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"The Blues Room" Interview Part 2

Posted Thu, 06/20/2013 - 21:43 by David Barrett Admin
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Nate at "The Blues Room" just released the second part of two of our recent interview. It's mixed with some fantastic harmonica-centric music... I think you'll really enjoy it. Go to this page: http://thebluesroom.blogspot.co.nz/2013/06/h-is-for-more-harmonica-maste... and scroll down to the bottom and click on "Download link for this episode: 387" to listen. Thanks Nate!

Part 1: http://thebluesroom.blogspot.co.nz/2013/06/h-is-for-harmonica-masterclas...
Part 2: http://thebluesroom.blogspot.co.nz/2013/06/h-is-for-more-harmonica-maste...

David's Tip of the Day: Quizlet.com for Making Flash Cards

Posted Thu, 06/20/2013 - 06:37 by David Barrett Admin
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I asked my student Steve B. to make some flash cards to memorize the C Harmonica and the four notes of the I, IV and V Chords. He came back for a lesson this week and showed me what he started to do at http://quizlet.com... very cool free service. So, if you're looking to memorize something, this is a great way to do it. Thanks Steve!

News: What's New Video (June 2013)

Posted Wed, 06/19/2013 - 14:36 by David Barrett Admin
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The "What's New" video is up at the top left-hand corner of the site. Check it out when you get a chance.

David's Tip of the Day: Shake, Flutter, Tremolo & Vibrato Frequency - Part 3

Posted Wed, 06/19/2013 - 10:59 by David Barrett Admin
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Okay, here were are... sorry about missing yesterday... blues harmonica land has been very busy! I analyzed the wave forms in "My Blues" with Pro Tools and found that the most common rhythm was 5 tremolo or flutter pieces per beat... a couple examples were 4.5... so this confirms that they are NOT fixed to a basic triplet rhythm. The shake was 6 pieces (6 combinations of 4 and 5) so this DOES confirm that the shake is fixed to the triplet (in this case sixteenth note triplet) rhythm. This was a fun project!

David's Tip of the Day: Shake, Flutter, Tremolo & Vibrato Frequency - Part 2

Posted Mon, 06/17/2013 - 07:25 by David Barrett Admin
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If you listened to "My Blues" (Bending Study 4) very carefully you would have noticed that the tremolo, vibrato and flutter techniques did not lock to the beat in a simple way... like 2, 3 or 4 pieces to the beat. In other words, if a transcription artist didn't know anything about the harmonica, if you were to play your tremolo, vibrato or flutter as a triplet rhythm for example, they may actuality write the pitch that you're doing a tremolo, vibrato or flutter on as individual notes. continue reading...

David's Tip of the Day: Shake, Flutter, Tremolo & Vibrato Frequency

Posted Fri, 06/14/2013 - 06:07 by David Barrett Admin
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Listen to "My Blues" in the Bending Study 4. Included in this song are Shakes, Flutters, Tremolo and Vibrato. Listen to the speed/frequency of each one of these and we'll discuss this on Monday. Have a great weekend!

What's New: Accompaniment Study 7

Posted Thu, 06/13/2013 - 22:03 by David Barrett Admin
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In this lesson we study how to approach playing bass lines on the harmonica. Bass lines not only sound great on the harmonica, they also help to intuitively teach the chords of the 12 Bar Blues. continue reading...

David's Tip of the Day: "The Blues Room" Interview Part 1

Posted Thu, 06/13/2013 - 07:07 by David Barrett Admin
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Nate at "The Blues Room" just released the first part of two of our recent interview. It's mixed with some fantastic harmonica-centric music... I think you'll really enjoy it. Go to this page: http://thebluesroom.blogspot.co.nz/2013/06/h-is-for-harmonica-masterclas... and scroll down to the bottom and click on "Download link for this episode: 386" to listen. Thanks Nate!

What's New: Train Imitation with Joe Filisko - Dynamics

Posted Thu, 06/13/2013 - 05:59 by David Barrett Admin
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Join Joe Filisko in his latest submission on the Train Imitation... this time talking about Dynamics.

What's New: Ryan Walker Lesson 18

Posted Wed, 06/12/2013 - 12:03 by David Barrett Admin
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In Ryan Walker's Lesson 18 we review his performance at the student concert, have him play his instrumental for you, start Solo Harmonica Study 3 and spend time on his and other students' mental models.

Lesson 18 - Intro
Lesson 18 - Student Concert Review: Cool Blue, Part 1 (Hearing Yourself)
Lesson 18 - Student Concert Review: Cool Blue, Part 2 (Thumb on Chro)
Lesson 18 - Student Concert Review: Walker’s Shuffle, Part 1 (Opening)
Lesson 18 - Student Concert Review: Walker’s Shuffle, Part 2 (Solo)
Lesson 18 - Student Concert Review: Walker’s Shuffle, Part 3 (Accompaniment) continue reading...