Ask Instructor David Barrett

Dave,

Do you have any idea what the problem is when Cakewalk starts stuttering and breaking up, sometime going into Dropout? I can't get through a whole track to record my tunes.

Hi David.

Sorry about my bad English. I'm not native speaker.
This site is excellent. It's very helpful for me.
But There is few lesson about harmonica rhythm, especially like Sonny Terry Style.
Do you have a plan for new lesson for this topic?

Anyway, thank you for good lesson.

Sorry about the triple post - tried to delete through the edit feature but it just reposted. I'll ask in the admin section how to delete.

If covered somewhere else, please refer me there David.

What would be an approach to tackling one chord songs? Got hit with one at the last jam and never really thought about it before. I know there are 8 bar blues and 16 bar blues but they have a chord sequence like the 12 bar blues. Can you take a similar approach to chorus forms (A,A,B)?? Are the varied in chorus length the same way (eg. 12 bars)? How do you know when the chorus is over and a new one is starting? Turnaround? etc.

Would this be a possible lesson or is it so obvious that I'm missing something??

If covered somewhere else, please refer me there David.

What would be an approach to tackling one chord songs? Got hit with one at the last jam and never really thought about it before. I know there are 8 bar blues and 16 bar blues but they have a chord sequence like the 12 bar blues. Can you take a similar approach to chorus forms (A,A,B)?? Are the varied in chorus length the same way (eg. 12 bars)? How do you know when the chorus is over and a new one is starting? Turnaround? etc.

Would this be a possible lesson or is it so obvious that I'm missing something??

If covered somewhere else, please refer me there David.

What would be an approach to tackling one chord songs? Got hit with one at the last jam and never really thought about it before. I know there are 8 bar blues and 16 bar blues but they have a chord sequence like the 12 bar blues. Can you take a similar approach to chorus forms (A,A,B)?? Are the varied in chorus length the same way (eg. 12 bars)? How do you know when the chorus is over and a new one is starting? Turnaround? etc.

Would this be a possible lesson or is it so obvious that I'm missing something??

Hi David I'm having trouble with all the 1 hole draws in the Strut I fill up with air very quickly. I think that I tense up when I see all them 1's coming up any advise ?
Many thanks Ron

David,
I have paused in my lessons to back and take a closer look at learning rhythm. I dont think it is that easy..at least for me. Your book CLASSIC CHICAGO BLUES HARP #1, has an excellent section on rhythmic training...but it is very fast, at least for me. It like learning to dance...I have to go slow.
I have sought out local teachers but the lessons bog down immediately as each one has his own way and frankly they dont have the talent you do in teaching. Not even close.
Any plans on making LEARNING RHYTHM a subject of learning on the website?

Hi David. I feel one of my weaknesses so far is a strong tremelo, and I've been working on it in different ways. One thing I'm doing is practicing Walter Horton's "Easy". Is he using the tremelo effect or something covered later in the lessons.
Thanks

what in yours or anyone elses opinion are the scales that you practice most often i have your book on scales and dont know what is the most practical or most used scales and which ones i should be practicing the most any help would be good i know they all would be good but just trying to narrow my focus a bit and i would rather play mostly cross and 3rd position stuff as i have a good liking to the minor sound thanks