Harley Benton Blues Harmonica in Ab-Major 4-stars Reviews

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9 years ago

a decent diatonic harmonica at a great price

I was quite pleased with this harmonica, and got a few in different keys. Great value!

The form factor is quite chunky, fatter than most hohners, but the sound holds up pretty well, giving a rich tone and good bends for blues. I would recommend breaking it in slowly for a few days by gently blowing chords (several holes together).

As a cheap blues harp to fill in your lesser-played keys I would certainly recommend it. If you only buy one harmonica though, particularly if you are learning, I would get recommend a Hohner Special 20 or Lee Oskar Major Diatonic, either in C (as assumed by most tutorials / teachers) or F (so you can play a blues in C),

Please note that an Ab diatonic will play blues (in cross-harp or second position) in Eb, so this is the harp you want to play an Eb blues. To find the blues key count a perfect fifth up (7 semitones) or a perfect fourth down (5 semitones) from the key it is stamped with.

10 years ago