I want to give my dad a Hohner Marine Band Deluxe/Crossover for his birthday. He’s a blues enthusiast to the core, and I was wondering which key would give the most authentic blues sound. I was thinking about E or A? I’m more of an Lee Oskar melody guy , so I’m a bit unsure.
Start him with the C harp if he wants to seriously learn the instrument, all the keys can sound “bluesy” with proper technique and note choice. Hope this helps.
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If they play along to a Blues song or backing track that’s Bluesy the harp should sound Bluesy if you find a backing track on YouTube in G and play along with a c harmonica they should get the general idea, for bending and other techniques just pop over her to this site and go through the posts there’s a lot here on various techniques