Ask Instructor David Barrett

Good Afternoon David,

Whilst studying the accopaniament study songs, should we be taking the licks and fills that we like and place them into the various chorus forms thereby giving us more vocabulary for our improvisation.

Many thanks,

Paul

Hi. Bought my first harmonica today. Got home and started on your lesson page. First major problem is - on my right hand I have no little finger!  What can I do? Is there any advice you can give me please?

Hi David,

I am new to this but find I have a new Hohner Special 20 in ''C'' but i find all your lessons are not in C help!!!!

Hi David,

I am new to this but find I have a new Hohner Special 20 in ''C'' but i find all your lessons are not in C help!!!!

Hi David,

how are you? I hope all fine

Yesterday i signed up to your course. Considering i m starting now for the first time to play by harmonica, and considering i am a Bob Dylan fun....which key(A-C-D ecc) i should buy ??

Thanks a lot

Filippo

I am a beginner learning tongue blocking. In the song America the 4th note is a 3 draw.  Is the corret way to move over to 1-3 holes and tongue block 1&2?  Also tongue blocking seems to activate saliva. I completely understand why it is nedessary to keep your head back in learning this technique.  Does controling the saliva come naturally or is there a tick to develop less slober? Thanks David 

Hi David,

how are you? I hope all fine

Yesterday i signed up to your course. Considering i m starting now for the first time to play by harmonica, and considering i am a Bob Dylan fun....which key(A-C-D ecc) i should buy ??

Thanks a lot

Filippo

Hi David,

how are you? I hope all fine

Yesterday i signed up to your course. Considering i m starting now for the first time to play by harmonica, and considering i am a Bob Dylan fun....which key(A-C-D ecc) i should buy ??

Thanks a lot

Filippo

Good Evening David,

Just wondering, is there any reason you don't go through the ABC chorus form when applying licks from the study songs. If we do have to, have you any tips that we should follow. To present, I have only applied licks to the chorus forms as specified in the section Improvising, Applying the chorus forms.

Many Thanks for your help,

Paul

Hi David,

First thank you for the quality of the teaching. I'm on on one month trial lesson but will certainly go on :)

I'm absolute beginner with the proper way of tongue playing harmonica (am a Bb horn player).

I purchased C, A, and Bb Special 20 models. I started Lesson one (LOA) and enjoy the learning. Now as days go, we are more and more aware about what can be done. I watched with great interest video Getting to Know Your Harmonica (Harp Tech Study 1). continue reading...