How does the Circle of Fifths work? 

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I still wonder. Duh for me

Hi Guilherme, technically you can play any key of harmonica in any key you like, it's just really difficult for some positions. Playing a G harp in the key of F would be 10th position. Cheers. Liam

Hi Mike, I'm glad you found the video useful. I think the circle of 5ths is such a useful tool once you take the 'fear factor' away. Tab has always been an informal and personal thing - if you think of all the people around the world over the years sitting at home trying to write down what they're hearing (assuming they don't write musical notation) it's inevitable that there would be different systems. The internet age has brought a bit more consensus but sadly the print industry has been slow to catch on. I used to use B and D but switched to positive and minus numbers a few years ago because I noticed that was the most common tab system online. There are still loads of different variations though. Sorry, that doesn't really explain anything but that's the way it is unfortunately haha! Cheers. Liam

Hi Sam Justin, thanks for the suggestion, I'd love to do some Floyd lessons as I'm a big fan. Cheers. Liam

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Yes that's correct, and well worked out! However, I do want to give this disclaimer (which may make things sound confusing or messy but it's important): the position you want to use is dependent on your ability and the style/chords of any given song. So although with those four harps you'd have one way of playing in each key, it won't give you an EASY way to play in all styles in all keys. For example, it's hard to play the minor scale in 1st position so if that's your only option then you'll find it very difficult. In theory you only need one diatonic harmonica to play in every key because it's possible to bend/overbend to fill in the missing notes, but in practice it's very difficult. The more keys you have, the easier it is to find a position that sounds good for any key and style.

Hi Ron, it depends on the song. Any song in particular? Cheers! Liam

@@Learntheharmonica Liam I found this guys channel, shows all Beatle song with different harmonicas. Thanks. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YwOv7v1vnoo.html

Hi Harley Michael, thanks for watching and commenting. Yes from C to G is an interval (distance) of a fifth, and moving up a fifth from the key of the harp gives you the key of the song for 2nd position. So from C to G, or from G to D, or from D to A. That's the beauty of the circle of fifths.

@@Learntheharmonica Liam thanks for reply. However what I am really asking is the following: If a song is being played in the Key of G then my understanding has always been that when someone says I am going to play it in cross harp (2nd position) they are going to grab there harp in the Key of C Because the hole draw 2 is the root note "G" of the scale. And the reason why they would choose this is because it is a much more bluesy sound then playing straight harp (or 1st position). Conversely again if the song is in the key of G would you also grab your harp in the key of D and call it cross harp (2nd position) as well? Or are you saying if you play with emphasis on the D note or scale on the harp in the key of G that too is also 2nd position?

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