6 BEST harmonica KEYS - what to buy after C MAJOR?
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- Опубліковано 6 лип 2024
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This is my personal list of the most useful harmonica keys. Every harp player should own at least 3 different keys to be able to play with people. But those six keys will guarantee that you won't miss any oportunity. You propably won't be needing other keys than these listed in the video.
Starring:
C MAJOR - hohner special 20
A Major - hohner rocket
D major - Suzuki Promaster
Bb - Marine Band
F - Golden Melody
G - hohner rocket
Hope it helped in your decision.
I have no true experience playing a harmonica intently, however after coming back to this song after some years (Indian Moon by State Radio) I purchased my first harmonica in the key of G today. I hope to build a good relationship with the instrument and play the solos in this song someday. Wish me luck!
Watched with joy! Thanks for this precious analysis. You were clear and have a gift on playing. I was playing harmonica during my childhood but of course there was no music knowledge and it was a common one with no key mark on it. Maybe it is time to buy one and play it again.
Konkret poradnik, dzięki Tobie skumałem wreszcie która jest najbardziej bluesowa i jakiej tak naprawdę szukałem- dzięki 🙂
Dzięki za opinię i cieszę się że pomogło ;) Jak się ogarnę ze studiami to więcej będę wrzucał takich rzeczy. I zapraszam na warsztaty które zaczną startować gdzieś na wiosnę.
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Everything is individual. My sequence was like this: C, G, LowE and Chromatics. Most often I play on the last two.
I always carry C and LowE on my belt in order to play everywhere. :)
nice video.. showing every keys super helpful
So clear for helping me choose which ones to get! Thank you!!!
You're welcome :)
Hey awsome vid, very informative. You inspired me to get the Golden Melody in F. Gunna make all the pets in my area sing!
Golden melody in F is great. There's no need to amplify it when busking in silent areas ;)
Well a perfect demo of why high tones attract soft fruits or even jears.
Great info!!! thank you ! Well done!
thanks. nice video!!! please talk about other tunnings, for example natural minor.
Fantastic analysis. Harps AMaj (2nd pos. E), Bflat (2nd pos. F), CMaj (2nd pos.G),DMaj (2nd pos. A), FMaj (2nd pos. C) GMaj (2nd pos. D) will start you on your way.
Quality: Hohner Special 20, Golden Melody, Marine Band, Marine Band Crossover, Marine Band DeLuxe, Hohner Blues (not Blues Band or Blues Bender)
Lee Oskar, Suzuki Bluesmaster, Suzuki Harpmaster,
Easttop makes some good harps, like their Blues Player, and others, but you have to be familiar with their product line.
I just threw that out there. I have a number of manufacturers and different models.
There are other keys of harps that you will find interesting, such as A flat, F sharp, B Man, D flat, E flat
Fender Hot Rod DeVille, and Hot Rod DeLuxe are very good.
very good video and good playing. Thank you!
Thank you for a comment and your time sir ;)
Exactly what I wanted to see/hear!!
That's great to hear. Cheers!
❤Thankyou I look, forward to each video 😮😊
Thank you for sharing your talent and advice, I wish you had closed captions and auto translate to understand your language on all your videos. you are a very talented young man.
Thank you so much! I will ad captions, of course.
Thank you very much! I was debating whether to get my next harmonica in key of A or G after having my first harmonica in key of C, and your video has helped me make my decision 😊.
What key did you get... A G or both?
A is an extremely useful harp to have because there are so many songs you can play along with in E. But I absolutely adore the sound of a G. It’s got a lovely deep, rich tone. It’s also great for chugging and vamping - the chords sound great.
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Excellent
I loved this so much I’m getting C-major first. But then I want to get f-major!
Good choice :)
Excellent!
Thank you!
Thanks you, quite helpful.
I'm happy to help.
Thanks for this! 👌
My pleasure
Got a cheap Silver Creek in G, Seydel Low G and a Golden Melody in G. Probably get a low F next to get Gm and Dm. Sums up most the instruments I get, it's usually in G, D or A. Usually I get G's until I need D's then since I got D's I might as well get A's, and try not to go by fifths in the other direction. Just bought a Suzuki FolkMaster so I can have a C.
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Dziękuję! :)
I love that d major
Nice
Depends on music genre. I play folk so I play almost exclusively in G & D in fi first position occasionally A and rarely C .
Thanks
thanx good vid
Спасибо за обзор ! Это было очень интересно
Good!!!
Thank you!
Watching from Ireland
I was in Galway once, met harmonica community, lovely place and people. Cheers!
melodymaker tuning for ALL kind of music, except blues. pop( pink floyd, beatles,)classic( bach, albinoni,) jazz,(chet baker, paul desmond) irish, gypsy,.... way less effort, made by seydel, lee oskar. plays in first, 2nd, 3rd, 4rth, 11th, 12th position. overblows hole 1,2,4,5,6 useful, sometimes OD 7,9. ❤❤❤❤ I Own a set from low Eb to f#, love to wail on them
A is my favourite
A is great, going to a jam session with that one harp you can be sure you won't miss the best tunes.
Your analyze the sound of harmonicas is quite perfect! Thanks a lot.
I would like to buy a harmonica with a thick velvety sound, but not a hohner, it has copper reeds and it confuses me because they are short-lived if played intensively, can you recommend a model perhaps among the Chinese harmonices?
Hey! I don't have any chinese harps, so I can't help in that matter. Chinese producers of harmonicas steal patents & forbid their endorsers of criticizing chinese government, that's why I don't buy there. I would go for Seydels, Lee Oskars, or Suzuki.
Seydel has some harps in their offer with steel reeds, the most affordable is Session Steel, really good instrument. Lee Oskar has copper reeds, but they are REALLY long lasting (but it's hard to play overblows and the tone is not that thick to be honest). Suzuki (promaster or manji for example) has a lovely and warm tone, and the reeds are made of Phospor Bronze - durable, but not as much as steel ones. So as you can see every option has its pros and cons.
My personal choice would be Suzuki Manji or Seydel Session Steel
I think I would get a G harp before a Bb. I've had more call for tunes in D than in F - in fact, I don't recall EVER playing in F off the top of my head. That's just my experience jamming with bands sporadically for 35 years - YMMV.
You're dead on with the F harp. I've been using an F low for a while when I need to play in C. They're both a PITA, to be honest, but you have to be able to play in C if you're playing with a piano.
G is also a good idea, I personally don't use it too often. I use C (2nd &4th) position, D (1st position) instead. It depends mosty on the repertoire. Thrill is gone, My babe, lots of jazz songs needs B flat. Classic harmonica blues is played on G more often, that's true
Wow, no one mentioned Lee Oskar Tombo - great sound, really easy bends and overbends; overblows are average. Price under $80.
Lee Oskar was my first 'real' harmonica (after silverstar). It's really durable, responsive etc., hard overblows, that's why I switched. Also I find hohners' sound richer.
I'm don't know much in the world of harmonica but I've been playing the piano for about 10 years. I feel like jumping straight to a chromatic harmonica. I want to learn to play jazz on the harmonica. What harmonica can you recommend me that is great under $100-150 is there any that specifically resemble a piano?
I have Suzuki SCX 48 and I love it. And I think it is still in that price level 100-150$
Great Video, I learnt so much... What key Harmonica is used on Led Zeppelin's 'When The Levee Breaks'? That's a cool sound...
Thank you so much. Yeah, I love this LZ's piece. I think it has a Bb harmonica, but I'm not sure. I'll checki it.
Yup, it's Bb. You can check out my other video with a review of harmonicas of this key. ua-cam.com/video/YBylKXR7DMc/v-deo.html
@@kwkuras thanks!
What's you take on the promaster? I like how it has the same width in the whole front, like all should be like that.
Promaster is one of my favourite harps. Because of the shape, the weight and tuning method. Cheers!
Asad Ali recommended getting a chromatic harp as if that will take care all of your needs and concerns...Well, chromatic is good, if you can learn to play it, but certain forms of music is very difficult to play on a chromatic, some forms of music cannot be played at all, unless you get a customized chromatic, and that's going to cost you.
Diatonic and chromatic are totally different instruments, saying someone to choose one and not other is like saying "don't play trombone, play trumpet, it sound better". Well it all depends ;)
@@kwkuras I've been playing harp since 1972, I know the difference between a diatonic and a chromatic. In my statement, I never referenced diatonics.
My statement was, purchasing a chromatic won't satisfy all needs to play all keys and forms of music.
I find a harmonica in key of A the easiest to control and get accurate bends.
For me it is Bb, but still the easiest bends zone is probably between Ab and Db.
I been trying to find a Non-Slider Seydel chromatic and found one in Bb and not in C for a good price... hmm, should I get the Bb as my first harmonica or keep looking for a C? or might the more unusual Bb be a great choice as is on a better price right now? I am NOT looking for a beginner instrument but a great and uniqone like the Non-Slider... I am only asking about the key right now, what might be the pros and cons of going with a Bb if you only have one Harmonica for quite some time in a chromatic harmonica? thanks for helping out! :)
Hello. There is a lot of tunes when Bb is more useful than C. When it comes to jazz music, it's written more often in Bb, F than C/G. Trumpets and Sax are often in the key of Bb, so harmonica in this key for this kind of music is as good as C. The only cons are: not as many materials to learn from, you have to learn how to transcribe sheet music fast, and you may strugle in the keys that are easy to play on the C harmonica. If it is really good deal, go for the Bb, you'd have to learn how to play in all 12 keys anyway if you play chromatic.
@@kwkuras thanks for getting back! I like jazz, blues and some funk.. I really like painful music , like these two songs as an example of what I directly would wanna learn to play o a Harmonica...
Chris Cornell's Billy Jean ua-cam.com/video/R0uWF-37DAM/v-deo.html
or many songs by Kat Hawkins like ua-cam.com/video/jRMUWZ96qgg/v-deo.html
how would playing the Non-Slider BB vs a C harmonica to those songs differ?
any advice to a singer that wanna learn to play Harmonica but is not looking for a beginner tool but rather a more interesting harmonica like this Non-Slider that could last oneself for years to come would be highly appreciated .. thanks for getting back! :)
Sir,
Will you please care to make a video, about a single key that can play all or almost all songs in harmonica, especially country songs,blues,jazz,flock songs and hindi songs.
😊
Sorry ,
folk songs
Oh yes, I can make this kind of video. Currently I don't have a good camera to record, so it will have to wait a little bit.
The most universal keys in my opinion are Bb & A. (for blues and jazz), and for the rest it may be G or C. If I had to chose one harmonica for all genres it would be G, the one that I use very rarely, but it allows you to play jazz tunes like Autumn Leaves or Summertime, blues in the key of D, first position folk & country songs in G. It's a hard choice, that's why I have harmonicas in 11 out of 12 keys.
Harmonica … case? Or keys? Nice and educative video though :)
KIIIZ. Thank you so much and sorry for my bad spelling ;)
I’ve never played harmonic before but I just bought E A D but that’s cuz I’m trying to learn a certain song and I thought it was in key of E but then realized it was actually A and then later realized I need to hit a low F# which A only has high octaves of 😂
LOL so I just found out that a paddy richter harmonica solves my problem here...
Paddy Richter solves a lot of problems ;)
What brand of harmonica are these? Are they all the same, or different ones?
Different ones. Hohner Special 20, Hohner Golden Melody, Seydel 1847 and others. I play mainly Hohners and Suzukis
I'm still wondering why you have your A harp listed as a Hohner Marine Band Deluxe but your blowing a Rocket. What in the unholy hell?!?
Interesting video other than that....
Thank you, I didn't notice there was a mistake. Corrected. Cheers!
Chromatic Harmonica has in itself all the diatonics. Get one Chromatic Harmonica in C-Major and that's all.
I've got 3 Cmajor chromatics, but still it can't imitate the sound of diatonic harp. Getting 6 diatonics allowing you to play in all keys (in the price of 1 Chromatic) isnt a bad deal after all.
@@kwkuras The valveless chromatics can play blues too.
Or you could get a piano. It also has all the sharps and flats, bit can't do what a ordinary 10 hole diatonic harmonica can. Neither can a chromatic for that matter.
@@kwkurasYou can get a chromatic Swan for about $65. It's not perfect, but it has a lot of flexibility, and you have only one instrument to take care of.
@@jeffw1267Swan is a piece of junk.
I am back playing harmonica with my band after my stroke
Keep on playing sir! And if you have any records of your band on the youtube please share.
C is the most common, but I wouldn't recommend anyone start with a C hamonica.
Why so?
@@kwkuras2 hole draw can be tricky.
@@byronrogers4489not true
Actually, complete beginners, I mean the ones who haven't played any instrument at all, wouldn't be able to learn smoothly. Bcz almost everyone starts with C, it is the most common as you said, it is used in most of the lessons for beginners already. So complete beginners won't compare well the keys, sounds, intervals from the lesson where C is used with theirs that is other than C
And the ones who had experience with other instruments, too, mostly if they used piano. Unless they are really professional, it would be easy for them to start with C because it has no sharps or flats on piano
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