Tulsa Read's Harmonica Page!

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Tulsa Read
Tulsa Read is the director of the Kansas City Metro Harmonica Society; National Blues Harmonica Champion;  National Country Harmonica Champion; Kansas State Bluegrass Harmonica Champion; and award winning professional harmonica instructor. 
Tulsa has been a professional harmonica instructor for thirty years.  He teaches full time, and leads seminars in national music stores, specializing in his unique teaching methods.  Read's fine-tuned skills as both a musician and a teacher allow him to take entry level students  and teach them to play professionally!    He has also developed amazing teaching methods focusing on physical therapy, helping many of his students with various physical handicaps. 

To find out more about harmonica educational services provided by Tulsa Read, check out his web site: www.harmonicaonline.com

 
BAND IN THE POCKET is a course requirement!
Tulsa Read requires his students to use Band In The Pocket CDs.  Simple as that!  Beginner or professional, Band In the Pocket can be of benefit, and can make hours of practicing a joy instead of a chore!   Tulsa says "This series of educational CD’s are highly recommended for all Blues Harmonica players to help in developing their solos and riffs, and in constructing melodies."
Tulsa Read has a free gift for you!
Because he uses Band In The Pocket as part of his curriculum, he created this chart for his students and very graciously gave it to us to post on this page! 

"Band In The Pocket!" Worksheet for harmonica students

"Band In The Pocket!" (version 1)
                                                 Key of Harmonicas
 

Track

Song key

1st 

2nd

3rd

4th

( POSITIONS)

2

A

A

D

G

F

3

E

E

A

D

C

4

Bm

Ebm

Bm

(try Emaj

7 & Em)

5

F

F

Bb

Eb

Db

6

A

A

D

G

F

7

G

G

C

F

Eb

8

G

G

C

F

Eb

9

C

C

F

Bb

Ab
 

"Band In The Pocket! #2"
                                                 Key of Harmonicas
 

Track

Song key

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

 (POSITIONS)

2

E

E

A

D

C

3

G

G

C

F

Eb

4

C

C

F

Bb

Ab

5

F

F

Bb

Eb

Db

6

D

D

G

C

Bb

7

E

E

A

D

C

8

Am

Dbm

Am

(try Dmaj

7 & Dm)

9

A

A

D

G

F

10

B

B

E

A

G

"Band In The Pocket! #3"
                                                 Key of Harmonicas

Track

Song key 

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

(POSITIONS)

2

E

E

A

D

C

3

D

D

G

C

Bb

4

Am

Dbm

Am

(try Dmaj

 7 & Dm)

5

E

E

A

D

C

6

F

F

Bb

Eb

Db

7

A

A

D

G

F

8

G

G

C

F

Eb

9 (1st 1/2)

D

D

G

C

Bb

9 (2nd 1/2)

E

E

A

D

C

10

F

F

Bb

Eb

Db
 

 

"Band In The Pocket! #4"
                                                 Key of Harmonicas

Track

Song key

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

(POSITIONS)

2

D

D

G

C

Bb

3

C

C

F

Bb

Ab

4

E

E

A

D

C

5

D

D

G

C

Bb

6

A

A

D

G

F

7

E

E

A

D

C

8

A

A

D

G

F

9

G

G

C

F

Eb

10

D

D

G

C

Bb
 

Songs that take an F harmonica can also take a Low F harmonica.  Songs that take a G harmonica can also take a High G harmonica.   These Key Charts are for the 10 hole diatonic harmonica.

hm = harmonic minor tuned harmonica that is already tuned in that position
m = natural minor tuned harmonica that is already tuned in the 2nd position, and not to be played in the first position

A note from Marvin:
I am not a harmonica player myself, so a lot of this is foreign language to me.  I have learned from talking to Tulsa that he plays the Lee Oskar diatonic harmonicas, and on these charts he would be using the Lee Oskar minor tuned harmonicas.  It might be useful to know that Lee Oskar harmonicas that are tuned in a minor key are: Gm N, which is G natural minor, and Gm H, which is G harmonic minor.  Both of these harmonicas come in various keys. Hohner harmonicas come in Gm which is harmonic minor, and GNM, which is G natural minor, and also come in various keys.  These are subtle distinctions, but would be important if you were not aware of them.   

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