Ask Instructor David Barrett

Is there a lesson plan I can see with (learn these scales) I may have missed it ? I am studing your loa 2 course now.

I,am a few weeks on your site . It is great,  but now i want to send you the recordings for loa 1 and loa 2  but I "hate " to fill down all teory stuff :) It is nesesery or you thing that i should do it ?

M.

Hello Mr. Barret,

I have been doing your lessons for awhile now. On other instruments I have played, single notes are articulated with a nonsense syllable like "TA" or "DA." Is there something similar for the harmoncia?

Thanks,

harpsquealer

Hi,

I just found your lessons and I love them.

My problem is that im going to be working away for a few months with little or no internet access. Do you offer a way to buy/download the videos to keep on my laptop so i can access the material when im away?

Thanks

Ian

Dear David

I would just like to know where to begin if I have a C harmonica.

Hi Dave

Could you help me with the notation in ex.1 in cupping and hand affects study.

In bar 4 line 2 the notation appears to indicate a two 1/4 note space plus a 1/4 note space but within a triplet. Therefore are the  two Wa Wa's two eight notes or is there  three 1/4 note spaces with another 1/3 of a triplet space followed with two "triplet notes"? Or is it a triplet 1/4 as per Ex13 in rhythm training and the 1/4 note rest  symbol actually a 2/3rds of a note rest in this context? Simililarly with bar 3 of line 3.

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dear David 

for practicing more on Level II study song i am trying to copy the licks on original temperature song by little walter. 

i have four alternative. 

my question is : 

- how to be sure that what key is the harp that is played ? 

i think that the teperature ( alternative 1) is played with an A harp. am I right ? 

here is the link to complete album 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/temperature-version-2/id307490320?i=30...

thanks

Hey Dave,

Is the a starting point of study on Chugging with tab?

Thanks!

steve

Hi David.

Thanks for the great resource. you've created a really great site with really wonderful lessons. I've been trying like mad to get through some of the intro routine and get my technique down. I have a question about blocking and the playing the c maj scale.

I'm a very new player and still experimenting withe my tounge blocking technique. continue reading...

David --

This may seem like a silly question but I can't seem to find an answer anywhere.

I've been playing for about a month and a half total -- two weeks with your site, and have switched to tongue-blocking. The only issue is that where the harmonica comes out either side of my mouth, the little lip between the comb and top plate is causing a bit of chafing on both cheeks near the mouth.

Any thoughts as to how to address this? continue reading...