General Discussion

What are some of your favorite songs on bluesharmonica that after you heard it you knew you had to memorize or just a song you memorized for another reason.

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Hi Fellow Harpsters, I am practicing Walk With Me.  I take it the whole song is meant to be tongue blocked ?  I struggle with the move from three hole to four hole with tongue block.  I can play the whole song reasonably well with single note pursed lips.  Just keep moving from three to four and back  with toungue block until it is smooth transition ?  thank you, Kevin

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Im trying to finish up solo study 2 but I am always running out of breath. I exhale all I can before starting and the farthest I ever got was to the last three 1 draws which I had to use my cheeks to suck in and unavoidably bent the notes. Any tips?

Hello to all you harmonica players that have been doing it for years. I want to get the benefit of your experience from those first months of your learning...

I have been doing Levels of Achievement Level 1 now for about 7 months (about half an hour each day). I can see minor improvements from week to week but hate the repetition. I know how necessary the repetition is because all the techniques need to go into unconscious memory but it makes practising so incredibly boring! I also want to move on more quickly. continue reading...

Neither David nor his student Bruce Weinstein ("The Ethics Guy" in NYC) are very good at tooting their own horns, so I had no forewarning about the great article in the Spring 2023 issue of SPAH's Harmonica Happenings magazine. Check it out! "David Barrett on the Art of Practicing."  Well done, both David and Bruce!

And if you're not a member of SPAH, you'll definitely want to join. Not only to support its mission of preserving and advancing harmonica, but also so you can get great articles like this one. www.spah.org

Hi David, do you have any hints on improving side flutter to obtain a fuller sound? Have you a tutorial or student i/v with teacher input?Thanks Mac

Hello everyone,

I have been learning to play the blues harp for 3 years now on this website. Now, I started playing along with some friends that play the guitar and we were wondering if there is any good rock classics songbook for harp so that we have some variety apart from playing blues.Is there any good recommendation?

Thank you for your help!

Many greetings from Germany,

Adriana

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