Re: [Harp-L] The slap ....u-blocked

[Tony Stephens <tnysteph@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for your input. Good to know others use this.

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 2, 2014, at 12:17 AM, Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I u slap sometimes.  I have a move where I play 9 blow bend, 9 blow, nine blow bend, big chord, 7 blow.
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> On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 9:56 PM, 46long Blake <46long@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> One of my favorite moments as a harp player was in a hotel room with Jason
>> Ricci, maybe 2005, and I started playing (he'd never heard me play acoustic
>> before) and I started with a 2 draw U-slap and he immediately stopped me
>> and asked "What did you just do there?"  I took it as a compliment. I was a
>> U blocker my whole life, and when I finally learned tongue blocking, I
>> adapted the concept of the texture and thickness and tone to U-blocking.
>> 
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>> On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 10:47 PM, Tony Stephens <tnysteph@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> > To other u-blockers. Thanks to Facebook I have massaged John Nemeth. He is
>> > a u-blocker. He said he does the slap by u-blocking. I would think most
>> > tongue block to get the slap. I have tried it by u-blocking and it worked
>> > for me.
>> > Does anyone else get the slap this way?
>> > I am still learning this little harp thing & having fun doing so.
>> >       Tony Stephens
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPhone
>> >
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