Ask Instructor David Barrett

Bonjour David je voudrais te demander un Conseil sur une improvisation que j'ai fait aujourd'hui sur un morceau de Luther boy Johnson si tu est d'accord je peut te l'envoyer par mail ?? C'est juste pour avoir t'on avis ?? Merci 

Hi Dave,

In your Level 4 video in Accompaniment study 4 "Chording under vocals", you mention that there are some V-IV-I licks I can use in 'Improvising study 4', but I cannot find Improvising study 4. I have searched the lessons and it shows Improv study three and then the next seems to be study seven. Could you please point me in the right direction.

Many thanks

Saul 

sorry dave , I think I may have asked this already but could not find it?? On the scales you have 10 blow written then 10+ is this an overblow ?? if so where do you teach how to do ?? 

David - I purchased a 15 watt Monoprice Stage Right amp with the same tube configuration as the Fender Blues Jr. I am new to tube amps and wanted to make a tube change out from one of the AX-7 tubes to an AY-7 tube (same as you did in Blues Jr. review). My assumption is the amp I bought is modeled after the Blue's Jr or a knock-off of it. continue reading...

hello David I have a little question for you which must surely have already been asked on a level how long do you think we should spend there after I guess it is in relation to our own progress imagine I said one thing how long a month a week 15 days? if you don't get there properly, it is better to move on to another exercise or level and come back to it afterwards ?? thank you David for your answer !!

hello David houa sacred piece has learned that this one has a job and a lot of technique at the same time I love thank you !!

Hi David,

I've read in a couple of places that players such as Paul Butterfield were able to play fast by using the pucker technique. It seems to be commonly understood that he played primarily using a pucker embouchure and only used tongue blocking for techniques such as octaves. continue reading...

I got a low-F harmonica and something surprises me.

Playing 2 draw on the A harmonica is a E, and I get it right.

Playing 3 draw on the low-F harmonica is the same E, but I have poor tone, as previously on 1 or 2 draws when my tongue was not as trained.

I thought the difficulty of the hole depended on the note, to which the mouth has to be "tuned".

I first blamed the harmonica (low-F is Seydel, As being Hohner or Susuki). But drawing using the nose fixes the bad tone, as for previously difficult holes!! continue reading...

Hi David! Section Written Examples of LOA - Level 5 in pdf file says: "Print out and complete the following material with pen or dark pencil". Is that mandatory to print matherials and fill them in manually? It would be easier for me to make screenshot of the tasks and add answers in graphical editor (for example in mspaint). Would it work? Thank you for your response!

Hello David, what is the beat sequence on this exercise?

Thank you in advance.