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[mikeyc1945]

My favorite song is Take The Long Way Home by Supertramp.  I found and downloaded sheet music for it and the key signature shows three flats.  From what I have read, three flats is the major key of E flat.  Is this correct?  To play this in second position would I need a harmonica in the key of A flat?  Or should it be played in the minor key of C with an F harp?

[Thievin' Heathen]

I wonder what works with SuperTramp?

I am weak on theory but if 3 flats is Eb then cross harp to that will be Ab.  I think my Lee Oskar Ab is too low for that song.  I wonder if your sheet music is transposed?

[paulbunyn]

I THINK it is a Bb harp you want. Theory is not my strong point either!
I think, counting Eb you count up 5: Eb ,F ,G ,A ,Bb.
                                                    1  2  3  4  5

[Super President]

If the tune is in Eb then an Ab harmonica is needed for second position. The counting displayed is wrong ( E, Gb, Ab, are missing). Why not play an Eb harmonica in first position?

[paulbunyn]

Thanks Sup Prez for keeping me straight! I apparently still don't have that figured out yet!  

[Super President]

PAUL,
Visualizing a keyboard helped me get it down.

[Burning Thunder]

This was always a tough thing for me.

Lemme get this straight...to find 2nd position its 5 half steps up from the key of the song?

--BT

[mikeyc1945]

If the tune is in Eb then an Ab harmonica is needed for second position. The counting displayed is wrong ( E, Gb, Ab, are missing). Why not play an Eb harmonica in first position?

This song requires bends, thus second position.

Thanks

[zellecaster]

Ok, I just played it with the actual recording.
the song is in C, an F harp crossharp, 2nd position is the thing.
I used a guitar to figure what key the song was in, and grabbed an F since it just sounded like crossharp 2nd position playing. Bingo.