There is a hierarchy among the notes on this scale - and ther lies great advantage for musicians in it - because they will always remember which notes to use and what's the purpose of each note during its execution. On holes 7 to 10 we have all the notes except B, which can also be executed with bending. All the notes of this scale are present on the harmonica holes 4 to 10, wheras the notes F and A are missing in the holes l to 4 though we can obtain them with the bending technique. if the song is in C major, its musical scale will contain the following notes: C, D, E, F, G, A, B as we have already noticed that the note E is natural because it is the major third of the scale.

We now return to the major tonality and harmonica in the first position e.g. You must be wondering: 'and the blues mode?' This is not a true mode, basically it can be related to a minor one or a mix of major and minor, since it is just the minor third to characterize the blues, that's why named as 'blue note'. to become proficient in skills required for playing in different positions. To recognize these combinations is the most important quality we need to excel i.e. For example: in case of a C song, if we find the E note then the mode of the song is major, otherwise if we find the E flat note then the tune is in minor. What characterizes a major song? A song has a major key when the interval called 'the third' is a major third. Let's start exploring harmonica in the first position on a major song. Another aspect worth reviewing is the type of performance we want to achieve, because t he same position which can give us useful notes to perform melodies, might also obstruct playing chords.

Harmonica key sound reference