Ask Instructor David Barrett

bonjour Mr david Barret j'ai besoin de votre aide pourriez vous me faire un audio que vous m'envoyez sur mon adresse mail avec toutes les  thecniques de votre tablature en les jouants comme sa a l'oreille je pourrais ecouter se que sa donne ?? merci 

bonjour Mr david Barret j'ai besoin de votre aide pourriez vous me faire un audio que vous m'envoyez sur mon adresse mail avec toutes les  thecniques de votre tablature en les jouants comme sa a l'oreille je pourrais ecouter se que sa donne ?? merci 

First of all, I was TOTALLY coming through the "back door" on the 10-blow bend.  So, thanks TONS for the advice to start with a super small embouchure and get bigger.  Now, I can "kind of" get the 2 bends on the 10-hole.

However, I encounter a few issues:

1.  It seems to leak a TON.  I just hear air going everywhere when trying to get the bend.

2.  Probably causing #1, but I have to use a TON of air pressure to get any movement on the bend (doesn't seem right). continue reading...

bonjour Mr David Barret je me suis inscrit hier pour un mois je suis en france et ne parle pas anglais donc je vais tester et si cela fonctionne je prendrais des cours a l'annee je vous est envoyer un petit audio ou je joue dessus pour savoir si vous me diriez ou je doit commencer car j'ai 8 ans de cours deja  j'ai fait cela car j'ai contacter Mr Adam Gussow qui ma donner votre adresse mail et ma dit de vous dire cela de sa part j'attend votre reponse ou par mail ou ici en tous les cas votre site est super c'est tres bien fait et j'avais acheter deja 5 livres che vous qui m'on bien aid continue reading...

Hi David,

When speaking of tones within chords, if I am referring to the second tone of the fourth chord of the G scale (the E within CEG), do I call it the sixth, because it is the sixth tone of the scale, or do I call it the second, because it is the second tone of the chord? Also, might you provide a real world example in which the band leader might ask the harp player to do something using this kind of lingo? Like if I were accompanying on the practice song for lesson 3, for example. 

Best,

Matt

Hi David, is it because most blues songs are in A key (or in E as its 2nd position is E key)? or because it plays along well with other instruments like guitar?

Besides A key, you mentioned G, Bb, and D key in your fundamental lessons. May I ask which keys are best for different styles of music like folks, country, jazz, pop?

Thanks!

Hi Dave , that green bogen is super nice! The handle on the lid is stock,  it's like that on the Sam's photofact. 

I just completed the exercise 3.3 of filling in the scale degrees. In your video https://www.bluesharmonica.com/lessons/music_theory_study_1you say the 3 draw half step bend is the flat third, and the 4 draw is the 5th scale degree. in my char continue reading...

Hi David,

it would be great if there was a separate lesson on different types of groove. There's a lot of information about shuffles, rock grooves, rhumbas etc. but it seems it would be useful to have an overview of approaches to these different styles in one place. 

Hi David, I just rejoined after an extended absence, and am not sure how to upload a file for submission (an MPEG-4 recorded on my Iphone). I signed up for the annual membership so I could get your input on where to start again. When I stopped previously I was just getting into Level 3.

As a side note, I didn't stop playing, I just thought I might try other approaches. I'm coming back to you because it's the best method out there! (Yeah, I usually learn things the hard way!)

Cheers,

Jay G