The Scales...
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Pos No. |
Harp Key | Scales | |||||||
| I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | |||
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1 |
C | C | D | E | F | G | A | B | |
| 2 | F | F | G | A | Bb | C | D | E | |
| 3 | Bb | Bb | C | D | Eb | F | G | A | |
| 4 | D#/Eb | D#/Eb | F | G | G#/Ab | Bb | C | D | |
| 5 | G#/Ab | G#/Ab | Bb | C | C#/Db | Eb | F | G | |
| 6 | C#/Db | C#/Db | Eb | F | F#/Gb | G#/Ab | Bb | C | |
| 7 | F#/Gb | F#/Gb | G#/Ab | Bb | B | C#/Db | D#/Eb | F | |
| 8 | B | B | C#/Db | D#/Eb | E | F#/Gb | G#/Ab | Bb/A# | |
| 9 | E | E | F#/Gb | G#/Ab | A | B | C#/Db | D#/Eb | |
| 10 | A | A | B | C#/Db | D | E | F#/Gb | G#/Ab | |
| 11 | D | D | E | F#/Gb | G | A | B | C#/Db | |
| 12 | G | G | A | B | C | D | E | F#/Gb | |
| 13 | C | C | D | E | F | G | A | B | |
| You'll notice that when viewing the Circle of Fifths, you're going counter-clockwise for the Harp Key. | |||||||||
The above "Harp Key" column is the next position harp. For example 1st position harp is a "C" would be used to play a "C" key song. Take harp key "F" and you'll be using a 2nd position harp to play a "C" key song. Notice that the "B" note in column 7 (bolded) changes to a "Bb" in column 4 (bolded). Hence - by going to a 2nd position ("F" harp key) to play a song in the key of "C", you are getting the "C" scale EXCEPT you are now getting a "flatted 7th", ie, the 7th letter of the "C" scale is now flatted to a "B" in the "F" scale. If you read across on the "F" scale from column 5 to 7 and then start at 1 again you get C-D-E-F-G-A-Bb.
You can get 2nd position another way...
Use the same key harp but start on the 2 draw
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Pos No. |
Harp Key | 2Draw | 3Draw bb | 3Draw | 4Blow | 4Draw | 5Blow | 5Draw | |
| I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | |||
|
1 |
C | C | D | E | F | G | A | B | |
| 2 | to get G | G | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| 3 | to get D | D | E | F# | Eb | F | G | A | |
| 4 | A | D#/Eb | F | G | G#/Ab | Bb | C | D | |
| 5 | E | G#/Ab | Bb | C | C#/Db | Eb | F | G | |
| 6 | B | C#/Db | Eb | F | F#/Gb | G#/Ab | Bb | C | |
| 7 | F#/Gb | F#/Gb | G#/Ab | Bb | B | C#/Db | D#/Eb | F | |
| 8 | C#/Db | B | C#/Db | D#/Eb | E | F#/Gb | G#/Ab | Bb/A# | |
| 9 | G#/Ab | E | F#/Gb | G#/Ab | A | B | C#/Db | D#/Eb | |
| 10 | D#/Eb | A | B | C#/Db | D | E | F#/Gb | G#/Ab | |
| 11 | Bb | D | E | F#/Gb | G | A | B | C#/Db | |
| 12 | F | G | A | B | C | D | E | F#/Gb | |
| 13 | C | C | D | E | F | G | A | B | |
| By playing the "G" scale, for example, on a "C" harp, you get a "flatted" 4th note (F instead of F#) | |||||||||