clean pucker or Portnoy?

[Tan Cheng Ann <BA2319140@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>From: hippo@xxxxxxxxxx (Hugh Messenger)
>Subject: Re: Pourtnoy's warble
>
>At  9:11 AM 10/11/94 +0700, Tan Cheng Ann wrote:
>>regarding air leakage in playing the harp...what do the other pros
>>have to say? more practice, no short cuts?
>
>Eat the harp.  keep the same puckered, about to whistle face, but stuff the
>harp as far in to your mouth as you can - your top front teeth should touch
>the cover plate.  "Ah, but how can I pucker my lips in a whistling fashion
>with a lump of metal and plastic shoved in my mouth?" - well, it's not the
>lips that form the air column, it's the tongue and other bits of the mouth.
>
>
>Look at a picture of someone like Little Walter, Sonny Boy etc playing a
>short harp, and note how far in the mouth the instrument is.
>
>>
>>-cheng ann
>
>   -- hugh
>

Hugh, is this for Portnoy's warble wah wah sound effect, or is it to keep
a *clean* pucker? anyone actually plays with the harp in his/her mouth
like that? some techniques are for pros....
i am just a beginner who knows how to bend but is stilkl short of breath
for longer riffs!

-cheng ann