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David's Tip of the Day: Mechanical Resonance - How the Tuning of your Mouth Effects a Reed

Posted Fri, 06/12/2015 - 06:47 by David Barrett Admin
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Stuff You Should Know releases on Tuesdays and Thursdays and is one of my favorite podcasts to listen to. On Tuesday the subject was "Bridges: Nature Abhors Them" and at 48:21 they speak of mechanical resonance in regards to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge disaster. Believe it or not, the understanding of this will help you to become a better harmonica player. continue reading...

David's Tip of the Day: Bending & Harmonica Visualization Software (HarpNinja)

Posted Tue, 12/17/2013 - 08:24 by David Barrett Admin
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Last year fellow student Hank Stefaniak reviewed the new harmonica pitch reference software HarpNinja for everyone (thanks Hank!). I've been using this with students at my School of the Blues for a while to test its effectiveness and have been working with the developer on suggested improvements (he's been great about implementing my suggestions). continue reading...