Key D or Key F?

Any recommendations as to which Key Harmonica to get in an effort to learn songs?

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Key of C and Key of A are extremely common.

Remember each harp can play multiple keys with some skills.

I have harps in the keys of: C, A, and G. Looking for the next key to complete the set.

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D, F or hearing good things about Bb

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Well, what do you want to play?

D is another very common key. F sounds different. Bb is good for Jazz.

I recommend you go to Harptabs.com and use the search function for each key and see what music interests you the most.

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As a sidenote, if you are going with F maybe go with a low F? (in my case I went with an easttop low F which I consider more of a low-ish F)

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A,C and G are a good start

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C is very common for starting and lots of teaching material is for C harmonicas (the lessons are transferable but a lot of play along stuff will made for C)

G and D are my favorites and pop up in folk a lot.

A is good sounding and 2nd position puts you on the e-blues scale which is handy for guitar.

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