Re: playing without hands

[William Lippe <lippe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

	I've become decent at this, although I haven't tried in it quite 
a while.  I could do mostly descending licks, you have to use the suction 
of your mouth, and your tongue to move it in and out.  I find it works 
_much_ better (or at least easier) with a Special 20.  It's bad for your 
harps in my opinion, they get really wet in and out when they're inside 
your mouth.  You also don't get good tone...
	ERic

On Fri, 4 Nov 1994, B.G.deBoer wrote:

> Can anybody give me some hints on how to play the harp using only your mouth to
> support it? I keep on reading these stories about people sticking a harp in their
> mouths and playing it without hands. No matter what I try, I just can't do it. 
> 
> Even when tongue blocking I can only play either the lowest or the highest hole of
> the part of the harp that is in my mouth clearly. For the rest I can only play 
> chords. What do I have to do? Play with two tongues? :-B (Face with two tongues)
> 
> As for sticking the harp in your mouth like a cigar and then playing it (there is
> a story about a guy in Kim Field's book HH&HB doing just that and playing the gui-
> tar as well) I can hardly believe that is possible.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
>