![]() What’s important in this song is the harmony movement – the F, G, and C chord sequence – which creates a perfect movement from the fourth degree to the fifth, ending with the resolution on first-degree chord C. However, that’s a big mistake! The A minor chord is the sixth-degree chord built when you harmonize the C major scale – nothing strange about it. Wait a minute! I know what you’re thinking now: I said that Heart Of Gold, in this lesson, is in C major but the song starts with an A minor chord? Yes! Many people erroneously believe that you can find the key of a song by looking at the first chord. Here are the intro chords, and the same ones are repeated in the solo sections: Learning about playing in different positions is something that requires a little more effort.īefore analyzing the melodies, let’s take a look at the song chords. It’s natural that if you’re new to the harmonica and want to add it to your performance, the first thing that comes to mind is to pick a harmonica of the same key of your song. ![]() Do you know why most rack players of the past used to play in first position? The answer lies in the fact that those artists weren’t professional harmonica players – most of them added the harmonica part into their songs, while the major sections were created by the singing and guitar accompaniment. Heart Of Gold, as I said, is in G key and played in first position. ![]() Among the song lessons I wanted to create for my harmonica school students, those performances that involve playing the harmonica on a rack particularly interest me, because as some of you know, I’m also a rack harmonica player – one of the very few in my country who raised the bar for simultaneous harmonica and guitar playing.
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