Ask Instructor David Barrett

Bonjour David,
si je vous pose une question en français vous est il possible de me répondre car ne ne parle pas l'anglais je me débrouille juste avec le traducteur.
Merci d'avance
Pascal

Hi David,

I just saw the December Newsletter and the "Easy" transcription. With all the emails that I get and limited time to follow up on everything I realize that I've missed all of the prior newsletters since I've been a member these past 6 months.

I realize that you don't archive these on the site but is there any way to get my hands on the ones I never opened and read? I thought that since they are in a PDF format they are probably sitting on a hard drive somewhere...

Thanks,

JayMcC28

Hi David-could you please tell me where to find the jam track for the performance training groove section. I cant see it-I'm probably just blind. Thanks

Hi David,

I can sort of make 1' and 2', and sometimes 2'', but it it feels pretty weird, and I'm not sure I should be doing it this way. It feels like maybe my mouth is too small to make a space big enough for those notes, so I actually flex my tongue and lips to push the back of my mouth and throat back further, toward the back of my neck! At least that's what it feels like (and it's not too comfortable), but it does seem to bend the pitch down enough.

Is that right, or should I stop that?

Thanks,
Bob

I've been busting a gut trying to figure out how to play 'Busy Man' (found in Aki Kumar's submission number 5, part 4 - 'Joe Filisko song 2, as well as on IC Special).

I think it goes like this: 2, 123 (wah), 1, 2", 1, x, 3'/4. continue reading...

Just double checking, but it looks like (from the marks you made on My Blues at my last lesson) that you don't try to add tremelo on top of a note that's dipped and bent like that--or are you just sparing me for now on that?

I have never had so much respect for you playing and "instruction' as I have every time I work on Quiet World. When you said it would take 6 - 9 months, you weren't just whistling Dixie. This is one tough baby for this cowboy to get to the "submit for review" stage. When I listen to my recording of trying to play it at full speed I just don't get the clarity of articulation. At 85% it is better but still not where it should be. continue reading...

Hi David!

I'm practicing regularly everyday for have a cup more airtight,
sometimes I test it with trying to do bending for example in the 2 draw,
and if the bending inpossible the cup is good.

It's a good test to do or the bending impossibility don't mean a good cup?

Thanks

Best Regards

Marko

David, just listened to "Butter Strut." NICE!

Let me ask you something: I've been spending some time experimenting with my harp, trying to duplicate guitar solo riffs and mimicing guitar solo sound. I'm running my harp mic through different effects pedals and processors, trying to find a unique style. Along those lines, I'm running into some challenges - mostly due to the tuning, note availability, and bend ability on non-bendable notes. (My newbie-izm is also coming into play, but I'm working on that, too). continue reading...

David,
I love Marks song....
should I be slapping and pulling those chords or just using...'hahs"..on the draw/blows?
In otherwords should the chords be articulated?
Thanks!