Posted Tue, 02/17/2015 - 10:50 by David Barrett Admin
Yesterday’s long story was for the students that are reaching into the upper levels of the intermediate material or are just hitting the advanced material on the site. You’ll be working hard, wrestling with new and challenging techniques and making great progress towards your goal of becoming a great harmonica player. Your hard work will pay off by eventually being able to play these new techniques. Most likely the challenges of rhythm will keep you busy a bit longer, and this is common. continue reading...
Posted Wed, 01/28/2015 - 12:38 by David Barrett Admin
In our latest episode of the BluesHarmonica.com Recording Study series Gary Smith, Aki Kumar and I rehearse our harmony tunes together and I provide you with MP3 scratch tracks and PDF music/TAB for you to play along with.
Posted Thu, 01/01/2015 - 14:22 by David Barrett Admin
Finally we start the epic series of recording at a professional studio! Your lesson begins with an overview of what's involved in recording at a studio and then we cover a bullet-point list of what's needed to prepare for the process. Next to release in the series will be an interview with students Joel Saal and George Bisharat. Videos Include: Section 1 – The Recording Process: Introduction to Professional Recording Study; Why Record; Choosing Musicians; Ways to Record; Preparing for the Studio; Rehearsing for the Studio; Choosing your Harp Amp; Recording Process; Recording Budget
Posted Mon, 12/15/2014 - 09:41 by David Barrett Admin
For those that read the paper and watched the footage (http://youtu.be/I5kogDrivvQ) of me bending on the harmonica in the MRI last week, here's the story (four part video series) of the bending study with Peter Egbert MD http://youtu.be/I5ZjNUWnhgk
Posted Tue, 05/06/2014 - 07:46 by David Barrett Admin
If you have a veracious apatite for learning songs (good for you!) and want more than what I've written for you on BluesHarmonica.com, Joe Filisko has some great study songs at http://www.filiskostore.com. He uses a different notation system than I, but it's common in the harmonica world to develop the skill to read multiple notation systems since there's no standard.
P.S., I really like "Rice Cool Blues," it uses chords, single notes and some bending that's fast, but used not too often.
Posted Tue, 04/15/2014 - 07:38 by David Barrett Admin
Once you complete these Study Songs...
1) Tongue Block Study 1 "Walk with Me"
2) Bending Study 2 "Feelin' for the Blues"
3) Bending Study 2.5 (Repertoire Builder) "Take It Easy Now"
4) Bending Study 4 "My Blues" continue reading...