Harmonica For Dummies and Blues Harmonica For Dummies, are written for a C harmonica.
However, a lot of blues is played in E and A (easy keys for guitar), and an A harmonica works especially well for those keys. As a result, some blues harmonica methods focus on the A harmonica.
Eventually, you'll want to have harmonicas in many different keys to play in all the keys that your friends like to play in - or the keys of the songs you want to play along with. After awhile you may have harmonicas in all 12 keys, but for most music you can get along with these 6 keys of harmonica: C, A, D, G, Bb and F.