Re: toungue block

["Bob Maglinte" <bbqbob917@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
There's also the U-block method, which Norton Buffalo uses, and when playing
chromatic, you can get some very unusual chord voicings with this method. As
far as fast runs goes, the classical harp method is tongue block, and they
advise you to move the harp in an arc, and not your head. I've fopund this
technique to come in handy from time to time, especially if you're doing
some really wide interval leaps and want to keep the phrase as smooth as
possible.

I have also swapped embouchures in midstream often, and if you have them
really together, the next thing to do is to manipulate the inside shape of
your mouth with ALL of them to get as wide a tonal color possibility as
possible, and as an example, trying to keep the embouchure steady and at the
same time form vowel sounds.

Sincerely,
Barbeque Bob Maglinte
Boston, MA

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: <alciere@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 9:04 AM
Subject: re: toungue block


>
> Do different embrochures sound different? Maybe if you're really good.
> There's a whole style of playing and comping that's much easier to play
> using the tongue block embrochure-like riffing to Chicago blues and
playing
> along with Hendrix power chords.
>
> For real fast runs, and Sonny Terry type country playing, I prefer to
> pucker.
>
> I frequently change embrochures in mid song, going from fast runs to
> riffing.
>
> If you don't tongue block, and you've been playing for awhile, learn this
> technique. It'll open whole new worlds of riffs and techniques. It'll
> improve your tone and your bends. It's fun. Take a mic, crank the amp, get
a
> good seal and experiment just inhaling and running your tongue around on
the
> harp. You'll be amazed at the sounds you can get.I still can't blow bend,
> but anyone with a little harp experience can get the regular bends in a
few
> months.
>
> Rainbow Jimmy
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