Re: [Harp-L] Re: TB Alternatives?

[Don Whitener <whitener@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Please do not misunderstand... I believe you and Tom Ball.  I just don't know 
how to do it and am asking for suggestions.  If you are saying that Tom 
describes how to do it in his book, I will get a copy straight away and have a 
look.

Quoting Rick In Davis <rickindavis@xxxxxxxxx>:

> On page 45 of his book 'Sourcebook of Little Walter/Big Walter Licks for
> Blues Harmonica,' Tom Ball discusses this in detail.  "Splits are the
> one and only TB technique that cannot be 'faked' by a puck-style
> player."
>    
>   Ball says lip-blocking can accomplish the same sounds so well that he
> cannot tell the difference when good players switch from one embouchure
> to the other.  He names Dave Barrett and Mark Hummel as good examples. 
> Ball also devotes a couple of paragraphs to the tongue injuries some
> players get from using TB on a wood-combed harp.  (BTW, I just checked
> and the book is available from Amazon.com.)  
>    
>   My point here is not to denigrate the TB style.  I appreciate the TB
> method, but I stongly object to the notion that I cannot get good tone
> from a harp without using the TB embouchure all the time.       
>