Ask Instructor David Barrett

Hello David,

I would like to submit a recording of Temperature for evaluation, but I am not sure how to do it. Please direct me to the instructions on this.

Well, I stumbled around and got it to work.

I uploaded my mp3 file to SoundCloud, copied the URL and pasted it here, below.

I suggest you copy and paste it in Chrome or Safari. I couldn't get it to play in Firefox.

https://soundcloud.com/user-377157897-14293636/tempfinal_harp1?si=af9f36... continue reading...

Hello David

Do you have plans for continuing with the student lessons, into Level 3 and Level 4? I find it helpful to see and hear how others are doing; helps me to be less self-critical.

I can see how it would be quite a committment for a student to take on. So perhaps doing it a Level (or maybe two Levels) at a time would ease the pressure some.

I keep forgetting about the effect Corona Virus has on up-close-and-personal encounters; I wonder if such lessons could be done on Zoom.

Just curious about this.

Hank

Hi David,

could you please remind me in what lesson sequences were explained, cannot find this myself?

Thank you in advance.

Hi David … this started as a question but then I found an answer. After watching your series on  the Amazing Slow Downer, I tried connecting it with iTunes … only to find that iTunes is in the past. I can’t get by the paywall for Apple Music to the Harmonica playlist folder I created on iTunes. Looking closer at ASD I found the Import Tunes at the bottom of the page, and an option to browse. I selected Desktop and pulled the study song into ASD. Not as planned but it works.

vraiment David tu est un vrais  genie se morceau est une tuerie vraiment tres beau quel talent tu as de l'avoir creer et pour moi l'etudiant que je suis novice il est super a travaziller avec enormement de technique et de belle notes bluesi je tenais a t'en remercier David car tu le merite beaucoup !! 

This week I suddenly succeeded in deep bending!

After months of struggle straining my tongue in different positions, I could only make shallow bends (and often not reaching a true half-step), and all that I was missing was actually "relaxing" my tongue. I suppose it *has* learned to keep the tip on the harmonica, and now I can trust that more. continue reading...

In Take It Easy Now, chorus three, the first two notes of triplet pickups on holes 1 & 2, would you side swap there? Momentarily lip purse? Tongue block the first hole draw on the right side of the tongue? I have been practicing for a while side swapping, but I just can't seem to get a clean transition. So far it sounds like there's a little space in between the notes where I would like them to be able to sound connected.

Is thinking that I should always play the one hole on the left side of my tongue an unneccessary limitation?

Hello David,

I'm enjoying your online lessons very much. I'd like to play harp with a band on "Not Fade Away"; I've been playing along with the Tom Petty live version. What instructions would I give the band before starting up?

Kevin (kjobr)

petite question c'est quoi un pucker ?? merci !!

Et vous avez compris car chez pas si se que j'ai fait était bon où pas ??   et aussi je suis passer au level 5 j'adore le morceau My Blues Bending Song Example #4 c'est  de  charlie musselwhite ??