Ask Instructor David Barrett

Hello,

I've been practicing the very first lessons in the site and I'm really thankfull for all the explanations and tips.

Though, when practicing on the very beginning - playing single note, sometims it works well when I blow but the note doesn't really works when I draw.

What could be the problem?

Thanks,

Michal

Good evening O Sensei,

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Hi David

I sincerely hope it will be possible to purchase the backing tracks for what seems to be a great album.

Patrick

Hi David,

What I'm about to ask may not be possible due to copyrite laws, but is there a way of copying and pasting my favourite licks from your study songs onto blank pages so that I may use for my improvisation.

Many Thanks,

Paul

Hi David,

This is a two part question :

1. With regard to hole 9, in order to obtain the F sharp for the V chord you need to do a blow bend, but I dont know how to perform these yet. So for the V chord could I perform an 8 draw giving a D.
2. On some of the holes you could perform transitions between some of the chords, is this a requirement or should I just keep it simple for know.

Thank you for your help,

Kind Regards,

Paul

Daivd,

3'' whole step bend on F harp, i cant play it at low volume, the aloud note is ok but if I decrease the air flow it stops playing.

Any suggestion ?

Hey instructor,

I am writing to you because my english is not good enough to understand everything what you say on the videos, so I would like to have a bit of knowledge about how the classes works on this webside.

with what videos or documents should I start my classes?

David .. I am just starting LOA 1 and have finished watching Bending Study 1 and it was immensely helpful. It was helpful in not only the explanation of the positions of the tongue and the 'shh', 'kee' and 'koo' sounds but when you actually produced the sounds on the 6 draw. Would it be possible to do the same study for each bendable hole...listening to you actually produce the desired sound helped me tremendously.  continue reading...

 In the accompaniment song LOA 3 there's a song called blues creepin' over me. If you look at the actual notes for the chord on the first measure, it is D,G,B on the G clef scale. but if you reference the Diatonic Harmonica note layout for an A harmonica, the draw holes are 3,2,and 1, which is B,E, and G#. From what I have studied in the past, a G note starts in the ring of the G clef. I am just using the 3 note chord as an example, but all of the notes in the song follow suit. continue reading...

Yes the day after LOAL 9,now:

I decided to spend 1 month in reharsaling the repertoire, here is the tarcklist, explaining the choises:

1) One 2nd position 16th bars chorus form song ballad: I like the song and its light feel.

2) One 2nd position medium tempo shuffle 12 bars chorus form song that contains some fast runnings.

3) My blues, basic slow blues in 2nd position. continue reading...