Ask Instructor David Barrett

I have a questions on Chording ex 1.2

When I do the 123 draw cord and move to the +234 blow cord, am I to do a tongue block on the 1 hole when blowing the +234 cord?  I can get it to sound like your examples but just want to make sure I am learning the proper technique.

By the way I can tongue block single notes very well as I started learning that way.  Just never really worked much on cords until now.

Thanks in advance.

Hi Dave,

I was wondering the reason why C and E are not among the focus notes. Couldn’t they be used when starting the IV chord during a solo? I suspected maybe focus notes are meant to be used when starting a new chorus only, but still curious.

Thank you.

From a practical playing standpoint, what keys should I be able to blow bend? I would think that an A harmonica would be the upper limit for practical purposes. Anything above that would probably be too shrill (and really difficult to accurately hit).

If I can master the blow bends up to an A, should I be satisfied with that?

What harmonica should be used to play with a guitarist playing in D Minor?

Bb harmonica crossover draw two holes Play immediately / draw "taaa" Eb. If want to play F, I use to articulate / íííí. Is it right ? Thanks.

My lowest bend on hole 3 D harp is super hard, Tips?

Hi David,

Love the interviews! Any chance you can get an interview with Ronnie Shellist? Love his style.....

Thank you,

Daniel

Somewhere I heard you explaining the flutter tongue and you played an example of "Oh When The Saints" while using the flutter.  It sounded really cool and I wanted to come back to it.  But I've looked through a number of flutter tongue examples and can't seem to find it.

Do you know where it might be?

Hi David,

Just for clarification purposes, for the IV chord, as long as there is a blow note(s) somewhere in bars 5 and 6, does it matter if I start bar 5 with a draw note say draw 4 for example. Also I do know that we can use draw 2, is it the same principle, you can use draw 2 anywhere in bars 5 and 6 and in this case you would not have to use a blow note.

Regards,

Paul

David:

Any thoughts on the software Anytune? It seems to be getting better ratings on IPad than The Amazing Slowdowner lately. I know the idea is that we merely need to slow down the music to be able to play to it and learn it, but I'm figuring $15 is $15, so why not get the best bang for the buck? Do you have any experience with Anytune or does anybody else that might be able to give their opinion. I was going to just purchase The Amazing Slowdowner until I saw the difference in recent reviews on both. Thanks for any input!