![]() ![]() If you like the sound of one over the other, go with that one. If your goal is to learn both I'd start with both. They aren't laid out exactly the same but they are close-ish. I'd suggest just looking up some examples on YouTube of each type and deciding which you prefer. A lot of players never go beyond using 1st position for folk, or 2nd position for blues with 3rd position for minor and they can sound really good. I can play a major scale in 3 of the 12 possible positions and can use 4 positions to play various minor keys. There are guys who play jazz on diatonics, and guys who play blues on chromatics, but usually it's the other way around. I like the sound of a diatonic better, personally, although they both can be nice. Most diatonic players just get different keys (if you learn on one key it transfers to other keys of harmonica no problem) but they spend a lot of time mastering all sorts of adjustments to the shape of their mouth when they are playing to bend notes. The chromatic requires a lot of memorizing scales to play in all the different keys. In practice most diatonic players have all 12 keys of harmonica and only use each one to play in a couple keys each (this is called playing in a position, most blues is played in 2nd position). Diatonic chords are generally understood as those that are built using only notes from the same diatonic scale all other chords are considered chromatic. Using some advanced techniques you can actually play any key diatonic in any key. ![]() A 'G' diatonic only has the notes in the G major scale (so it has that sharp F instead of the F natural).īut that's an oversimplification, because you can use your embouchure to bend notes on diatonics (on chromatics too, but it's done more for effect on chromatics. This makes them useful for jazz which uses a lot of accidentals.ĭiatonic harmonicas, on the other hand, only have the notes for one scale, so a C diatonic it only has the notes in the C major scale. If a key has an accidental (a note that isn't in the key normally) all you have to do is plan ahead and press or not press the button. There are 12 keys, so you memorize the different scales and you can play in all of them. ![]() For the key of G major you only press the button in when you play the F, turning the F into an F sharp, the only sharp in the key of G major. So, for the key of C major, you don't touch the button. chromaticism, (from Greek chroma, colour) in music, the use of notes foreign to the mode or diatonic scale upon which a composition is based. By knowing when to push the button in or leave it out you can play all the notes and play all of the keys. If you play with the button in you can play all the black notes on the piano. It's not a perfect comparison, but basically if you get a C chromatic and you play with the button out you can play all the white notes on the piano. The easiest way to think of a chromatic is to compare it to a piano. ![]()
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