We like to think of Saturdays as our special "practice days", because every time OU makes a touchdown, we chime in with our harps! And every time our opponent scores a touchdown, we practice another song we're working on tabbing out. So, there's a good three hours of very enjoyable practice.

Dave, since this song is played on a Bflat harp, I got to thinking it might not fit in with the Master Song List Tabs since this site, and that list, is set up for using key of C harps....? I've tried playing it on my other harps (C, F, G, A, and D) and to be honest, it sounds really awful! We are honored, but...? {:-\

Deb, thanks for doing that, I added it to the Master List.

The key of diatonic harmonica is completely irrelevant unless you are playing along with music. If you are just playing the harmonica solo, the melody will be precisely the same on any key diatonic since all diatonic harmonicas are laid out in the same way which is called the Richter tuning.

Take your "Bb" when you go to a game (I'm assuming they play it in that key), but otherwise any key will play the melody fine—just follow the same number and hole pattern.

"I've tried playing it on my other harps (C, F, G, A, and D) and to be honest, it sounds really awful!"

Unless you have perfect pitch and have always heard the song in Bb or you are trying to make the key of Bb work on one of these other key diatonics (i.e. 11th Position on a key of "C"), this is not possible.

More info on positions-
http://www.harmonicalessons.com/members/theory/position.php

Richter tuning defined-
http://www.harmonicalessons.com/members/terms3.php

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