Re: Tongue Blocking, Tone & Paul de Lay

[sawyer@xxxxxxx]

Michael Carley writes:
 > As far as anyone I know says, there is no real difference between tongue
 > blocking and puckering. The difference in tone is due to what the player's
 > ability, not how he blocks. I changed from tongue to lip blocking because
 > a top class harpman convinced me it was a good idea. It was.
 > 

"... the players ability..." Ability at what? De Lay, who has the
greatest versatility of tone that I've heard, says tongue blocking is
crucial to tone.

Can you say why switching was a good idea?