Ask Instructor David Barrett

Sensei David, this is really cool and I can see the genius in what you have done for us. Thank your programmer too.

We still have the other material, e.g. The Split to work on, but you have pinpointed the skill set for us, just like a martial arts testing.

I am eager to invest in the training.

Thank you so much!

Will

Im confused,
im new to site and harmonica,
i have seen other demonstrations of draw blow, but on your video demonstrations
you say (Blow) and gesture (Draw) and you say (Draw) and gesture (Blow)
Surely (Blow) you should gesture a Blowing out away from you gesture.

Hi David. The 3' bend on especially my Bb harp is difficult. I don't have a problem puckering, its tongue blocking.any. advice?

Dave,

Would it be more help in learning if I made a video of the
lesson and sent you a YouTube link so that you could see
me playing the tune rather than just sending an MP3.

Bill

Hi David,

this might sound like a strange question...but :
when I'm bending drawnotes on the harmonica and move my tongue up my adam's apple also goes up or down. continue reading...

Dave, I saw that you wrote about Finale and how you use it for the standup bass practice. I downloaded the trial version. How do you setup Finale so you can write the Harmonica Tab?

I could not find a template etc. to do this.

Thank you so much.

Will

Hello David, thank you so much for the amount of wonderful content that you are creating and deploying on your website.

I am curious if you know of any simple songs, maybe traditional harmonica tunes, that you know that I can practice playing octaves or splits.

I am ironing out my tendency to fall back to the Ublock or the Cleavage block and get the TB that you teach. I am making steady progress in that regard.

I am working thru "The Split", but I had an idea about simple melodies that I can use to play octaves.

Thank you so much, as always.

Will

This question is probably way too broad, but how often do you use a "K" articulation?

I've realized lately that I rarely use it, and I'm wondering if this is adversely affecting my sound. continue reading...

David in today's tip of the day on 4th position there might be a typo. Or maybe I'm confused. You said:

as blues players we commonly play in 3rd Position for minor, but the 6th is only available in one place, the 8'+

Did you mean to say 2nd position? Or that in 3rd position the 6th is only available on 3' and blow 10''+?

Steve

Hi David,

On the very last line of The Big One on the IV, is that a 2/7 split or is it supposed to just be 2/6 or 3/7?

-Taylor