Ask Instructor David Barrett

Hi, David:

What is your opinion on these programs that claim to train pitch perfect hearing? The most famous, I think, is the one offered by David L Burge (his Perfect Pitch Ear Training Course). Is this something that's attainable? Is this something that is worth pursusing on its own (separate from the ear training that's naturally occurring as I progress through your lessons)? Is this nothing more than a parlor trick?

 Any chance Mr Barrett would give some consideration to having a separate site devoted to lip pursuing with occasional requirements of tongue block?? From all my reading and your interviews it seems 90% of people started with  lip pursuing and did just fine. No other site has your fantastic structure/lessons and I would hope you would reconsider and add lip pursuing as separate lessons.

Hey DAve,

I just bought a "C" harmonica is that okay to use for these studies? Should I return it for another one?

Hello David

I have a harmonica in the key of C but the prep lesson states I need a A. is having a C a big problem? is there anything for C? what do I do? 

thanks

deborah 

Dear David,

in the instruction video about positions, you say that the second position a fifth up the scale of the harmonica (so when 1st position is A, 2nd is E, when 1st is C, second is G). However, in your position chart (http://www.bluesharmonica.com/sites/bluesharmonica.com/files/private/Pos...), all the second positions seem te be up only 4 (so when 1st is A, is says that 2nd position is D). Is this a mistake, or am i missing out on something?

With kind regards, René

Hello David, I am having trouble with my 5 hole draw note on my A harmonica.   I am using the harp nija on my iphone and when I am playing I only get a C# instead of the D I should be getting?  I took it apart and found nothing stuck in the reeds.  Is there anything I can do or should I just grab anothe A harp? 

Thank You

David Saccucci

Hello David, I am having trouble with my 5 hole draw note on my A harmonica.   I am using the harp nija on my iphone and when I am playing I only get a C# instead of the D I should be getting?  I took it apart and found nothing stuck in the reeds.  Is there anything I can do or should I just grab anothe A harp? 

Thank You

David Saccucci

Dave I am beginning to practice the C major scale - I noticed that your 7+ C note in music tabulature that should fallout on the staff, actually corresponds to the 10+ C note - which is situated over the top of the staff, an octave higher. continue reading...

Hi David continue reading...

I've learnt how to tongue block to produce single notes and looked into bending. In all of the videos people talk about pulling the tongue back or away in order to open the air stream and produce the lower pitch. How can you tongue block for the one note if it is necessary to pull the tongue away to bend?