Re: [Harp-L] Technique u blocking

[Eric Miller <miller.eric.t@xxxxxxxxx>]

maybe not impossible to *approximate* articulation, and certainly you could
do mid tongue articulation like hard K and C sounds.  Agreed.

but..say "tah" or "dah" like Tony is asking, without a harmonica in your
mouth.  the tip of your tongue goes to the roof of your mouth on both
sounds without exception.  I'm going to stick with "impossible" for those
sounds, at least for me.

The inside of the mouth is weird though, we all know.  Maybe advanced u
blockers like Norton (and heck, maybe you?) can develop a way to
approximate the T and D sounds.  I think we can all agree that just
switching to a pucker makes it a heck of a lot easier, and Tony would do
well to experiment with pucker to solve his problem and become familiar
with the differences.


On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 11:29 PM, Michael Rubin <
michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Eric,
> It is not impossible to tongue articulate while U blocking, I do it.  It
> does limit the triplet tongueing speed for me.
> Michael Rubin
> Michaelrubinharmonica.com
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> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 7:37 PM, Eric Miller <miller.eric.t@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> you lose a lot of ability when you u block.  It makes your notes clean and
>> easy to jump around....but its really hard to bend, and impossible to
>> articulate as you ask.  That's why I pucker most of the time
>>
>> norton buffalo could u block and bend, but i think if you want to do any
>> serious articulation...you have to switch to pucker
>>
>> u blocking is useful, but you may want to consider learning some of
>> all...pucker and tongue block.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 8:09 PM, Tony Stephens <tnysteph@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > To any other u blockers. Can you do a draw "ta da ta da ta da with u
>> > blocking? I can do it with the pucker. Trying to do what pucker players
>> do
>> > but with u blocking. Any advice please.
>> > Thanks Tony
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPhone
>> >
>>
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