JavaScript Harp Key Chart

Here's the scene. It's 1 AM. You've had 9 beers and it's time for you to impress the ladies. The band calls "Key to the Highway" in Db. You want to play in 7th position. You just can't do the math in your head. Luckily you have your laptop and cellular modem. You dial into you ISP and connect to the JT30 page. You click on the JavaScript Harp Key Chart and then click on Db. You grab your G harp and start to wail. Isn't Technology wonderful!

I don't use the sharp notation (#) of a key just to keep it simple. The keys on harmonicas use either (eg. F#,Gb. F# should be the same as Gb.) depending on the manufacturer. If this causes some minds to go off into Hobgoblin states then I apologise.

This is my first attempt to learn JavaScript and eventually Java. It is very much brute force with no finesse, but I hope to get better at this as I go along. - KPG.

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1st Position 2nd Position 3rd Position 4th Position
5th Position 6th Position 7th Position 8th Position
9th Position 10th Position 11th Position 12th Position
Select the Key of the song on the left. Find which harp to use above.

 

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