Chromatic harmonica as well as many others, to be played–a benefit for various musical styles. Another tuning is minor tuning for natural and harmonic minor Im and IIdim normal position. Chromatic harmonica The chromatic harmonica is a type of harmonica that uses a button-activated sliding bar to redirect air from the hole in the mouthpiece to the selected reed-plate desired. When the button is not pressed, an altered diatonic major scale of the key of the harmonica is available, while depressing the button accesses the same scale a semitone higher in each hole. Thus, the instrument is capable of playing the 12
Jazz scale and B are blue notes. The harmonic minor scale is also of value to many improvisors, as it provides an alternative color for many common chords and chord progressions. An example is C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C. The C harmonic minor scale can be used on the chords of a piece in C minor, especially on the minor ii V7 i chord progression. One of the most common uses of the harmonic minor scale is its fifth mode, which is a frequently-heard sound over dominant chords. The altered dominant scale, also loosely called the altered scale, is so named because all the scale members