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capos and scales?

Unread post by blaze » Sun Mar 07, 2004 2:04 am

Ok so if you capo the 8th fret and play e pentationic blues scale form what key are you in?
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Unread post by fatjack » Sun Mar 07, 2004 2:07 am

C pentatonic
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Unread post by Matty Boom » Sun Mar 07, 2004 2:10 am

didn't we just have this discussion?
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Unread post by blaze » Sun Mar 07, 2004 2:17 am

ok thats what i though but why does my key of c harmonica sound like it dont fit with it.?
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Unread post by blaze » Sun Mar 07, 2004 2:19 am

so can one person play a chord progression using normal chords ( no capo ) in the key of c and one person capo the 8 and play on the e min position scale in the key of c and jam together?
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Unread post by MWR » Sun Mar 07, 2004 5:22 am

blaze wrote:ok thats what i though but why does my key of c harmonica sound like it dont fit with it.?
Make sure your playing in a minor or blues tonality and not major. I don't know anything about the harmonica so I can't help you too much.
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Unread post by Pickles » Sun Mar 07, 2004 9:12 am

blaze wrote:so can one person play a chord progression using normal chords ( no capo ) in the key of c and one person capo the 8 and play on the e min position scale in the key of c and jam together?
yeah.
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Unread post by fatjack » Sun Mar 07, 2004 10:12 am

blaze wrote:ok thats what i though but why does my key of c harmonica sound like it dont fit with it.?
thats because the C pentatonic you are playing at the 8th fret is minor. your harmonica is tuned to C major
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Unread post by MWR » Sun Mar 07, 2004 6:12 pm

Hey FJ have you ever messed around with the harmonica? I want to start playing but I don't know jack. Any suggestions?
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Unread post by fatjack » Sun Mar 07, 2004 6:18 pm

MWR wrote:Hey FJ have you ever messed around with the harmonica? I want to start playing but I don't know jack. Any suggestions?
i've played a few, all i can tell you is that a single harmonica only fits in one key
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Unread post by MWR » Sun Mar 07, 2004 6:35 pm

Thanks that was one of the main question I had.
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Unread post by grock » Sun Mar 07, 2004 11:15 pm

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MWR wrote:Hey FJ have you ever messed around with the harmonica? I want to start playing but I don't know jack. Any suggestions?
i've played a few, all i can tell you is that a single harmonica only fits in one key
unless it's a chromatic harmonica. there this band round here called "clayton miller blues band" and they play free shows and festivals here all the time and there is a kid in the band with a harmonica belt with all 12 keys there and a chromatic when he wants to get fancy. and he's only 9. he was one americas kid idol or whatever that show was.
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MWR wrote:Hey FJ have you ever messed around with the harmonica? I want to start playing but I don't know jack. Any suggestions?
i've played a few, all i can tell you is that a single harmonica only fits in one key
unless it's a chromatic harmonica. there this band round here called "clayton miller blues band" and they play free shows and festivals here all the time and there is a kid in the band with a harmonica belt with all 12 keys there and a chromatic when he wants to get fancy. and he's only 9. he was one americas kid idol or whatever that show was.
really? i never heard of a chromatic harmonica, they must be a lot bigger
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Unread post by Matty Boom » Sun Mar 07, 2004 11:20 pm

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fatjack wrote:
MWR wrote:Hey FJ have you ever messed around with the harmonica? I want to start playing but I don't know jack. Any suggestions?
i've played a few, all i can tell you is that a single harmonica only fits in one key
unless it's a chromatic harmonica. there this band round here called "clayton miller blues band" and they play free shows and festivals here all the time and there is a kid in the band with a harmonica belt with all 12 keys there and a chromatic when he wants to get fancy. and he's only 9. he was one americas kid idol or whatever that show was.
really? i never heard of a chromatic harmonica, they must be a lot bigger
they are, i put it down after a few minutes because i might as well have been playing it with my ass
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Unread post by grock » Mon Mar 08, 2004 4:24 pm

Matty Boom wrote:
fatjack wrote:
grock wrote:
fatjack wrote:
MWR wrote:Hey FJ have you ever messed around with the harmonica? I want to start playing but I don't know jack. Any suggestions?
i've played a few, all i can tell you is that a single harmonica only fits in one key
unless it's a chromatic harmonica. there this band round here called "clayton miller blues band" and they play free shows and festivals here all the time and there is a kid in the band with a harmonica belt with all 12 keys there and a chromatic when he wants to get fancy. and he's only 9. he was one americas kid idol or whatever that show was.
really? i never heard of a chromatic harmonica, they must be a lot bigger
they are, i put it down after a few minutes because i might as well have been playing it with my ass
in my opinion they are a waste. way too hard to play and not really at all better. if a song changes keys, just swap harps. but yes sir, FJ, they are monsters.
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