If you play arpegios for every chord in a scale for practice (a la Mooncat), do you learn just one scale on a diatonic, or multiple positions?
Curious where to rate my skillz.
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I use just one C-major ionic scale = C D E F G A B C.
From this scale, you can compose chords:
C-major = CEG
d-minor = DFA
e-minor = EGB
F-major = FAC
G-major = GBD
a-minor = ACE
B-diminished = BDF
All these chords you can play as arpeggios in C-major diatonic harmonica in the first position.
If you want to play chords from the other key, just switch harmonicas and play the same as in C-major. For example:
Chords D-major, e-minor, f#-minor, G-major, A-major, B-minor. Can be played on a D-major diatonic harmonica.
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@Dk360 - wow this is great timing. I just shot a couple vids on this subject yesterday!! I’ll make a post a link it here once I edit them and get them up next week. 
But the short answer is yes, I practice arpeggios throughout the entire range of the instrument. If you use 1st for major, 2nd for blues, 3rd for minor, 4th for minor, then these arpeggios are the same ergonomically, though not theoretically (the context is different, but the mechanics are the same.)
If you’re doing 2nd position minor, or 3rd position major, then the arpeggios change.
But I think playing diatonically through the entire range of the instrument is a great accomplishment!
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I suppose that there is somewhere recording of Dk360 arpeggio. How Can We listen that audio sample?
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I would need to make one.