Re: Split Tongues

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pat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

<< steven j gatorman wrote:
 >
 >i've seen someone on tv who could move the individual...what would you call 
 >those? well, the two forks of his forked tongue, i guess, in opposing 
 >directions...up and down. 
 >if you got control of the thing, you could have more than one split. like 
 >say play a d-minor chord on a c harp (holes 4-8). then you could block out 
the 
 >third and seventh and have a power chord type thing. 
 
 Actually, there is a way to do this without having surgery on your
 tongue... >>

to be honest, i was just being tongue in cheek...umm...cheeks, i guess.  
lest any newbies get the wrong idea, this is not something that even extreme 
harp players get done, as far as i know.  the folks who've had this surgery 
are part of an underground trend/fad whereby folks alter body parts in ways to 
which humans aren't generally predisposed.  often this has a sci-fi/fantasy 
component to it...folks have had their ears made pointy to resemble spock from 
star trek, or something out of tolkien
i can't imagine it would really help your harp playing.
yeah, pat, how would one do this with a "normal" tongue?

steven j gatorman