Essential keys for blues apart from c?

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Apart from the c harmonica which other keys would you need to jam along with blues records?

Thanks

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Harps in the key of A are very good. When played in 2nd position (aka “cross harp”) you are then playing in the E scale, and for guitar players the usual 3 chord blues is (I’ve been told by many guitarists) very easy for them to play: it uses the chords E, A & B. This is one reason so many blues songs are in the key of E.

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I play blues on an A harp(2nd position). It just sounds…right!

Really though, learn your harp positions, and you need less harps. If you can bend, you can easily play 4 keys on one harp, which a lot of practice.

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Thanks for your advice.

I have a c special 20 and I’m now gonna get a crossover in A.:+1:

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