Ask Instructor David Barrett

David:

I recently ordered a basic three string box guitar. I thought it would be fun to pick up some blues slide guitar on it while playing a harmonica in a rack. It would be great if there was a video here on rack playing. Did not know if yourself or one of the contributors could add some insight on proper rack playing or do a video.

Thanks

Brian

i only have c and not a d for walk with man . and ihave got this harmonica against my father wishes as he says im not keen in studies .i can only afford the c one so how i will practise walk with man .sir i am working hard but i dont have any solution

Good evening David,

Are you slapping into the 6/3 flutters on bar 7 of the 6th chorus?

Thanks,

Mark

Hi David,

In the middle of the fifth chorus of temperature, there is a 3-4 draw dip bend. I can get it using the pucker embouchure, but there is no way to get it in a tong blocking mode. Am I supposed to change from TB to pucker ? Do you have any hint to get a 3-4 draw dip bend correctly ?

Thanks

bod

Hello David, i can play the lick fine slowly, but when I try to build any speed, my tongue humps up and I start squeaking. Any help  would be greatly appreciate.

Hi David,

I am a complete novice and am struggling with the tongue bend, I find the blow is not great but ok however the draw is awful.

When I draw I just seem to choke on my tongue and block all the air, I wondered if you have a tips cheers.

David,

I was able to complete the songwriting exercise in LOA5 and I get the concept of chorus forms and repetition.  But I felt like the 6 licks in my song didn't really relate to each other very well; they sounded like they had been lifted from six differrent songs. Shouldn't the concept of repetition apply to the whole song structure and not just the structure of the indivudual choruses?

Having way too much fun on BH.com,

Dan

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Hello Dave,

I am wondering if there is any software or website that you recommend for writing music notation in a PC?

Thank you very much.

Hello David,  I was just playing around the chromatic song "No Sweat".  I was using the provided licks to improvise using the chorus forms.   I was playing ex 5.1   2.....2+1....  So i played going into the first beat of the next bar.  So i played it a total of 6 time of the 12 bars.  I was getting it down so I was always keeping time and ending correctly.   I was then thinking how that would be played on a diatonic.  So I grabbed my G harp and played 5.....5+4...  I was just wonding if that was correct? for the diatonic? continue reading...