[Harp-L] Irish Harmonica



I'm not very good at music theory so I have a question. Brendan Power in his instruction "Play Irish Music on the Blues Harp" said the two most common keys of harmonica for Irish music are D and G. He also goes on to explain that for most songs the harp is played in first position. For the tin whistle the two most common keys are D and "C". I can see logically why you would use a D harp which coincides with a D whistle. But the G harp in first position doesn't coincide with the standard C whistle. It's not logical to me. Can someone explain?

Thanks,
Jon Harl




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