The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #75694 Message #3084522
Posted By: PHJim
29-Jan-11 - 04:01 AM
Thread Name: Some Autoharp Questions
Subject: RE: Some Autoharp Questions
As W y s i w y G ! mentioned, I set my 'harps up as semi-diatonics. I have a G/D, my favourite, an E/A and a true diatonic in C. These have fewer bars and so have more access to the high strings. If you want to play songs with more complicated chord progressions, like Sweet Georgia Brown or Somewhere Over The Rainbow, I`d suggest getting a 21 or at least a 15 bar `harp, but if you want to play fiddle tunes with 3 to 5 chords and don`t mind doing a bit of rebuilding, I`d go for the fuller, richer sound of the diatonic (one key) or semi-diatonic (2 or 3 keys).