Hohner Marine Band Harmonica

Music

Diatonic Harmonica

What is a diatonic harmonica?

This is the most common type of harmonica. With ten holes that offer 19 notes (two notes each (blow and draw) with one repeated (2-draw and 3-blow are both the same)) within a three octave range, the diatonic harmonica is designed to allow a player to play melody and chords in only one key — the most popular being the keys of C and G. Here is a standard diatonic harmonica's layout in the key of C:



Although there are three octaves between 1 and 10 blow, there is only one full major scale — between holes four and seven. The lower holes are designed around the tonic (C major) and dominant (G major) chords. The tonic triad (C-E-G) is given the blow, and the secondary notes (D-B-F-A) the draw. *

LDS Hymns:

• Come, Come, Ye Saints, LDS Hymn 30
• Prayer of Thanksgiving, LDS Hymn 93
• God Speed the Right, LDS Hymn 106
• Be Still My Soul, LDS Hymn 124
• I Believe in Christ, LDS Hymn 134
• My Redeemer Lives, LDS Hymn 135
• Sweet Hour of Prayer, LDS Hymn 142
• God Be with You Till We Meet Again, LDS Hymn 152
• There Is a Green Hill Far Away, LDS Hymn 194
• Jesus, Once of Humble Birth, LDS Hymn 196
• He Is Risen, LDS Hymn 199
• Christ the Lord Is Risen Today, LDS Hymn 200
• Because I Have Been Given Much, LDS Hymn 219
• I Have Work Enough to Do, LDS Hymn 224
• Choose the Right, LDS Hymn 239
• Count Your Blessings, LDS Hymn 241
• Hark, All Ye Nations, LDS Hymn 264
• The Iron Rod, LDS Hymn 274
• I Am a Child of God, LDS Hymn 301
• I Know My Father Lives, LDS Hymn 302
• Teach Me to Walk in the Light, LDS Hymn 304
• Ye Elders of Israel, LDS Hymn 319
• My Country, 'Tis of Thee, LDS Hymn 339