Re: [Harp-L] Original Reason for Tongue-Blocking
- To: "Harmonicology [Neil Ashby]" <harmonicology@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Original Reason for Tongue-Blocking
- From: Rick <mrrickhein@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 17:33:19 -0400
- Cc: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
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On Aug 14, 2014, at 12:42 PM, "Harmonicology [Neil Ashby]" <harmonicology@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There has been much long discussion pertaining to Tongue-Blocking versus Lip-Blocking (and Puckering) for the diatonic harmonica.
>
> Tongue-Blocking on the diatonic harmonica is quite useful for Octaves and a few other combinations of separated notes BUT the original reason for Tongue-Blocking seems to be that the old Chromatic harmonica was too _thick_ for Lip-Blocking (or Puckering); that large block of wood simply inhibited any other method of operation.
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> Comments?
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> /Neil (" http://thebuskingproject.com/busker/2025/ ")
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