Ask Instructor David Barrett

Hello David,

Thank you for the wonderful lessons. I face a few issues when I am practising tongue blocking. Would be really great if you can help me with your suggestions.

• The tongue blocked draws are muddy/squeaky/no sound, not all the time but most of the time. Especially when I am coming back from 6+ to 4 and also this happens almost all the time when I keep the harmonica slightly tilted as mentioned in the lessons.

• Also, I get leakage (slight notes from next holes when I blow while sliding on the harmonica.

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David - I watched your small amp reviews video where you recommend the 68 Princeton Reverb. What about the '65 Princeton Reverb? Is it any different, or if so, what are the differences? Would it work equally well as a harp amp? What about the '65 with a 12" speaker instead of 10"?

Hi David

Congrats on an amazing website. I'm a complete newbie and im very inspired by the video lessons and the ones with your two example students. I've been at it for a few days now trying to get my single notes out. My problem is that I can see (in my self-made tongueblocking trainer) that my relaxed mouth position captures 5 holes, not 4, so Im having problems with that. I try to close up the embochure but I geet a lot of bleeds from surrounding holes. Any suggestions? continue reading...

Hi folks,

I have a question based on the more anatomical side of things. David, I've really enjoyed your explanation of tremolo and vibrato in your lessons. In fact, you're the first to flag to me that the vibrato is more so a relaxed extension of the tremolo, rather than, say, an enhanced skill. I'm the type of learner that finds it particularly difficult to grasp things unless I'm fully aware of the basic raw fundamentals of it, so this helps a lot. continue reading...

Hello david.im just looking at some of the old questions and have seen people asking about curtain notes being wrote differently to what they hear or written mistakes on sheet music( only a couple ).are they corrected on the originals after if there is a mistake.i hope this question doesn't come across as being rude 

Thanks

Hello David 

I'm currently working on loa level 2.my question is on the accompaniment Song you have the song sections from temperature but the seem alot faster .what are the BPM of both songs .I'm getting there for the study song but the accompaniment song seems to fast 

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I'm having trouble with controlling the the +10" Bb note on the harmonica. I want to get better at scaling all across the harmonica, but I'm having trouble with consistency. What is a good technique as far as tongue placement to help me control that overblow? 

I'm a beginner who just started learning the fundamental. Is it ok to use the Hohner special 20, which is a C harmonica? The lessons are in key A so they sound different and I don't know if I'm playing the right notes

Eu só tenho a harmônica diatônica C. Como posso acompanhar as aulas?