Ask Instructor David Barrett

I'm new at this.  When you bend on some hole, I assume it changes the pitch.  Is the new pitch somewhere between the pitches of the draw pitch and the blow pitch for the hole.  Can this pitch vary accoding to the position of the tongue in your moujth?

Orville

Hi Dave:

In his discussion of Sonny Boy II Mark repeatedly refers to a somewhat rare recording he has of Sonny Boy playing amplified with Baby Boy Warren.  I wonder if he would consider sharing that recording or posting on YouTube.  Would love to hear it.

thanks

Hi David,

I am an absolute beginner at both Blues and Harmonica. I have a Harmonica in C and would like to achieve the ability to play songs of any genre on the harmonica. however, most of the studies require me to have an Harmonica in A. Is there anyway to overcome this?

Thanks,

Wiliiam

Hi David, I'm new here, and I'm trying to play the song ''Walk with me".I'm having some troubles with the end of the 3rd Chorus, where there are a lot of 3+ together, I'm not sure if I cannot listen to it properly, but it sounds like the video and the mp3 are a little bit different, if so, which one is the correct one?Thanks!!

Hello,

  I was wondering why the two input jacks on my Kalamazoo 2 sound different.  Jack 1 gets a lot louder and more sensitive and jack 2 can be turned all the way up and not sound nearly as loud?  what would be the difference? 

Thank you.  

Any chance you can let us know about some of the equipment you all used when recording It Takes Three?  It may be in the liner notes, but I bought the digital version.

-Taylor

Hi David,

I ran across a listing tonight for a harmonica workshop that really interested me And I wanted to see if you had any additional information. continue reading...

I love the lessons - I love the interviews . While watching the Hummel interview I was looking around the room and wondererd and also asked in the past do you sell ??? It looks like you have harps and cds ??? Would it be possible to do a virtual (spelling ) tour of the school ??

I'm kind of working on harmonica at two levels.  I just discovered your site and am working my way through Walk With Me, the beginning accompaniment and beginning solo exercises.  But before I started here, I had been learning by ear, trying to teach myself licks to play the blues.  I know about choosing a harmonica that is a 4th above (or 5th below) the key of the song, but for Rock me Mama, which is in the key of A, I'm pretty sure the harmonica is also in the key of A.  Are you familiar with the song?  Can you confirm or set me straight?  Thanks so much!

David:

What do the LOA pins look like? I saw you sort of hold one up in a video but was interested in what they really look like? Or is the answer wait until you get one? :). I didn't see anything when I searched the word LOA pins in the forum.