Ask Instructor David Barrett

Hello David,

On the site it says: There is a testing fee for the full LOA program, but keep in mind that you’re always welcome to submit study material to me (David Barrett) at no cost… it’s part of your subscription and I’m here to help

After two years of study I have arrived at  the end of level six without ever doing that. Could I submit a recording concerning level six or should I have done that  from level 1?

Thanks for alle the wonderfull lessons anyway,

love to hear from you,

Best regards,

Els Rensink, Holland

Hi David,

I am attempting to get some backing rhythms and fills together to accompany 'I Want You With Me'. No problem with the rhythms for backing the vocals as it's straightforward to work out the 1st, 3rd and 5th notes for each of the I, IV and V chords. I am struggling to understand what notes are 'allowed' for the fills. Should I be playing only notes from a specific scale or does anything count as long as it sounds right?

Thanks,

Mark.

For LOA 4, can you please clarify what scale I should be practicing? Is it just the C Major, or also the C Major Pentatonic, Blues, etc.

Dave,

I am (still) working on Level 4 and have a question that came up while practicing Ex. 2.1 and 2.2 in Solo Harmonica Study 2 Bass Lines. I find that my lips get so dry that they stick to the harp making it tricky to change positions. I think the chord pulls are causing the dryness. Any suggestions that might help me work through this?

Hi, I am a beginner practicing bending but whenever I bend the 3rd hole to a certain depth, the reed always squeal and makes a metal scraping like sound. I attached the soundcloud links when I bend on A harmonica and C harmonica, starting from the 4th to the 1st hole. For both A and C harmonica, the squeal happened on the 3rd hole. I tried to draw with less force but it didn't help. Could anyone give suggestion? Thanks!

https://on.soundcloud.com/p1NiEQFRWSZQsZNKPG

https://on.soundcloud.com/S8meSV3EfUGHHbr5tX

hello

some people on youtube can push air through harmonica for minutes(or pull-making draw sound last very long). how to do it, please? I am working on my bends now and noticed that my draw sounds last longer while trying to bend compering to basic draw( tongue flat in mouth). this battle about breathe drains me , makes training sessions much shorter.

as to sending u recordings- is it free with my membership please

regards Robert 

i am playing this exercise as follows;

2/ 1down, 3/2down 5/3up, 5+ /4down,

4/ 4 up.?  Is that correct? thank you in advance an happy new year!

Hi David,

Thanks for fixing my issue with not being able to post. I am brand-new to this webcourse and am curious about the position chart shared in the beginner C harp lesson here https://www.bluesharmonica.com/sites/bluesharmonica.com/files/private/po... continue reading...

David Hi with the holiday break for our FG I have started to tackel LoA9. Is there anywhere on the site where you deal with and play the Chromatic scale.  I need to hear it to help learn the high end 10 10' 10". In the submition what key harp am I required to play the chromatic scale in. Thank you in advance.

I can't seem to hold the harmonica correctly to get the wa sound. Would it ever be because I have smaller hands? The entire back of the harmonica doesn't need to be covered correct?