capos and scales?

blaze · 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?

fatjack · Post by **fatjack** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 2:07 am

C pentatonic

Matty Boom · Post by **Matty Boom** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 2:10 am

didn't we just have this discussion?

blaze · 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.?

blaze · 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?

MWR · 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.

Pickles · 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.

fatjack · 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

MWR · 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?

fatjack · 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

MWR · Post by **MWR** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 6:35 pm

Thanks that was one of the main question I had.

grock · Post by **grock** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 11:15 pm

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.

fatjack · Post by **fatjack** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 11:18 pm

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

Matty Boom · Post by **Matty Boom** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 11:20 pm

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

grock · 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.