Ask Instructor David Barrett

It's clear that Ex 1.1 is meant to be played so that the first and second holes are tongue blocked with the tongue in the right cheek leaving the left side open. Is this switching technique how you usually play the lower holes or do you more often go all the way down the comb using the open right side of your tongue block?

I've been trying for a long time now to increase the speed that my flutter moves at, but I can't seem to find a good method to build up that skill very well. Do you have any suggestions to help increase the speed of my flutter? By the way, I just joined the site about a month ago and I love it

Availability of your books to purchase in my area pushed me towards the two volume Classic Chicago Blues Harp set. Subsequently I was able to purchase some of your more recent books to supplement these. Very happy with all of them. Though I'm likely to be an on and off member of this site I find books work really well for me so mixing the two together is my preferred self teaching approach. Just wish I could find someone locally to work with in person! continue reading...

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I've been listening Carey Bell Mellow Down Easy 10 - Big Walter Strut
at 2:30 play rhythmic like pulls
what technique uses

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can u tell me where I can get the jam track for the beginner
version of Sweet Home Chicago you show Joe Taretaglia
in you lesson with him.

Hi David,

I'm having a hard time trying to bend the 4 draw while tongue blocking,
I can bend holes 1-2-3 quite comfortably, but not hole 4.
Do you have any idea why? Is there a certain trick - maybe a certain articulation needs to be done?

Thanx,

Jonathan.

Hi David,

In example 1.7, you say "grab your D harmonica" instead of "grab your A harmonica".

Best Regards,

Eddy

I'm not quite clear on this because I've never heard it discussed..is it possible to tongue slap a bent note? As in you have a riff and want that big sound so you slap all the notes but one of them is bent? With all my attempts the bend comes a moment after the slap and sounds more like a dip bend. Are the muscles in my throat just not ready yet?

On the Acc. King page it says Sat. July 20 is the last day to enter. In the What's New Forum it says it ends Friday. Just to clarify for us procrastinators, what is the latest day and time that entries can be uploaded?

Thanks!