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From: "John W. Sawyer"
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 14:59:52 -0400
Subject: Re: second position mystery

> You're making a mistake I've made a million times. For second
> position playing, you have to remember that the "harp Key" is a fourth
> above the "song key". You also have to avoid switching the two keys in
> your head. If the song is in D, then the harp to use for second position
> playing is a G harp. (G is a fourth above D.)


Actually, it's much simpler and clearer to use the Circle of Fifths for
this exercise, as has been discussed here before. While G may be the IV in
the I-IV-V progression, it's actually the fifth key above D counting all
the keys in between, i.e. Eb=1, E=2, F=3, F#=4, G=5. To get to third
position, just count up five more, Ab=1, A=2, Bb=3, B=4, C=5, and so on
through 12th position. I find this much easier to remember and it's
consistent for all the positions.

Chon
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