Ask Instructor David Barrett

David... Just to give myself a realistic time frame.. Starting December 20, 2015 when is a realistic date a beginner should be ready to turn in his audio after practicing for 1hr a day?

I was playing around with garage band and put in the song walk with me.  It seemed fast at 120bpm.  Is that the correct bpm? I was just trying to playaround and try recoding.  

Thank you.

David Saccucci

Dave, is the 'Tramp' groove track you and Gary Smith play to in the Contributors section anywhere on this website? If not where would one look?

HI David, I keep noticing my 6 draw seems to stick, but I only seems to happen when i'm coming up from the 5 draw or  coming down from the the 7 draw, so It seems less of a harmonica issure and more an issure with my technique. Not sure how to fix it though.

hey David,

I'm a beginner and i'm just starting to learn to play the harmonica, i've been practising for about three weeks now but it seems i can't get these high notes to sound good. Especially when sucking from hole 8-10, i don't get much sound out of them or they sound pretty false. Have you got any tips?

thanks in adavance

Dries

Hej David !

Let's say that I do the blow puls... +1+2+3 and in moment that I block all the holes and I do the pulls...  I must inhale the air for the moment or I just do it when i blow it?

I hope you will understand me.... :)  I know that is the stupid Question.

Hello David,

In solo harmonica 1 you said that there would be lessons on chugging. I was wondering if any of these lesson are up and if so can you point me in the right direction? 

I love this site!

Everything that I have found on this side in relation to pulls and slaps talks only about the 4 hole.

Does one pull/slap the 1, 2, and 3 holes?

If so, for the 1 hole are you playing it from a TB position (blocking holes 2,3 and 4) and then (for a pull), move the tongue to the left, covering the 1 hole and then pull off?

For the 2 hole, do you move up covering 2, 3, 4 and 5 and do the slap and pull from that or do you draw/blow using only the 1 and 2 hole (and 3)?

Same question for the 3.

Or am I just missing something fundamental?

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Hi, I am a beginner at the harmonica and would like to get better att acompaniment, my problem is that I can't find any lesson about which chords there are on a harmonica and how I can use them. For example, if I am chugging I suppose it would sound best if I changed the chord along with the band? I have played accompaniment on guitar for quite a while but haven't yet been able to transfer my knowledge from the guitar to the harmonica. Hope you understand my question and can help me!

//Miriam

David,

I am looking for help in tongue block bending dirty notes like the 3 and 4 together (3 full bend 4 half step bend).  I can bend single notes fine but every time I try adding the 4 it just sounds airy and I lose the total bend.  Any suggestions or videos on the site would be appreciated.

Anthony