Re: Tongue Blocking, Tone & Paul de Lay

[mjcarley@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Michael Carley)]

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.

Ability at tone control.

>Can you say why switching was a good idea?

I found that lip blocking gave me better tone control.