Ask Instructor David Barrett

I have a transcription for "Juke" by Joe Filisko but am a little confused by some of his notations...It may be that I am just so accustomed to reading the "Barrett" style of transcription.......I have "Juke" on my Slowdowner app and have been looping the choruses; there are only a few places where I am not quite getting it. First 4 choruses are pretty solid, give or take a note......../Does Bluesharmonica.com have "Juke" transcribed? Can I get a copy?

Hi David,
I'm at Exercise 3.4 and 3.5. But, apparently I missed something before this.
I do not know how to figure where the sharps and flats are in Exercise 3.5.
Help!

gcon

Per the "Steve Guyger" interview......Big Walter Horton; "Going to Memphis"......Wish to get that recording and maybe a list of solid 1st position cuts to catalog for my study....Thanks

Hi David!

I just bought the Harmonica Masterclass mother load to use as supplemental material for the coursework on this site, Could you where in the site lesson plans to use each of the books from the four Masterclass bundles?

Thanks!

Robert

I don't want you to get the idea that I think the website is lacking in anyway. I'm constantly amazed at the amount of spectacular material. I have a hard time keeping up and I'm not the one putting it together! Don't know if you take requests but I someday down the road would love to see Butterfield & Junior Wells Artist Studies. I'm sure you have a list a mile long of Artist Studies you'd love to have as well as other material you're working on (interviews, lessons, contributors, theory, accompaniment, etc) and I have plenty of material to keep me busy on the site as is is. continue reading...

The first study is great so far. I'm just starting to work my way through it. I've tried to sludge my way through some Music Theory for Dummies/Complete Idiot books and yours is way better. Plus it's applicable. I'm not sifting through trying to find relevant material because, well, all your material in the Music Theory Study IS relevant. Just wondering how many more of the Studies you have planned out of curiosity?

As if you didn't have enough projects going on with this site, I have a idea you might consider. Winslow posted a really good response to my Chomatic Air topic. It would cool to have him or someone do some Chromatic Harp tech someday. Perhaps, tightening up the leakiness and disasembly for cleaning, etc. Just an idea :)

-Taylor

I've been trying to figure out the tune 'Back the Same Day' by Dan Kaplan and can't make up my mind whether he's playing pull-slaps or just pulls (ie. playing the melody without slaps, but pulling off to get the chord). Either way, it's a tongue twister to keep going at a steady pace. Could you help me figure out the technique used? The video's here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lusc00mcOP4&feature=relmfu

Will he be learning Chromatic too?

Hi David,

So this week I was asked to sit in on a few songs at a duo's show. They're a guitar/harmonica duo. I was finally playing in public after a long time of not playing, and I felt much more confident playing accompaniment to the acoustic guitar player due to understanding the chorus forms and focus notes from the improv lessons 1&2 that I've reviewed. I also felt like due to practicing my licks, I could pull them up from memory without forcing it...which was a great feeling...to trust there will be something coming out of that 4 draw or 6 blow when I need it. continue reading...