Re: clean pucker or Portnoy?

[hippo@xxxxxxxxxx (Hugh Messenger)]

At 11:08 AM 10/13/94 +0700, Tan Cheng Ann wrote:
>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!

Check my message again ... note the quote ...

   -- hugh


>>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