Re: [Harp-L] Steve Wonder's pizzicato - available with a tongue block?



This is an easy fix. Take my:  "YOU won't be able to" and change it to:  "I won't be able to". loll  I don't mind being corrected. Honest I don't. It all goes back to childhood and times when one wasn't picked for a team. One had to buck up and live with these things. Not like nowadays, when kids are carried around on cushions. Ergo, I'm not too sensitive. I've been stabbed, I've been shot. Itsa no bigga deal. 

joey  

On Jul 22, 2011, at 12:27 PM, Winslow Yerxa wrote:

> Rick - 
> 
> What's provocative? I'm merely being factually correct. Whenever someone says 
> "you can't do this," my critical mind goes to work because I hate false 
> limitations. So I try to determine whether the statement is true or false.
> 
> In this case, I have to conclude that the statement that you cant do a Stevie 
> Wonder pizz with a tongue block is false. The part of the tongue used for the 
> technique (in the area where you articulate the sound "k") is available whether 
> or not your tongue is on the harp. That's a factual statement.
> 
> I never said I could make it sound like Stevie. What I did say was that the 
> technique that both I and Rob described is available whether or not your tongue 
> is on the harp.
> 
> I can demo the described technique somewhere other than harp-l if I have a spare 
> moment.
> 
> Winslow
> 
> Winslow Yerxa
> Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5
> Harmonica instructor, The Jazzschool for Music Study and Performance
> Resident expert, bluesharmonica.com
> Columnist, harmonicasessions.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Rick Dempster <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>; Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thu, July 21, 2011 6:39:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Steve Wonder.....a while back
> 
> That's really a bit provocative Winslow; I want some actual demonstration; can 
> you really do the Stevie pizzicato, pucker or tongue block? I haven't heard 
> anyone else do it.
> Show me!
> RD
> 
>>>> Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx> 22/07/2011 10:48 >>>
> Actually, you can still do what Rob describes with your tongue on the harp. 
> Whether you can make it sound like Stevie does is anther matter.
> 
> Winslow
> 
> Winslow Yerxa
> Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5
> Harmonica instructor, The Jazzschool for Music Study and Performance
> Resident expert, bluesharmonica.com
> Columnist, harmonicasessions.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Joe Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Rick Dempster <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thu, July 21, 2011 6:28:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Steve Wonder.....a while back
> 
> You won't be able to do it if you tongue block. As your tongue is already 
> occupied. Steveland is a pucker player. :)
> smo-joe





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