Ask Instructor David Barrett

 David... Would it be safe to say a good way to go through LOA 1 is to just follow Hob Bosold's lessons from top to bottom?

Hi David

I am having some trouble hitting the 3 draw 1/2 step bend with any reliability.

no problem with the other notes on that whole. When I do hit it - I don't hold it very long. I am not really sure where I should be focusing as far as adjustments in my mouth.  

do you have any suggestions or drills focusing on it?

Cheers,

Andrew

I have just completed LOA 1 and clicked on the link in my email for artist studies,

the page loads and says artist studies at the top of page, but there is nothing else.

I have looked through the web site to try and access this from the site and not through

the link in my email. Where and how do I access this? I have tried this on both a laptop

and ipad with no success.

I am super excited to continue my studies and thoroughly enjoy your site

and teaching.

thank you 

george

I am having difficulty conceptualizing a few things. You stated that you only need to understand the configuration of where the notes are on the C harmonica, and not to worry about where the notes are on the other key harmonicas. I found some introductory shhet music to a song called love in vain by the stones. I picked up that it was in the key of G. I transposed it to the key of C, but it didnt sound right. I also worked out the tabs for the C harmonica and then used those tabs to try playing the song on a G harmonica but again it didnt sound right. continue reading...

Hello David,

i was checking out and listening to the mp3 file for the blues and found that the mp3 doesn't sound the same as the tab is written.

as i checked your video it was the same.

in the mp3 its using the speedlick in chorus 4  from the song "walk with me" while in the song "feeling for the blues" its a different speedlick.

just wanted to let you know its not corresponding with eachother so you can adjust that small difference if you like.

also, i have 1 month free subscription from my hohner bluesharp. continue reading...

Dave I understand the slap technique/concept for blowing, but for drawing, does the the chord come first, and then the tongue block for a single note, or do you single note block first and then lift off to produce the chord, in a drawing maneuver.

Also for the lift it appears the sequence you are looking for is to start with a blow or draw chord chord, then slap the single note, then lift off the harmonica ending always in a draw chord for the lift. Is that correct?

Greetings!

I'd like to purchase a tongue block trainer, but I can't find it anywhere. 

Could you tell me, please, where can I buy it? I seached on eBay and on Amazon - but no one sells it.

I live in Israel.

Thank you!

Denis.

When cutting notes, how deep should I cut? I'm looking at "Walter's Mood", Chorus 2 (bar 5). Of course, when doing a 4 or 5 cut, I'll just drop to the floor. In this case, it's a 3' cut. It makes sense to me to cut down from 3' to 3".

Is there a rule for this? Cutting a half step down seems like a good overall policy.

Hy David. 

One question:

Is there a place in the website where students can find each other. 

For instance, I wold like to now if there are other Portuguese, or Spanish students on Bluesharmonica.com

Thank you. 

Good day David, continue reading...