harmonica...key?

[Bird]

if someone is playing in e minor, what key sholud the harmonica be? i am really confused about this.

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: harmonica...key?

if someone is playing in e minor, what key sholud the harmonica be? i am really confused about this.

I'd think G...

Lew

 

[HolyDirt]

Re: harmonica...key?

I'd think G...

Lew

i'd think so too... but not positive

 

[JammerMatt]

Re: harmonica...key?

I think G also. G=Eminor as far as music theory goes.

 

[Ken]

Re: harmonica...key?

It depends on how "minor" it is. Aeolian and dorian are both considered "minor" keys. Dorian relates more to the minor pentatonic and blues scale we're used to. It flattens both the third and 7th degrees to give it a truly eerie but still musical quality.

The general rule is that aeolian=minor. Aeolian derives itself from the sixth degree of the major scale, so which major scale has E as it's 6?

G.

Okay, okay, so Lew and and everyone else already said so. But this is something I actually know about so nyeh!

 

[AcidBurn]

Re: harmonica...key?

It depends on how "minor" it is. Aeolian and dorian are both considered "minor" keys. Dorian relates more to the minor pentatonic and blues scale we're used to. It flattens both the third and 7th degrees to give it a truly eerie but still musical quality.

The general rule is that aeolian=minor. Aeolian derives itself from the sixth degree of the major scale, so which major scale has E as it's 6?

G.

Okay, okay, so Lew and and everyone else already said so. But this is something I actually know about so nyeh!

My brain just exploded

 

[Stevo]

Re: harmonica...key?

Yes it's G major.

 

[kmcguitars]

Re: harmonica...key?

I'm not sure I fully understand the question,But the singer/harp player
in my band plays a style called cross harp. In this style you use the IV chord
of a I-IV-V. So if the band is playing in the key of E . He will be useing
a `A' harp. Hope this helped.

 

[Ken]

Re: harmonica...key?

My brain just exploded

Okay, okay, that probably was confusing.

There is more than one "minor" type of scale. The aeolian mode is the most common. We'll start with the key in question (G).

G Major (Ionian) Scale
G A B C D E F# G
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

The 6th note is E. Playing in the G major scale (only one sharp), starting on E, you get the E aeolian scale, which is the most common "minor" scale.

E Minor (Aeolian) Scale:
E F# G A B C D E

So the E minor scale that your song is being played in is actually directly related to and derived from the G major scale.

 

[bvc310]

Re: harmonica...key?

To find a minors relative major key, or vice versa, take the root of the minor key(in this case e) and move up three halfsteps (resulting in Gmajor).