Re: [Harp-L] re stupid pucker guys

[Bob Cohen <bcohen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Aug 18, 2006, at 5:17 PM, Guy Buxman wrote:

> Yeah, I'm just a pucker guy.  I'd like to learn tongue blocking but  
> it kinda
> freaks me out. Although I'm a fairly accomplished puckerer, but I  
> can't
> isolate notes very well let alone bend when I attempt TBing. It  
> feels like
> I'm starting from square one.

My 10 year old daughter is having this problem on the sax, she  
recently switched from alto to tenor.  They have different  
embouchures and so there were a lot of squeaky notes again.  We spent  
a long day really thinking hard about what she was doing with her  
mouth and almost like magic once she figured out how to adapt, the  
music flowed out as before, only on a tenor instead of an alto.

You already know now to play.  You're just changing how you make the  
notes slightly.  Don't be afraid to sound bad for a while.  You'll  
get it with persistence.

Bob Cohen